Autor: Manuel Roig-Franzia
Fuente: Washington Post, 11 de julio de 2008.
Fragmento del original: The Mexican government plans to nearly double the size of its federal police force in order to reduce the role of the military in combating drug trafficking, under a confidential anti-narcotics strategy that officials made available Thursday.
The plan, known as the Comprehensive Strategy Against Drug Trafficking, also involves purging local police forces of corrupt officers and initiating social measures -- such as improving safety in public spaces -- designed to improve public confidence in government agencies tainted by corruption.
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By: Hal Brands, Strategic Studies Institute, mayo, 2009.
Sinopsis original: In late 2007, the U.S. and Mexican governments unveiled the Merida Initiative. A 3-year, $1.4 billion counternarcotics assistance program, the Merida Initiative is designed to combat the drug-fueled violence that has ravaged Mexico of late. The initiative aims to strengthen the Mexican police and military, permitting them to take the offensive in the fight against Mexico’s powerful cartels. These problems, ranging from official corruption to U.S. domestic drug consumption, have so far frustrated Mexican attempts to rein in the cartels, and will likely hinder the effectiveness of the Merida Initiative as well. To make U.S. counternarcotics policy fully effective, it will be imperative to forge a more holistic, better-integrated approach to the “war on drugs.”
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Autores: Ernesto Zedillo y Thomas Pickering, The Miami Herald, 23 de noviembre, 2008.
Resumen: El documento señala argumentos y áreas en las cuales el gobierno de Barack Obama deberá robustecer sus relaciones con el hemisferio.
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Autor: Lourdes Heredia
Fecha: 25 de octubre de 2007
Resumen: Varios miembros del Congreso de EE.UU., órgano que tiene la palabra final sobre la "Iniciativa Mérida", se quejaron este jueves por la poca transparencia de la administración Bush en la planificación del proyecto.
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Title: WOLA Sees Shortcomings and Questions Priorities in Mérida Plan
By: Washington Office in Latin America (WOLA)
Summary: The U.S. Senate has approved $400 million to help Mexico fight drug-related violence, sending the bill to President Bush for his signature. Known as the Mérida Initiative, the package includes a further $65 million in security aid to be divided among seven countries of Central America plus Haiti and the Dominican Republic. WOLA today applauds the recognition, implicit in the plan, that Mexico and the United States share responsibility for addressing drug trafficking and violence. But WOLA finds serious shortcoming in the plan's specifics.
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