Politics in Mexico throughout the course of history has been hostile, to say the least. Like many previously authoritarian regimes, Mexico’s transition into democracy was hard fought. Still today, Mexico’s political system is characterized by political corruption as seen through the influence of the drug cartels and their corporatism and electoral fraud. It is these characteristics that make Mexico a valuable study for comparative politics. While studying Mexico one sees a country that has grown
According to Stoner and McFaul when the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was defeated and voted out of office in 2000 this turnout allowed for a completion of a successful transition to democracy in Mexico (264). Although a transition did occur and Mexico does have solid democratic foundations, bewildering corruption, poor rule of law, and narco related violence have halted Mexican democratic consolidation. The current state of Mexican democracy is seemingly difficult to analyze because
Mexico: A Middle Class Society -Poor No More, Developed Not Yet By: Luis De La Calle and Luis Rubio “Americans may fathom the middle class as being the obvious foundation of civilization and economic development, but most Mexicans have historically seen their country as mostly poor.” The beginning of the book starts with this statement. Throughout the book, it speaks of differences between not only the financial makeup of the country and also the view of the Mexico from the Mexican people. A major
Phantom Lady is an intriguing story of a young woman, Angela, who is forced by her brothers to mourn in isolation, later begging for the aid of Don Manuel, who saves her. This fascinating play conveys a wide array of different themes that the author, Calderon de La Barca advocates, among these, we find nobility, courtesy, love and jealousy, no other themes were largely displayed, and the biggest one displayed was that of nobility along with courteous actions. To demonstrate these themes, the play needs
society still embraces the institution of rigid gender roles that have cultural, social and economic roots. Violence against women has always been an issue in Mexico – however, one could argue that the recent “War on Drugs” initiated by president Felipe Calderon has inflamed this issue – causing violence against women to reach unprecedented rates. In fact, a considerable increase of violence against women has been documented that directly corresponds to increased regulations
continue to flourish. President Felipe Calderon has undertaken great measures in undertaking the country’s drug trafficking organizations since taking office. The policies which he enacted created progress during the first year in office. Calderon not only increased military presence in Mexico’s urban areas, but he also increased publicity for his antidrug efforts. “ Federal agents stormed a Mexico City
1 LES ROCHES Mexican war on drugs Levels of Analysis International Politics Andre de la Parra Klaus 308597 11/4/2014 2 Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 3 2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF DRUG TRAFFICKING AND WAR ON DRUGS IN MEXICO ........... 3 Mexico and international drug prohibition regime ................................................................ 3 A brief history of the drug-trade and
To begin, corruption is one of the biggest weaknesses that Mexico as a whole has. The stigma and real life connotation around political figures in Mexico is quite poor. Politicians are viewed as demagogues that lie to their own people for their own personal benefit. The current President of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto, said himself that Mexico’s problem with corruption is a “cultural matter.” (BBC.com) As a result, many scandals have occurred in Mexico’s society including companies and the government
Since 2006, a growing issue of drug smuggling and trafficking has arisen between Mexico and the United States. Not only does this issue affect the economies of the two countries but also the social life of the populations. Mexico has been fighting drug cartels and their violence since December of 2006, since then, the activity between these organizations and crimes have been on the rise. In Mexico, over 70,000 people have lost their lives in crimes and violence associated with the leading cartels
The U.S been a part of multiple Mexican operations and has even established their own and although Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared the War on Drugs, it is obvious that the U.S is very involved in the war as well. For example in 2009 under the Obama administration an important operation took place known as Fast and Furious. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tabaco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and other partners permitted the sales of illegal weapons that were believed to be destined for Mexican
then took over the wholesale of illicit drug market. The Drug cartel conflict started in December 2006 when Mexico’s former President Felipe Calderon took office. President Caldron declared war over all drug cartels, and dismissed many corrupted police officers that participated in organized crimes. Roughly around 3,200 officers were fired and in replace Calderon added 50,000 troops to help combat the cartels. By 2007, Mexican cartels controlled 90% of cocaine that was smuggled into the U.S. As cartels
Fear and hatred of the unknown has greatly increased in America today. This unknown is a different race of people than the common caucasian in America. This has led to racism of others especially immigrants. People come here to work for a better life for their families, unfortunately the requirements and money to come in to the United States is too much so they come in illegally. People have gone to extreme measures turning to mass deportation and building a wall. A path to citizenship should be
Linda Wertheimer asked Jason Beaubien (both of them from NPR news) questions and how Mexico stands 5 years after 2006. H states that Mexico is in a critical moment and that some people are not involved, they are still scared about this fight. That Calderon did have the right motives to go after the drug trafficking but all could have been handled differently. He would go on to state it that while some cities have it so bad, some other others would go on as normal. Death numbers are still to this point
penalty for illegal immigrants? There are about 200,000 illegal immigrants in Mexico. Before May 2011, illegal immigration is considered a felony under the Mexican law and is punishable by up to two years in prison. However, on May 2011, President Felipe Calderón signed a new Migration Law which guarantees that foreigners and Mexican citizens will be treated equally under the law. Moreover, it decriminalizes undocumented immigration, reducing it to an administrative infraction. In Canada, there are fewer
each other, our community, and this world. The only way we are able to do this is by reducing our carbon footprint and speaking out about the problem at hand. In accordance with the article “Why Climate Change is an Education Issue” written by Felipe Calderon, only about 60% of people in my time know about climate change and only 3 out of 10 individuals feel it will affect them. Despite how these individuals feel it will definitely affect everyone, climate
Mēxihco is the Nahuatl term for the heartland of the Aztec Empire, namely,[34] the Valley of Mexico, and its people, the Mexica, and surrounding territories. This became the future State of Mexico as a division of New Spain prior to independence (compare Latium). It is generally considered to be a toponym for the valley which became the primary ethnonym for the Aztec Triple Alliance as a result, or vice versa. After New Spain won independence from Spain, representatives decided to name the new country
International Drug Trafficking in Mexico Throughout all of history, people have used mind-altering substances for diverse purposes such as magic, religious ceremonies, medicine, and war. After World War II, many people discovered that narcotics can be used to amass fortunes and maintain a steady stream of income. Groups of people, known as drug cartels, have created a business of trading and processing drugs, in which, the material of the drugs are grown, processed into drugs, smuggled across
in bloody battles with rival cartels. In 2006, Mexican president Felipe Calderon declared war on the country’s drug cartels. This ultimately led to increased violence throughout Mexico’s drug smuggling corridors. In 2010 alone, more than 34 thousand deaths were attributed to drug related violence. Many people feel that the increase in violence is attributed to infighting among the various drug cartels. Because of president Calderon, drug lords have either been killed or arrested. Younger, less experienced
all those problems by two more years. As claimed by Felipe, a University of the Philippines professor and former deputy minister of education, and Porio, executive director of the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE), ““Many educators seem to expect too much of the 12-year educational cycle. More likely, lengthening the cycle is so concrete a step that it gives them the feeling they are doing something about a faulty system”” (Calderon 2014). As of now, with the ten-year curriculum, there
reports for the Los Angeles Times that initially former Mexican president Felipe Calderon referred to the victims of the massacre as gang members with affiliations to the cartels. This raged the fury of Ciudad Juarez citizens as well as set off national outrage. On February 11, 2011, Luz Maria Davila, mother of two of the fifteen young-adults killed 12 days earlier, gathered the courage to confront President Felipe Calderon and condemn the president and his so called “war against drugs” (Hernandez)