Drugs, Guns, & People – The US War in Mexico
The Drug War epitomizes the intersections between militarism, violence, imperialism, immigration and economics. What can PCASC do to stop the Drug War?
The Drug War epitomizes the intersections between militarism, violence, imperialism, immigration and economics. What can PCASC do to stop the Drug War?
Allen is a journalist whose work has appeared in several newspapers and magazines, as well as NPR affiliate WKSU. He is a member of the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee. He has also worked with veterans’ rights and antiwar groups for five years. Oh yeah – he was born with cerebral palsy.
With participants numbering in the thousands, this march was held in solidarity with a larger, nationwide march that is currently taking place.
It’s a perfect storm for human suffering. But is military aid the solution?
Even with years of attention by the United Nations, Guatemala continues to be far from achieving the stability envisioned in the original peace agreement. As Guatemala approaches the fifteen year anniversary of the Peace Accords this December, the country remains just as far from implementing the Peace Accords as it had been when the agreement was first signed
We no longer look to Latin America to save it; we look to Latin America to help save ourselves.
After four years of war that has left nearly 40,000 people dead, countless more disappeared, and soldiers on the streets of every state in the country, many Mexicans are finally “fed up” with President Felipe Calderón’s drug policy.
Time to “Go Egyptian” on the Drug War: A Narco News Editorial
Last week, Mexican media companies cooked up an agreement to regulate the way journalists report on the drug war, proposing methods to restrict both images and speech in news broadcasts