Women In Politics

At Mexico Morgue, Families of Missing Seek Clues
For two weeks now, the discoveries of mass graves have hardened the perception that parts of northern Mexico have been lost to criminal gangs.

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Clinton backs Calderon’s drug fight on Mexico trip
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered strong support for Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s war on narcotics traffickers on Monday even as drug-related violence shows no sign of abating.

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Clinton backs Calderon’s drug fight on Mexico trip
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered strong support for Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s war on narcotics traffickers on Monday even as drug-related violence shows no sign of abating.

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Violence, drugs, corruption: On 200th birthday, Mexico troubled by what it sees in the mirror
MEXICO CITY — The movie that Mexican director Luis Estrada is putting out for his country’s bicentennial is bluntly named “Hell.”

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Cartel-Plagued Mexico: As Bad as Colombia?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has compared the worsening drug violence in Mexico to Colombia of the 1980s and 90s, when cartels challenged the state police and military for control of whole swathes of the South American nation. “It’s looking more and more like Colombia looked 20 years ago,” Clinton said of Mexico in comments on Wednesday, comparing the cartels to an insurgency. “It got to …

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Marcos Breton: We’re part of Mexico ‘s drug war
It sometimes seems that California is sharing a border with Iraq or Afghanistan instead of Mexico .

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Gulf of Mexico oil leak has drawn aggressive response from President Barack Obama
Involvement has escalated along with the seriousness of the situation

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Government fears Gulf of Mexico oil spill could become unchecked gusher, according to Press-Register online report
Matt Stamey / The Daily Courier via APRear Adm. Mary Landry, left, and U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu walk toward a Coast Guard plane Friday in Houma to fly over the Gulf of Mexico to look at the oil spill. They…

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Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico now worse than feared
A new leak is found at the oil rig site; 210,000 gallons a day are now spilling into the gulf.

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Analysis: Political rhetoric ignores reality at United States border with Mexico
Secure the border, then reform? Requiring a secure border establishes an impossible standard.

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