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Military Industrial Complex

Cartels are bad but they're not 'terrorists.' This is mission creep.

Are US special forces going to be used for drug interdiction in Mexico, or even on American streets, next?

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North America

Trump takes US military one step closer to bombing drug cartels

The president reportedly signed a directive to begin targeting narcotics traffickers — a bad idea that will fail, again

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Latin America

Taxing remittances helps make US neighbors poorer, less stable

In many cases the money that migrants send home is equal or more than the federal aid those countries used to get

10,000 US troops begin arriving at Mexico border
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10,000 US troops begin arriving at Mexico border

Locals: this place is becoming a “military zone”

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Latin America

Forecast in the Americas: Uncertainty with a chance of Trump

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) meets today amid a shower of problems, not the least of which is unity.

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Latin America

Trump's Latin American sticks could end up stuck in his spokes

He appears to be racking up wins through pure aggression, but history shows that these tactics lose juice over time.