Mexico

May Day: Juárez workers defy flu curfew

Despite the cancellation of the official May Day parade as a measure to combat the spread of “Swine Flu,” some 200 workers marched in Ciudad Juárez to protest Mexico’s neoliberal reforms.

Mexico

Obama moves against Mexican cartel finances

On the eve of his Mexico trip, President Obama moved to impose financial penalties on three Mexican drug cartels: the Sinaloa Cartel, Los Zetas and La Familia Michoacana.

Mexico

Mexico debates marijuana legalization

Mexican lawmakers opened a debate on the legalization of marijuana as a possible strategy to tackle the country’s powerful drug cartels—sparking harsh criticisms from the DEA.