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An Interview with Laura Carlsen
By Mike Whitney
Global Research, December 24, 2009
“Militarization is not the way to deal with Mexico’s political crisis.” Laura Carlsen
Mike Whitney— Will you explain what Plan Mexico is and how it relates to the North American Free Trade Agreement? (NAFTA)
Laura Carlsen:  Plan Mexico, also called the Merida Initiative, is a [...]

On the night of October 11, six thousand soldiers and militarized police took over the offices of Luz y Fuerza del Centro, the State owned corporation that provides power to Mexico City and some states in Central Mexico; the entity was liquidated by an executive order issued by Mexico′s president Felipe Calderón. Since then, the [...]

Calderon Uses 6,000 Federal Agents to Fire Over 44,000 Luz y Fuerza Workers
From NarcoNews

FMexican Electrical Workers Union members protest the summary firing of 44,000 members. Photo: La Jornada
In the middle of the night last Saturday, President Felipe Calderon sent six thousand soldiers and militarized Federal Police to take over state power company Luz y [...]

By Bill Weinberg, from NACLA
The Merida Initiative, Washington’s new security program for Mexico and Central America, was immediately dubbed “Plan Mexico” by its critics—implying it is a new version of Plan Colombia. Mexico is now poised to supersede Colombia as the hemisphere’s top recipient of U.S. security aid.
From its origins 10 years ago, the multibillion-dollar [...]

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By Roberto Jorquera
www.directaction.org.au
President Manuel Zelaya attempted to return to Honduras together with Miquel D’Escotto President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, however the airstrip was blocked and Zelaya was forced to land in Nicaragua. Zelaya flew in from Washington after a meeting of the Organisation of American States (OAS) that suspended the [...]

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By Roberto Jorquera
www.directaction.org.au
President Manuel Zelaya is attempting to return to Honduras together with Miquel D’Escotto President of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Zelaya flew in from Washington after a meeting of the Organisation of American States (OAS) that suspended the membership of Honduras. At the same time another delegation led by the [...]

On the 20th of April, 10 years ago, black and red flags placed by students covered the doors of the most prestigious University in the Hispanic world and the biggest in Latin America, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM by its Spanish acronym). In Mexico the black and red flag is a symbol of strike action. Students from high school and university formed a movement and occupied the university for nearly a year to defend free education against the neoliberal strategies the government (and the authorities of the University) tried to implement, as part of the agenda of the IMF and its plan of privatisations.

By LGL, February 2009
In today´s Mexico, there are over 500 political prisoners, as registered by human rights organizations such as the Cerezo Committee, the National Coordination for the Freedom of Political Prisoners, the Mexican League of Human Rights and other organisations. There are also over 900 people persecuted for political reasons. The “democratic” government of [...]