Mexican President Felipe Calderon has warned that drug gangs are seeking to replace the state and impose their own law in parts of the country.
The traffickers were intimidating and extorting communities, he said.
But Mr Calderon, speaking at the end of a three-day anti-crime conference, said the fight against gangs must continue despite rising violence.
More than [...]
2010 Aug 07 | Posted in
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According to a report from the castrist news agency Prensa Latina, the Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, begins today his first official visit to Cuba during which he will meet with President Raul Castro for the purpose of “strengthening bilateral ties”.
According to his three days agenda, the president of the Middle East [...]
Partido de la U presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos claimed on Friday that it was he who put an end to the phenomenon of extrajudicial killings by the military during his tenure as defense minister, reports El Espectador.
According to Santos, he inherited the scandal – known as “false positives,” in which soldiers would kill innocent [...]
In spite of the fact that once out of the United States, the former Secretary of State Mr. Henry Kissinger risks to be jailed , extradited or at least cause an international incident almost in any country (but China and Burma) , the company Rio Tinto has taken on Henry Kissinger as an advisor to help negotiate with China [...]
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