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Jun 26

Mexican Elections 2012: Cartel Strategy Remains the Same

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The expected win of the PRI’s candidate: Enrique Peña Nieto on Sunday’s election does not signify the end of the Mexican Drug War contrary to armchair pundits. What many columnists have neglected to include in their analysis or have conveniently ignored is that the Mexican Drug War is not a unique phenomenon, it is in …

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Feb 29

Wikileaks and STRATFOR: Mexican/Israeli/Russian/Georgian Conspiracy and Mexican Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), oh and sexual shenanigans

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As some of you already know and for the edification of those that do not, some of the most significant things that interest me are technology, international intrigue and Mexican geopolitics. So when Anonymous accessed and Wikileaks started publishing internal emails from the private intelligence firm STRATFOR, I just couldn’t wait to get my hands …

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Jan 17

Tomorrow is a Day of Action for all those that oppose censorship; SOPA is censorship

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On January 24, 2012, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate and a similar bill is pending before the House of Representatives. Both, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and PROTECT-IP (PIPA) in the Senate are misguided attempts to deal with online intellectual property theft. Unfortunately their approach is draconian …

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Apr 27

Homicide statistics for Cd. Juarez

Homicide statistics for Cd. Juárez The Mexican government has made available for public access a database of homicide rates for Mexican cities. Through the database an analytical comparison between Mexican states and individual cities can be realized. The homicide rates believed to be related to the ongoing drug war are determined based on the following …

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