More than six weeks after the overthrow of President Manuel Zelaya the crisis remains unresolved. Leaders from across the Americas continue pressuring the interim government to restore the deposed leader while he travels the hemisphere to make his case. Meanwhile, U.S. officials differ on Washington's stance.
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The leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States met August 9 and 10 for the first North American Leader’s Summit since President Barack Obama took office. Trade, climate change, migration, and security dominated talks and leaders voiced their commitment to a resolution to the Honduran crisis.
Gobernador de Guerrero, Mexico Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca conversó con AS/COA en una entrevista excusiva. Guerrero es uno de los estados más pobres del país, pero el Gobernador Torreblanca guarda su optimismo en el turismo, el desarrollo de la infraestructura y la lucha contra la pobreza rural.
The Wilson Center’s Andrew Selee writes in the Houston Chronicle on U.S.-Mexican collaboration to combat drug violence and trafficking. “[W]hile stepped-up enforcement on the border is certainly welcome, it can hardly be the primary solution,” he writes. Excerpted from an Americas Quarterly essay.
The system must ensure that states guarantee access to political, civil and human rights.
Police aren't the problem, they're the solution. They just need to be better paid and better trained.