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  • March 5, 2009
    Blog
    Drug Prohibition’s Role in Mexico’s Violence
    Since January 2007 there have been more than 6,800 drug‐​war related deaths in Mexico, and Mexican drug cartels continue to expand their operations in American cities. Washington’s response has been to expand its prohibitionist efforts with the …
    By Cato Editors
  • March 5, 2009
    Cato Video
    Ted Galen Carpenter discusses the roots of Mexico's drug violence.
    Ted Galen Carpenter discusses the roots of Mexico’s drug violence.
    Since January 2007 there have been more than 6,800 drug‐​war related deaths in Mexico, and Mexican drug cartels continue to expand their operations in American cities. Washington’s response has been to expand its prohibitionist efforts with the …
    Featuring Ted Galen Carpenter
  • February 9, 2009
    News Releases
    Will Drug Violence Make Mexico a Failed State?
    … S. and global demand for illegal drugs remaining robust, it is no wonder that the cartels are winning.Indeed, given Mexico’s increasingly precarious economic situation, their power is likely to grow especially in the next year or two. Mexico …
  • February 7, 2009
    Houston Chronicle
    Drug Gangs Winning the War for Mexico
    … S. and global demand for illegal drugs remaining robust, it is no wonder that the cartels are winning. Indeed, given Mexico’s increasingly precarious economic situation, their power is likely to grow especially in the next year or two. Mexico …
    By Ted Galen Carpenter
  • January 15, 2009
    Blog
    Laudable Economic Stimulus Plan in Mexico
    … so they’re not just grasping at straws here. This is a tried and true approach to economic growth in Mexico and throughout the world. Many of the reforms Mexico agreed to in the North American Free Trade Agreement were …
    By Daniel J. Ikenson
  • November 19, 2008
    Blog
    Measuring “Success” in the War on Drugs in Mexico
    The Economist had a story a few weeks ago on the recent developments of Mexico’s war on drugs. According to the magazine: “At least 4,000 people have been murdered in violence involving traffickers so far this year. Officials …
    By Juan Carlos Hidalgo
  • October 10, 2008
    National Interest (Online)
    Mexico’s Colombian Exchange
    … on the U.S.-Mexico border that used to be popular destinations. Worst of all, some of the chaos in Mexico is spilling over into America’s own southwestern states. The drug trafficking problem in Mexico is not new. The …
    By Ted Galen Carpenter
  • May 21, 2008
    Blog
    In Mexico, It’s a War
    … were 34 drug‐​related executions in that country. So far this year, there have been 1.356 similar killings in Mexico. Cato’s Ted Galen Carpenter wrote a few years ago that Mexico risked becoming the next Colombia. It’s …
    By Juan Carlos Hidalgo
  • December 14, 2006
    Blog
    Health Policy in New Mexico
    Last Friday, at the invitation of the Rio Grande Foundation, I spoke to state legislators in New Mexico about Gov. Richardson’s proposal to expand Medicaid. In brief, I argued that Richardson’s proposal would trap more New Mexicans in …
    By Michael F. Cannon
  • November 28, 2006
    Blog
    New Mexico: Land of Dependence
    Found on a New Mexico state web site… Media Name: nm_hsd.jpg My father‐​in‐​law runs the Santa Fe chapter of Habitat for Humanity, a voluntary charity that measures success in terms of how many people it helps …
    By Michael F. Cannon
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