Topic: North America
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The frontrunner in Mexico's 2012 presidential race on Sunday pledged to break past decades of political paralysis and deliver the country from a deepening spiral of drug violence and sluggish economic growth.Thousands of cheering supporters rallied around Enrique ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under fire for a botched operation to track guns smuggled to Mexican drug cartels, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday his critics seek to score political points, but will not try to stem the flow of weapons across ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will have to work to restore frayed ties with Mexico after a bungled operation allowed guns to illegally cross the border to violent Mexican drug cartels, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.The acting head of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. agency that oversaw a botched attempt to track arms flowing to drug cartels in Mexico is being reassigned to the Justice Department headquarters, the Obama administration said on Tuesday.Kenneth Melson, who has been acting ...
The United States will discuss the idea of US armed agents operating inside Mexico, which is being rocked by deadly drug violence, when President Barack Obama meets his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon, a senior US official said Wednesday.Obama welcomes Calderon to the ...
Hemp has a wide variety of different uses including cloth, Purdue University: The United States government used to make a distinction between industrial hemp and marijuana, and it used to be illegal to refuse to grow hemp for the government (as seen ...
In 1820 Agustn de Iturbide was commissioned by the Viceroy of Apodaca to lead a royalist force against Vicente Guerrero. Iturbide was born in Valladolid (now Morelia), Mexico, on Sept. 27, 1783, the implantation of a wealthy, unfaltering Catholic, aristocratic family of ...
PHOENIX (Reuters) The Obama administration on Friday urged the U.S. House of Representatives to approve a border security package as soon as possible, potentially as early as next week when lawmakers convene for a special session.Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said administration ...
If they were asked to take a hard and honest look at the problems facing this country in today's world, it is easy for most people to identify the five or six overriding issues that deeply affect the most Americans. I would ...
On a trip to Mexico, I had the unique experience to play with a baby jaguar! Beautiful creature and amazing to interact with! I was disappointed to learn that like many species roaming the globe today, the jaguar is considered to be ...
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Canal Border Deaths
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Mexico Drug War Saving Juarez
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Mexico Drug War Leaving Juarez
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Story from North America
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LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
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NORTH AMERICAN UNION
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