La Cronica De Hoy: Mexico's 70,000 Dead Demand Rejection of US Pressure on Drugs Aurelio Ramos Mendez - La Cronica De Hoy
go to original May 9, 2013

As much as President Enrique Peña Nieto's government tries to de-narcotize the bilateral agenda with the United States, the central topic - acknowledged or not in meetings of heads of state - remains drug trafficking. On account of which, "public safety" in our country is nothing but a fiction.

In the five months of Peña's term, there has been little or no change in the level of drug-related violence encouraged and bequeathed by Calderon. It couldn't be any different.

As long as the focus imposed by the White House remains the phenomenon of drugs and the strategy of all-out-war against its traffickers, efforts to restore peace and social tranquility in our country will be futile.

But the occurrences of terrible bloodshed over the past five months gave Barack Obama's Administration an excuse to pressure President Nieto under the table, even while in public, Obama smiled and praised Nieto, even recognizing the sovereignty of Mexicans to define their own strategy in this area.

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Translated By Florizul Acosta Perez: see original

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