Mexico

A Wall Street Journal op-ed takes a look at some of the problems facing those responsible for managing Mexico’s nasty drug war, and the new “realist” attitude adopted by the country’s new Attorney General, Eduardo Medina Mora.  Mary Anastasia O’Grady explains a new approach that Mora says seeks to curb the  “enormous economic and fire power” of the cartels who supply both the U.S. and, increasingly, Mexico’s drug users.  Full article here.

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox spoke at the New York Democracy Forum last week, giving a candid presentation that outlined his anger at the wall being constructed along the U.S.-Mexico border, his support for revamping NAFTA and the creation of a temporary guest worker program for Mexican migrants.