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Security & Strategic Review October 2011 (ISSN 1741-4202)
MEXICO: Has a plateau been reached in the drugs war?
The Mexican government is claiming almost instant success for two joint federal-state security drives, in Guerrero and Veracruz, and has launched two more similar drives, in a district that straddles Durango and Coahuila. This comes against the backdrop of what appears to be an overall decline in drug-war fatalities this year.
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- COLOMBIA: Run-up to elections reveals map of insecurity
- BOLIVIA: Indigenous protest forces Morales’s hand
- VENEZUELA: Prisons’ minister in confrontation with the judiciary
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- MEXICO: Has a plateau been reached in the drugs war?
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- CHILE: Students defy Piñera’s get-tough approach
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- NICARAGUA-COSTA RICA: Ortega blows hot and cold on territorial dispute
- HAITI: Minustah shrinks its strength, Martelly insists with army
- HONDURAS: Homicide rate now ‘running at 20 a day’
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