The World's Plaidiest News Source

2010 Sep 2

Cool Calderon Bags a Barbie (part 1)

• World
• The Americas

Holy hot tamales my amigos! Mexico is on fire, and I’m not talking about jalape?os either! President Felipe Calder?n and the Mexican government’s war against drug cartels has ramped up in violence and death count in a very big way in the last 4 years, impacting all levels of society both within Mexico but also neighboring countries/regions. Instead of delving in the dirty details of the daily violence, the Plaid Avenger explains the “Why here?” and “Why now?” behind the rise of these cartels in northern Mexico here in the 21st century.

Related Stories:
Mexico fired 10 percent of federal police in 2010
Mexico rethinks drug strategy as death toll soars
U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Marijuana Traffic
Gang violence in Central America
Who's responsible for US illegal drug traffic? (GREAT graphics!)

Keywords: Mexico, drug cartels, Felipe Calder?n, US, Central America, Colombia, NAFTA

Comments

2010 Apr 17

Nuke Group Review: part 2

• World
• The Americas

Synopsis: On April 12th and 13th, US President Barack Obama hosted the first-ever ‘Nuclear Security Summit’ which was attended by leaders from 47 states plus a handful of international organizations. This summit mostly focused on getting a handle on loose nuclear material around the world in order to eliminate the threat of possible ‘nuclear terrorism.’ However, in the bigger picture this move is just a warm-up to a revamping of the all important NPT, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is coming up soon. In Part 2 of this plaidcast, the Avenger does a roll call of important cats at the convention (as well as those not invited), and what the hell they actually agreed on to limit those loose nukes.

Related Stories:
Among leaders at summit, Hu's first
Netanyahu Cancels Trip to U.S. Nuclear Summit
Big Challenges Lie Ahead Before 2nd Nuclear Summit
Ukraine Agrees to Eliminate Highly Enriched Uranium Stock by 2012

Keywords: US, Obama, Russia, Medvedev, Sarkozy, Hu, Gordon Brown, P5, P5 +1, Merkel, Germany, Singh, India, Netanyahu, Israel, Calderon, Lula, Harper, Kirchner, Zuma, Erdogan, Yakunovich, Hatoyama, Lee Myung-Bak, Ban Ki Moon, UN, Yukio Amano, IAEA, Iran, North Korea

Comments

Page 2 of 2 pages  < 1 2

Keep in Touch with Plaid Updates

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Mailing List
• RSS

Subscribe

Get the University Textbook

Get the Comic Books