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It took the deaths of two American citizens and the husband of a diplomatic employee—all tied to the U.S. Consulate in
On March 14all the headlines focused on the targeting of U.S. Consulate employees in the border town of
It seems that as long as the victims of drug-related violence did not carry
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The first months of 2010 have shown, in multiple and unexpected ways, the courage, resilience, and solidarity of the citizens of the
In my blog on March 13, I wrote about Secretary Clinton’s six country trip to the region. It was a great honor to accompany the Secretary. With each leader and citizen we met, our deep and personal engagement with our neighbors in the region was apparent. Given how much is at stake in the western hemisphere right now, I was pleased to have the opportunity to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on March 10—and share with Members of Congress my perspectives on our relationships with countries of the region and what we want to accomplish together.
I talked about efforts by the
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A good friend, who is a former foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, recently told me about the pressure he got from his editors during a recent reporting stint along the U.S.-Mexico border. "They only wanted me to come up with the big story on the drug war, to find breaking news over and over again," he said. "But nothing that big was happening in
By "action," he was referring to the dozens of weekly reports of attacks, torture, murders, disappearances, and even what appears to be random violence in Juárez, directly across from El Paso, Texas—one of the safest cities in the United States. Between March and September of this year, at least 40 people who received treatment for drug addiction at rehab facilities in Juárez were killed by gunmen; the reason why they were targeted remains unclear. Last month, Juárez' murder rate became the highest in the world, surpassing that of
While it's incredibly important to denounce this violence and inform the public, the general reporting trend coming out of
AQ's coverage and post-trip analysis of the President's May 2-4 visit.