“Worse Than Big Tobacco”: How Big Pharma Fuels the Opioid Epidemic
Once again, an out-of-control industry is threatening public health on a mammoth scale… Read More “Worse Than Big Tobacco”: How Big Pharma Fuels the Opioid Epidemic
Category: War on Drugs
So Where Does the Money Go that Mexico Borrows?
Answers emerge. Including offshore private accounts.… Read More So Where Does the Money Go that Mexico Borrows?
Global Banks Sabotage Uruguay’s Efforts to Legalize Marijuana
It’s hard to do business without banks… Read More Global Banks Sabotage Uruguay’s Efforts to Legalize Marijuana
Viva Mexico Cabrones
As countries-in-law go, Mexico must be one of the more interesting and eccentric you can inherit… Read More Viva Mexico Cabrones
The Assassins Syndicate That Kills Journalists in Mexico
Tariq Ali talks to investigative journalist, Anabel Hernández, about Mexico’s struggle with drug trafficking and corruption, to which the US turns a blind eye whilst having a finger in the pie
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The Pillage of Pemex Turns Bloody
Gasoline theft is now the second most profitable activity for Mexico’s criminal gangs… Read More The Pillage of Pemex Turns Bloody
Journalist Who Blew Lid off War Crimes: CIA Fighting ‘Parallel’ War in Afghanistan
Nicky Hager is a ground-breaking investigative journalist and best-selling author. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh once said of him: “Nicky Hager has more knowledge and understanding of the American intelligence world in Afghanistan — both its good and its very bad points — than any reporter I know.”… Read More Journalist Who Blew Lid off War Crimes: CIA Fighting ‘Parallel’ War in Afghanistan
Were 2 of the World’s Biggest Narco Barons CIA Informants?
Under the remit of the War on Drugs, millions of U.S. citizens have faced arrest and jail time for minor, nonviolent charges. All the while, it has been revealed, the U.S. government has been enabling billions of dollars worth of drugs to flood into the country from Mexico because of shady deals with the notorious Sinaloa cartel… Read More Were 2 of the World’s Biggest Narco Barons CIA Informants?
NAFTA Has Harmed Mexico a Lot More than Any Wall Could Do
While it is finally widely recognized that so-called free trade agreements have harmed millions of U.S. workers, thought leaders from both sides of the political spectrum continue to assume NAFTA has been good for Mexico. This assumption is forcefully contradicted by the facts.… Read More NAFTA Has Harmed Mexico a Lot More than Any Wall Could Do
Maybe Government Death Squads Are A Bad Idea
That we are moving into an era where strong-man authoritarian thugs not only implement such programs but are increasingly lauded for it should, if not surprise, at the very least concern everyone… Read More Maybe Government Death Squads Are A Bad Idea
Protests in Mexico Push Country to Brink of Revolution and Nobody’s Talking About It
The few mainstream news reports that have covered the situation blame rising gas prices but fail to examine several other factors that are pushing Mexico to the brink of revolution.… Read More Protests in Mexico Push Country to Brink of Revolution and Nobody’s Talking About It
The Hideous Constellation of Threats and Challenges Facing Mexico
The Risk of Contagion of a full-blown Mexican crisis is far greater today than it was during the Tequila Crisis 22 years ago.… Read More The Hideous Constellation of Threats and Challenges Facing Mexico
