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Carlsen: 50% of the 99%
Znet Article, May, 19 2012
Laura Carlsen
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Where are women in the global economic crisis?
Carlsen: Doing Biden’s Bidding
Znet Article, March, 09 2012
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Vice President Joe Biden landed in Mexico City last night and he’s left little doubt about his mission—to lock in the regional drug war
Carlsen: Obama’s Mexicogate?
Znet Article, April, 28 2011
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels — overseen by U.S. government agents — threatens to become a major scandal for the Obama administration.
Carlsen: Presidential Meeting Puts US-Mexico Relations Back on Track–In the Wrong Direction
Znet Article, March, 05 2011
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Following a lengthy closed meeting, the presidents stood before the cameras to reaffirm their mutual commitment to a war that has cost 35,000 Mexican lives since 2007.
Carlsen: Napolitano in Texas: Tough Talk, Little Coherence
Znet Article, February, 05 2011
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
On Monday, Jan. 31, I crossed the border to hear Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speak at the University of Texas/El Paso.
Carlsen: Women Lead Latin America’s Growing Anti-Militarization Movements
Znet Article, January, 26 2011
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
When George W. Bush left the White House, the rest of the world breathed a sigh of relief. The National Security Doctrine of unilateral attacks, the invasion of Iraq under the false pretext of weapons of mass destruction, and the abandonment of mu...
Carlsen: The Murdered Women of Juarez
Znet Article, January, 22 2011
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Marisela Escobedo’s life changed forever in August 2008 when her 16-year-old daughter Rubi failed to come home.
Carlsen: Cancun Agreement Succeeds in Meeting Low Expectations
Znet Article, December, 18 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
With the exception of one stubborn nation that insisted to the end on an agreement that would meet minimum scientific standards for reverting global warming, world leaders agreed to: dodge binding emissions controls, promise funds with no sources ...
Carlsen: Peasant, Indigenous Organizations Reject Market Schemes for Global Warming
Znet Article, December, 11 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The UN Climate Conference (COP16) in Cancun is turning out to be both anti-climactic and anti-climatic.
Carlsen: In Mexico City, a Message for Cancun
Znet Article, December, 07 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
On Tuesday, as U.N. negotiations on climate change geared up in the Caribbean beach resort of Cancun, thousands of people marched through the streets of Mexico City to demand grassroots solutions to global warming--and to the slew of other crises ...
Carlsen: Two Worlds Collide At Cancun Climate Talks
Znet Article, October, 29 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The debate over climate change generally transpires within the cloistered confines of expensive hotels, executive boardrooms, and diplomatic halls. As seen in the failure to arrive at binding agreements in Copenhagen, the talks are generally as st...
Carlsen: A Plan Colombia for Mexico
Znet Article, September, 14 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated week that Mexico and Central America were facing an “insurgency” that requires the equivalent of a Plan Colombia in the region. Her comments immediately raised the ire of the Mexican government and sparke...
Carlsen: This Week in Mexico
Znet Article, August, 31 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
A wounded man, blood-covered and frantic, approached a military checkpoint in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, 100 miles south of Brownsville, Texas, with a horrifying story. Reportedly shot in the neck himself, the Ecuadorian would-be migrant to the Uni...
Carlsen: Uribe’s Parting Shot
Znet Article, August, 27 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The rupture of diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Colombia after a special session of the OAS on July 22 marks increased animosity between the outgoing Colombian president Alvaro Uribe and Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez.
Carlsen: Lethal Force on the Border
Znet Article, July, 02 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Sergio Hernandez Guereca’s short life revolved around the U.S.-Mexico border that ultimately led to his death. On June 7, at approximately 6:30 p.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot the 15-year-old Hernandez in the face in Mexican territory betwee...
Carlsen: Calderón Schmoozes, Mexico Loses
Znet Article, May, 30 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
President Barack Obama rolled out the red carpet for Mexican president Felipe Calderón last week, in a highly scripted state visit that included neighborly platitudes, a speech to Congress and a lavish state dinner.
Carlsen: Phase 2 of the Drug War
Znet Article, April, 11 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The top brass of U.S. and Mexican security personnel met on March 24 in Mexico City to discuss the failed drug war, amid an onslaught of bad news.
Carlsen: Perils of Plan Mexico: Going Beyond Security to Strengthen U.S.-Mexico Relations
Znet Article, November, 23 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
I have been a political analyst and writer in Mexico for the past two decades. I'm also a mother faced with the challenge of raising children there. As a human rights advocate and a mother, today I speak to you, frankly, with a great sense of urge...
Carlsen: U.S. State Department Sells Out Honduran Democracy for Senate Confirmations
Znet Article, November, 12 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
In one of the lowest points in U.S. diplomatic history, the State Department announced a turnabout in its Honduran policy and stated it will recognize the results of Nov. 29 elections even if held under the military coup.
Carlsen: Calderon Government Sends in Police to Take Over Electrical Company and Bust Union
Znet Article, October, 12 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The decree follows a union conflict that the government fueled and then took advantage of to eliminate the company and its union. The union elections last June were contested by the losing group amid rumors that the federal government was actively...
Carlsen: The Great Swine Flu Cover-Up
Znet Article, September, 12 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Mexico has been considered the laboratory of globalization since it initiated the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994. In April of 2009 a deadly virus germinated in that laboratory, finding ideal conditions to move quickly into a global pa...
Carlsen: A Pressing Case for NAFTA Review and Renegotiation
Znet Article, September, 10 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
At President Obama's first North American Summit in August, the leaders of the three nations avoided any mention of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or its offshoot, the Security and Prosperity Partnership, in their joint statement....
Carlsen: Coup Catalyzes Honduran Women's Movement
Znet Article, August, 26 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
On the morning of June 28, women's organizations throughout Honduras were preparing to promote a yes vote on the national survey to hold a Constitutional Assembly. Then the phone lines started buzzing.
Carlsen: Honduran Coup Turns Violent, Sanctions Imposed
Znet Article, June, 30 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Thousands of Hondurans are now in the streets to protest the coup d'etat in their country. They have been met with tear gas, anti-riot rubber bullets, tanks firing water mixed with chemicals, and clubs. Police have moved in to break down barricade...
Carlsen: Military Coup in Honduras, President Zelaya in Costa Rica, Minister and Ambassadors Reported Kidnapped
Znet Article, June, 28 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The president of Honduras was surrounded by military units and forcibly deposed. He is now in Costa Rica. The people are in the streets and the government has been taken over. In the middle of Sec. General Jose Insulza's statement, word arrived th...
Carlsen: The United States Abandons the "War on Drugs" Model at Home, Exports It to Mexico
Znet Article, May, 18 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Poor Mexico has suffered a series of hard blows lately. From elections that left a bitterly divided populace, to a blood-soaked drug war, to the economic crisis, to the swine flu epidemic, nothing seems to be going right.
Carlsen: Mexico’s Swine Flu and the Globalization of Disease
Znet Article, April, 29 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Mexico has long been considered the laboratory of globalization. Now a potentially deadly virus has germinated in that laboratory, finding ideal conditions to move quickly along a path toward global pandemic.
Carlsen: Obama Pledges to Seek "Equal Partnership" At Americas Summit
Znet Article, April, 23 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The stage was set for a showdown. Hugo Chavez and Barack Obama exchanged another round of insults before getting on their planes to head to Trinidad and Tobago. Many countries came prepared for an all-court press to admit Cuba to the Organization ...
Carlsen: Medellin: Model City for IDB; Paramilitary Repression for the Poor
Znet Article, March, 31 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
I arrived in Medellin to participate in a series of events called "IDB: 50 years of Financing Inequality" held parallel to the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It was late and the airport was filled with escorts who she...
Carlsen: A New Attitude in the White House?
Znet Article, February, 22 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
There are early signs of change in the Obama State Department. In response to significant political victories by former Bush nemeses Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia, State Department spokespersons praised the democratic process...
