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Carlsen: Report Calls for End to Drug War, As Obama Moves Toward Reform
Znet Article, February, 15 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy issued a report that marks a turning point in drug policy in the hemisphere. Following a year’s work, the report concludes that the “war on drugs†is a failed war and recommends a “para...
Carlsen: Obama Reaffirms Promise to Renegotiate NAFTA
Znet Article, January, 15 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The courtesy call between President-elect Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon turned out to be a little more revealing than anticipated. The statement from incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gave a pretty clear, if va...
Carlsen: Mexico's Immigration Problem Also a "Red Flag" at Home
Znet Article, December, 16 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
In the first two years of the Felipe Calderon administration, Mexico has become a focal point in the violation of the human rights of immigrants even as it criticizes the treatment of Mexican migrants in the United States. The UN Special Rapporteu...
Carlsen: Obama and the Minority Majority
Znet Article, November, 30 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The election of Barack Obama as the nation's first African American president has been heralded as proof that the United States has finally broken through the racial barrier. The image springs to mind of recalcitrant whites at last convinced to se...
Carlsen: Latin America Sends Obama Congratulations—and a Piece of its Mind
Znet Article, November, 08 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Pundits have said that the election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States will not change the nation’s world image overnight. But in Latin America, it already has.
Carlsen: Bush Foreign Policy: From Dynasty to Legacy
Znet Article, October, 10 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
One day not long ago—hypothetically—the head honchos of the Bush administration sat down in the Oval Office. Long faces prevailed around the room. The agenda: "Transitioning from Plan A to Plan B."
Carlsen: Would There Be Change in Obama's Americas Policy?
Znet Article, August, 20 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The great debate on how much—or how little—Barack Obama would change our disastrous U.S. foreign policy usually focuses on the Middle East. That makes sense. Nowhere has the price of the Bush national security strategy been higher, as the violent ...
Carlsen: NAFTA and the Elephant in the Room
Znet Article, June, 28 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico hosted a conference recently on the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) from the Canadian and Mexican perspective. Although most of the presentations were from academics, businessmen or govern...
Carlsen: Mexico's Battle Over Oil
Znet Article, May, 22 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
In the reform proposal, Calderon and his National Action Party (PAN) took care to avoid calling for modifying the Mexican Constitution. National ownership of petroleum is a touchstone of nationalist pride in Mexico since President Lazaro Cardenas ...
Carlsen: The Bush Administration Has Put Its Proposal to Militarize Mexico into the Upcoming Iraq Supplemental Bill
Znet Article, May, 07 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
On Oct. 22, 2007 President Bush announced the $1.4 billion dollar "Merida Initiative," security aid package to Mexico and Central America. The initiative has fatal flaws in its strategy; instead of leading to a stable binational relationship and p...
Carlsen: Two Chicken Stories: NAFTA's Real Winners and Losers
Znet Article, April, 24 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Pedro Martin works on a chicken farm just outside the village of Pegueros, Jalisco. The state of Jalisco ranks among Mexico's top chicken-producing states, providing the nation with 11% of all chicken meat produced.
Carlsen: U.S.- Latin America
Znet Article, April, 20 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
There has never been a time in U.S. history when the nation's security and trade policies were not linked. The nation's status as a superpower on the world stage derives from both its $14 trillion economy and its unsurpassable military might. In a...
Carlsen: Latin America Food Fights
Znet Article, April, 05 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
For the first time since widespread famines devastated whole populations, serious doubts about global food supply have gripped societies throughout the world.
Carlsen: Why Bolivia Matters
Znet Article, February, 15 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Bolivia's National Palace is a classic colonial building that sits on the pigeon-filled Plaza Murillo in downtown La Paz. It's more often called the "Palacio Quemado" or "Burned Palace" because it's been set on fire repeatedly by dissidents of one...
Carlsen: NAFTA Kicked Up A Notch
Znet Article, June, 01 2007
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The North American Free Trade Agreement is the world's most advanced example of the U.S.-led free trade model. It's not just about economics any more. The expansion of NAFTA into the Security and Prosperity Partnership reveals the road ahead for o...
Carlsen: Oaxaca Fights Back
Znet Article, November, 12 2006
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
In regional lore, Oaxacans have a reputation for being like the tlacuache. A recurring figure in Mexican mythology, the tlacuache plays dead when cornered. But woe to the enemy who thinks the battle is over. The small but fierce creature merely aw...
Carlsen: Mexico's Two Presidents
Znet Article, September, 26 2006
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
On September 16, over one million people raised their hands in a vote to recognize center-left leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as the "legitimate president" of Mexico. Gathered in Mexico City's historic center, the delegates to the National Dem...
Carlsen: The WTO kills Farmers
Znet Article, September, 11 2003
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
On September 10, opening day of the Fifth Ministerial of the World Trade Organization, Lee Kyung Hae climbed the fence that separates the excluded from the included and took his life with a knife to the heart. Lee, leader of the Korean Federa...
