...Situation In the border between Guatemala-Mexico what started as a small conflict over in the month of February, has become a massacre. Over 10,000 innocent people have been killed in the bloodiest conflict between drug cartels that the region has ever seen. The conflict started in the middle of February, when a group of about 25 individuals attempted to cross illegally from Guatemala into Mexican territory through the Chilpepeño border crossing. These kinds of acts are widely known and beyond that, they are carried away by professionals in the matter with years of experience and institutions that back them up. The group had paid its dues to an organization that would be in charge of guiding them as well as the bribing of Mexican authorities. What was unknown to the organization was that among the individuals, there were some very dangerous thieves. Julio Carranza Sandoval and another 10 members of the Corajudos Mexican drug cartel had stolen 35 million dollars and 300 kilos of cocaine from the Almitran Guatemalan drug cartel a few days before. The crossing was planned to take place on February 16th. The group was being guided through the darkness of a moonless night when they were ambushed by members of the Almitran cartel. A few died on the spot, the rest were taken as hostages. Before the sun started to rise over the horizon, the Corajudos cartel had mobilized its people to the southern Mexican border and were heavy armed. The conflict has been prolonged for over a month now...
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...James Polk thirty-four years later, found himself in a conflict involving the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The Mexican-American war marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. Soon after gaining its independence in 1836 from Mexico, the United States rejected annexing the newly freed Texas, due to the political interests of the north who were against the addition of a new slave state. The Mexican government...
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...Tania Trevino English 1302 Johanna Hunt Nov 1, 2011 Mexican Drug War In 2006 Mexico’s current president Felipe Calderon declared war against drug cartels, since that day Mexico has not been the same. This declaration created a storm of violence throughout the country, and has left Mexican people hopeless and desperate to find a solution to this problem. Mexico has become a vulnerable country that fear drug cartels, and that lives surrounded by violence. It is essential to comprehend how this situation started, what effects it has had on Mexican society and what actions is the Mexican government taking to overcome this problem. It’s no surprise to say that the drug cartels have been around for many years, there has always been a great demand for drugs and Mexico following the Colombian steps has been up to date with selling drugs and transporting them to other countries. Its’ location has been very convenient and has created a connection between the southern countries and the Unites States. Everything started to deteriorate when Mexico’s president decided to declare war against them, the many arrests and deaths of cartel leaders lead to bloody conflicts between the Mexican Federal Police and the drug cartels. There are several main cartels that domain the country these are separated into alliances that are composed of two groups: The first group is formed by Juarez cartel, Tijuana cartel, Beltran-Leyva cartel and the Zetas, the second group is composed by Gulf cartel...
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...The international drug trade from Latin American states is having an impact on a global scale. The trafficking of drugs along with corruptness and murder is an international conflict that is being fought daily. There are many aspects of the drug war from Mexico and other Latin American states which have effects on United States policy as well as policies from other countries that participate in the global suppression of illegal drugs. It can be hard to differentiate between conflict and issue in regards to Latin America’s drug war and International Relations. The Mexican drug war is a global issue because it interferes with the states ability to collaborate and form policy in order to address the issues between international borders. Conflict arises because certain states want to resolve the situation and are willing to do what is necessary to do so. While drug-related violence in Mexico receives considerable attention, the Northern Triangle of Latin America is far worse. Venezuela has emerged as a major departure point for cocaine trafficked to Europe. Between 2006 and 2008 over half of all detected maritime shipments of cocaine to Europe came from Venezuela. (Crime 2010) These ports in Latin America have had an impact on the cities in the Bahamas as well with the drug cartels exporting their drugs quicker to the surrounding countries; they use the ports of the Caribbean to refuel while on the way to America. The waters of the Caribbean islands are patrolled by navies from...
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...communications, intelligence, tactical doctrine and morale, the battle chronologically, followed by the significance of the battle, addressing the effects of the war and how lessons learned from this war affect the way our military operates today. So first, lets start by discussing the Mexican-American war. During April 25, 1846 to February 2, 1848 the Mexican American War occurred. This conflict happened between the Centralist Republic or Mexico and the Unite States. The war consisted of four campaigns as follows, the Texas, California, Pacific Coast and Mexico campaigns. President James K. Polk, who was elected in 1844, believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean (Frazier, 1998). At first, the United States declined to incorporate Texas into the union, because northern political interests were against the addition of a new slave state. The Mexican government encouraged border raids and warnings that if any attempt to annex Texas it would lead to a war. As time went by Polk had his eyes on the southwest territory and wanted to occupy Texas and New Mexico. When offers to purchase the land were denied, he instigated a fight by moving troops in the Rio Grande and Nueces that both countries recognized as part of the Mexican state of Coahuila, causing the start of the Mexican-American War (Frazier, 1998). Throughout the two-year period, the Mexican-American war covered more than...
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...Essay Assignment This essay is about closing a car manufacturing factory in America and reopening it in Mexico. In this critical situation communication is very complicated. AS this is a big car company, Teams are based as a hierarchy level. Privacy and security issues also make communication more complicated. Initially the oil prices affect the sales of the company. The company is in loss. I The CEO of the company will write an email to factory manager for closing the factory. I will tell him the context of the situation. Being a sender I will use internet as a transmitter to send the message to the factory manager. I will ask him to inform the employees by putting a notice on company notice board. I will also tell him to write my email id on that notice so if any employee needs to communicate with me he can communicate with me using the internet as medium. I also plan to send letters from company to all employees to tell them about company’s situation and ask them if to join the Mexico’s plant if interested. People see my body language through perception. I will also call the broadcast media office and tell them about the company’s plan bout the closing of the factory. I will send them my company’s video footage and my message to the American media for broadcasting, so that people can see my video. I will give serious posture in the video by leaning forward to table. So that people can see how serious is the situation. I would look grimace. But I will not reveal the company’s...
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...Mexico has had a long history of political turmoil. Since obtaining its independence from Spain, to overthrowing constitutional monarchies and dictatorship, Mexico has gone through several governmental reformations. It was not until 2000 that Mexico officially transition and the world formally recognized Mexico as a democratic state when Vicente Fox from the National Action Party (PAN) became president. Despite Mexico having a smooth transition to democracy, many Mexicans were later disillusioned on the lack of major changes that didn’t take place after the political power shift from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to PAN. In 2012, Mexico’s political power shifted back to PRI after PAN had taken office for two recurring presidential...
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...The Battle of the Alamo in 1836 is an important battle in Chicano history from the Texas Revolution. The battle was a conflict between both Mexico and the colonists in Texas that altered the future of Mexico, Texas, and the United States of America. The chain of events and tensions between the two forces led to the Battle of the Alamo and created a different environment for both the US and Mexico. Events That Led to the Battle of the Alamo Before the Battle of the Alamo began, there are events and rising tensions that fueled the commencement of the battle. The conflict between both Mexico and the Texas colonists begins with the colonization of Texas, which led to the Texas Revolution and Texas’s independence. Colonization in Texas began...
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...The issue of Westward expansion such as the issue of Missouri, Texas and Nebraska were clearly a key reason for conflict with in the union in the year 1820-1854. However there we other factors like slavery expansion and state vs. federal. The sources illustrate this to different degrees. Sources A, C,B and E can be grouped as they discuss that westward expansion is the main cause which supports the statement but it is E that does so most strongly. Sources C and A can be further linked as they touch on other factors that were important such as slavery. Whilst source D provides an opposing view that westward expansion was the main cause of conflict because it argues Slavery and the abolitionist movement was the reason for conflict within the union. Sources A, B, C and E all link to westward expansion however it is E that fully agrees to the statement. Source E strongly agrees with the statement because it is talking about the territory in particular the territory of Nebraska for example is says ‘Vast unoccupied region’ this shows that Nebraska was a problem and was making politics sectional. It also mentions ‘vast territory yet exempt from these terrible evils’ this is suggesting that the Nebraska territory is all part of the slave power conspiracy which Douglas was now part of as he substituted the Missouri Compromise for popular sovereignty which angered the North as it could lead to the expansion of slavery. This can be shown in source E from when it says ‘violation of a sacred...
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...Global Management Session 1: Globalization and You as a Global Manager The session becan by showing a short video called ‘Did you know’ The video briefly pointed out how globalisation has reshaped the world in terms of social, economic, environmental and technological aspects. One of the key idea that the video clip demonstrated is that the economy in emerging markets will overtake the economy in developed countries by 2020 for the first time in human history. Fundamental concepts of the session- What is globalisation, how it has evolved and affected our lifestyles, the globalisation of markets and production Example of Starbucks and Boeing- How did these two firms take the opportunity of globalisation to way they used to operate, and expand in both their home country and overseas . The global economic activities are shifting towards emerging markets, e.g The BRICS Why and how big data will play an essential role in the aspects of business competition and managing a multinational company. Even though global companies account for the world/s ¼ GDP, ½ of these companies ‘profits are still generated from their home coutries, big question is, has globalisation made the world flat and removed the barriers to do business in the globe or do differences still exist across different countries. CAGE Framework- Cultural differences, Administrative differences, Geographic attributes, Economic distance Some examples of the frame work: 1. Cultural differences...
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...the Republic of Texas. This topic came from, previous president, John Tyler’s pursuit of the Texas annexation as a slave state to weaken the unity of the Whig and Democratic parties in his attempt stay in the White House. The newly elected president made a proposition to Mexico to purchase the disputed lands. Mexico rejected the offer because Mexico...
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...often lead to conflicts; the types of activities can vary from transport and industry to agriculture and recreation. Because of these conflicts government initiates and planning controls have been emplaced to try and reduce them. The conflicts can occur between different activities or sometimes within the same activity for example a river may be wildlife conservation but a water sport company may want to use it for re-creational use such as water skiing. However human activities can also lead to development on floodplains which increasing the risk of flooding. The Colorado River has many different stakeholders including: farmers, environmentalists and government agencies therefore this creates many conflicts over land use. Because of these conflicts measures have been taken to prevent floods, generate electricity and provide water for homes and agriculture; however evidence shows that these measures have been inefficient, costly and environmentally damaging and has created more problems. Many environmentalists are arguing that people are using the lakes for recreational purposes, which is threatening lakeshore areas whereas the government agencies are under pressure about changing the water allocations, as groundwater wouldn’t be able to get through limiting supplies to Mexico. However Mexico are using more than their allocation of water, this can cause conflict between US and Mexico and can possibly lead to making other issues more strict. To minimise these conflicts there are...
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...Leadership Theory Application in a News Team The organization I used to work for, as a news reporter, is News 3 New Mexico production team in KENW TV-3, public broadcasting facility in Portales, New Mexico. KENW offers professional equipment and first-class facilities to students majoring in broadcast production and journalism at Eastern New Mexico University. News 3 New Mexico is a student-produced nightly live newscast, which airs Monday through Wednesday at 5 p.m. Students work there, some as paid employees and some as unpaid volunteers gain hands-on experience in production, news reporting, graphics, directing and audio. It is a highly team-oriented working environment that everybody’s contribution and cooperation are critical to produce a successful newscast. Usually, there are around 15 students working in the news production team who act different roles such as news director, producer, anchor, news reporter, audio/video director, cameraman and floor director etc. Our faculty supervisor - Mr. Kirby along with two news directors act as team leaders. They distribute everyone’s work and direct in live production. Unfortunately, since the first day I joined this team, I realized the leadership problem is such an obvious issue and almost everyone there can identify and feel the tension and stress in news team. The overall working environment makes employees uncomfortable and unhappy. More specifically, there are two problems that I can identify with. ...
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...Trafficking between the United States and Mexico: The Drug Trafficking Nexus Transnational Crime and Globalization By: Katrina T. Mason May 2, 2008 The United States is quite known for their proactive stances on the “War on Drugs”, “War on Terror”, and “War in Iraq”. Some view them as the international police and others view them as the international fiend, but it is in no doubt that the United States takes a very active stance in fighting what they believe is evil and wrong within the world. This is increasingly true for the evils that occur within its own borders such as the continued drug epidemic, domestic violence, child abuse, poverty, gangs, and prostitution (with the exception of Nevada). Unfortunately though, the United States’ stance on legal activities crossing from their own governance into neighboring states where the activity is illegal is not held with the same level of concern or dedication. A primary example of this double standard can be seen on the Mexican-United States border. This is not in reference to the debris from the giant wall being built on the Mexican border falling to the southern side, the young Americans fleeing across the borders to intoxicate themselves, or even the revolution of McDonalds springing up in towns throughout Mexico; but instead to the small arms and light weapons trafficking continually flowing down from the border states into Mexico causing alarming murder rates, economical...
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...History Homework Name: Course title: Institution: Instructor: Submission date: The American Civil War An increase in the American population during the 1800s bore dissatisfaction among the white settlers with regards to the land they owned. As a result, they began exploring land in the west of the Mississippi River, thus marking the Westward expansion. The exploration also included the acquisition of lands from Mexico and Louisiana, exploitation of California, and invasion of Texas. Although this activity propelled America onto a new stage and position, it also caused more conflict within the country that became one of the causes that led to the American Civil War. The annexation of Texas, movement of immigrants to the West and the settlement in Oregon led to the formation of a new region that later became states. At this point, there was a conflict of interest as to whether or not to make regions Free states (Brinkey, 2004). Meanwhile, Congress was seeking ways in which they could strike a balance between Free states and slaves. The westward expansion elicited views and debates on granting western territories permission to become states on the basis of their view of slavery. Subsequently, the state was split into two; abolitionist union and pro-slave Confederacy (Bartleby.com, 2014). A significant number of settlers had relocated to south into the Missouri by 1818. At that time, it was still in the process of being made a state while the same problem emerged...
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