S. able to purchase less expensive goods from Mexico: Mexico likewise experienced an increase in international trade, foreign direct investment, and labor productivity (Iyer 11-12)
According to Nathaniel Parish Flannery with Forbes Magazine, Mexican it exports will pass the $3.5 billion mark shortly, and Mexico's it sector today employs "more than 500,000 of the country's college graduates" (Flannery, 2011)
Mexico does not have as strong of protections for human rights as exist in the United States, and citizens are more subject to the large federal government. (Hall, 1) The police have been known to take bribes and to hassle Mexicans for a long time, but the problem has grown more problematic as the police force has been shaken by violence so often in the past several years
Recently the drug cartels have been able to buy off judges, but historically any well-connected Mexican family could easily exert favors on the legal system to always get their way, while the average Mexican who was forced into court was usually convicted without a fair trial. (Luhnow, 1) Mexico is particularly harsh on those convicted of drug crimes, as the federal government has raised the stakes in its crusade on drugs
However, at the same time, the success that was experienced during this period still exceeded the expectations of most. However, even though there are often surprises, the fundamentals of growing or maintaining a healthy economy are pretty steadfast; so long as the right environment exists, markets will flourish, and in that environment individuals and markets will adapt to shocks (Jordan, 2000)
economy beginning in the mid-1990s perplexed many economists. Most economists did not expect to see such rapid growth based on the economic factors that were present during this period (Rivlin, 2000)
These entities were largely shut out of global financial markets during the international financial crisis, and ended up reducing their dependence on the banking sector. In a lot of emerging markets, they are also helping to right currency and maturity mismatches, thus contributing to financial stability (Dalla and Hesse, 2009)
In addition, the more developed local currency debt markets in these countries should help mitigate important risks and sources of vulnerabilities by reducing systemic instability associated with currency and maturity mismatches. A growing body of evidence says that the development of local currency bond markets, which has gone further than many had expected a decade ago, has strengthened the stability of local financial systems in the emerging market economies as a whole (Jeanneau and Tovar, n
In addition, the more developed local currency debt markets in these countries should help mitigate important risks and sources of vulnerabilities by reducing systemic instability associated with currency and maturity mismatches. A growing body of evidence says that the development of local currency bond markets, which has gone further than many had expected a decade ago, has strengthened the stability of local financial systems in the emerging market economies as a whole (Jeanneau and Tovar, n
pdf?noframes=1 Mexico peso, bonds gain on recovery, WGBI bets. (2010)
The peso has increased more than 7% this year to hit its highest in the last couple of years, greatly outperforming other emerging markets. The local currency and peso bonds are also being supported by the prospect of further gains for local debt after Citigroup's recent decision to tap Mexico's peso-denominated debt for inclusion in its World Government Bond Index (WGBI) later this year (Mexico peso, bonds gain on recovery, WGBI bets, 2010)
These cartels have expanded into dozens of other activities ranging from kidnapping, bribery, money laundering and extortion in legal organizations such as the Mexican soccer teams (Camp 9). Given the temperament of their business, to produce drugs and transport them via and from Mexico to the United States of America, drug cartels have augmented their competition for management and control of the border (Alexander and Kraft 217)
Both employ the use of violence or violence threats as means of achieving their objectives. Some of the tactics employed by terrorists and other criminals are akin and they include bombings, assassination, kidnappings, coercion, extortion and intimidation (Borgeson and Valeri 18)
Modern drug cartels in Mexico are a wider reflection of organized crime. These cartels have expanded into dozens of other activities ranging from kidnapping, bribery, money laundering and extortion in legal organizations such as the Mexican soccer teams (Camp 9)
Defining Terrorism and Drug Cartels Terrorism refers to the action of deliberate inflict performed to instigate grave destruction or demise to persons with the main objective of overawing or pleading with a person, local or global organization or a given country's administration to adopt a certain policy. Following the 9/11 terrorist attack, FBI defined terrorism as, "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment therefore in furtherance of political or social objectives" (Christop 14)
31). The Russian mafia augmented their trade deals with FARC, and the Russians developed arms pipeline to Colombia that brought in numerous weapons and tons of other supplies to support FARC fight their war against the Colombian government (Holmes, Gutierrez de Pineres, and Curtin 250)
The activities of the terrorist operatives and criminal underlings are not limited because terrorist or criminal headquarters are no longer in a position to micromanage their taskforce. Mid-level and lower level criminals are capitalizing on their independence to create synergistic nexuses amid the two groups (Horgan and Braddock 332)
These groups avoid arrest and carry on their activities through intimidating witnesses, killing and corrupting public officials. For instance, in 1999, members from the Gulf Cartel Group detained and attacked two United States agents, an FBI agent, and a DEA agent in Matamoros (Innes 103)
Terrorists and criminals have worked together on some level for a period. International money laundering crackdowns makes it intricate for terrorist financiers to send money to their operatives (Kalin, 742)
DHS is a cabinet unit of the U.S. federal government (Mark 278