Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections

This fact sheet tracks the current heads of government in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It provides the dates of the last and next elections for the head of government and the national independence date for each country.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Gomez-Granger, Julissa & Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections

This fact sheet tracks the current heads of government in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It provides the dates of the last and next elections for the head of government and the national independence date for each country.
Date: August 9, 2010
Creator: Gomez-Granger, Julissa & Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections

This fact sheet tracks the current heads of government in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It provides the dates of the last and next elections for the head of government and the national independence date for each country.
Date: January 28, 2010
Creator: Gomez-Granger, Julissa & Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections

This fact sheet tracks the current heads of government in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It provides the dates of the last and next elections for the head of government and the national independence date for each country.
Date: June 2, 2010
Creator: Gomez-Granger, Julissa & Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications (open access)

U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications

This report provides an overview of U.S.-Mexico trade and economic trends, the Mexican economy, the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and major trade issues between the United States and Mexico.
Date: November 9, 2010
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mexican Economy After the Global Financial Crisis (open access)

The Mexican Economy After the Global Financial Crisis

This report provides an overview of Mexico's economy post-financial crisis, effects of the global economic downturn, structural and other challenges in the Mexican economy, and implications for the United States.
Date: September 16, 2010
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (open access)

Medicare Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

This report covers the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and U.S. - Mexico drug trafficking. It also looks at migration, environmental issues, legislation in the 111th, and the relationship between the Obama Administration and Mexico.
Date: June 3, 2010
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Border Violence: Issues in Identifying and Measuring Spillover Violence (open access)

Southwest Border Violence: Issues in Identifying and Measuring Spillover Violence

This report focuses on how policy makers would identify any spillover of drug trafficking-related violence into the United States. It provides an overview of Mexican drug trafficking organization structures, how they conduct business, and the relationship between the drug trafficking organizations in Mexico and their partnerships operating here in the United States; a discussion of the illicit drug trade between Mexico and the United States; and other related issues.
Date: February 16, 2010
Creator: Lake, Jennifer E.; Finklea, Kristin M.; Eddy, Mark; Franco, Celinda; Hadda, Chad C. l; Krouse, William J. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: An Overview and Selected Issues (open access)

Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: An Overview and Selected Issues

This report discusses the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), which was a trilateral initiative that was launched in March 2005 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States to increase cooperation and information sharing for the purpose of increasing and enhancing security and prosperity in North America.
Date: January 22, 2010
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles & Lake, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

This report covers the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and U.S.-Mexico drug trafficking. It also looks at migration, environmental issues, legislation in the 111th Congress, and the relationship between the Obama Administration and Mexico.
Date: February 3, 2010
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando; Sullivan, Mark P. & Beittel, June S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (open access)

Medicare Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

This report covers the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and U.S. - Mexico drug trafficking. It also looks at migration, environmental issues, legislation in the 111th, and the relationship between the Obama Administration and Mexico.
Date: March 17, 2010
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mérida Initiative for Mexico and Central America: Funding and Policy Issues (open access)

Mérida Initiative for Mexico and Central America: Funding and Policy Issues

This report provides an overview of the funding provided for the Mérida Initiative and related assistance programs in Central America and the Caribbean, the status of Mérida implementation, and a discussion of some policy issues that Congress may consider as it oversees the initiative and related programs.
Date: April 19, 2010
Creator: Seelke, Claire Ribando
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mérida Initiative for Mexico and Central America: Funding and Policy Issues (open access)

Mérida Initiative for Mexico and Central America: Funding and Policy Issues

This report provides an overview of the funding provided for the Mérida Initiative and related assistance programs in Central America and the Caribbean, the status of Mérida implementation, and a discussion of some policy issues that Congress may consider as it oversees the initiative and related programs.
Date: January 21, 2010
Creator: Seelke, Claire Ribando
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications (open access)

U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications

This report provides an overview of U.S.-Mexico trade and economic trends, the Mexican economy, the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and major trade issues between the United States and Mexico.
Date: March 31, 2010
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2010 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2010

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on the principal chronic environmental issues that plague the border region.
Date: June 2010
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections

This fact sheet tracks the current heads of government in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It provides the dates of the last and next elections for the head of government and the national independence date for each country.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Gomez-Granger, Julissa & Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation: The Future of Commercial Trucking Across the Mexican Border (open access)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation: The Future of Commercial Trucking Across the Mexican Border

This report discusses the implementation of trucking provisions set forth by NAFTA that would have opened the border states to cross-border trucking competition in 1995 and all of North America in 2000. The full implementation of the provisions has been stalled because of concern with the safety of Mexican trucks.
Date: June 1, 2010
Creator: Frittelli, John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation: The Future of Commercial Trucking Across the Mexican Border (open access)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation: The Future of Commercial Trucking Across the Mexican Border

This report discusses the implementation of trucking provisions set forth by NAFTA that would have opened the border states to cross-border trucking competition in 1995 and all of North America in 2000. The full implementation of the provisions has been stalled because of concern with the safety of Mexican trucks.
Date: February 1, 2010
Creator: Frittelli, John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico's Free Trade Agreements (open access)

Mexico's Free Trade Agreements

In the 111th Congress, issues of concern related to the trade and economic relationship with Mexico involve mostly economic conditions in Mexico, issues related to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the effect of NAFTA, economic conditions in Mexico and Mexican migrant workers in the United States. This report provides an overview of Mexico's free trade agreements, its motivations for trade liberalization and entering into free trade agreements, and some of the issues Mexico faces in addressing its economic challenges.
Date: July 12, 2010
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mexican Economy After the Global Financial Crisis (open access)

The Mexican Economy After the Global Financial Crisis

This report provides an overview of Mexico's economy post-financial crisis, effects of the global economic downturn, structural and other challenges in the Mexican economy, and implications for the United States.
Date: September 9, 2010
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Border Violence: Issues in Identifying and Measuring Spillover Violence (open access)

Southwest Border Violence: Issues in Identifying and Measuring Spillover Violence

This report focuses on how policy makers would identify any spillover of drug trafficking-related violence into the United States. This report provides an overview of Mexican drug trafficking organization structures, how they conduct business, and the relationship between the drug trafficking organizations in Mexico and their partnerships operating here in the United States; a discussion of the illicit drug trade between Mexico and the United States, as well as a discussion of factors implicated in drug trafficking-related violence; an analysis of the possible nature of any spillover violence that may arise, as well as issues involved in accurately identifying and measuring such violence; and an evaluation of available crime rate data and a discussion of how this data may or may not reflect changes in drug trafficking-related crime.
Date: August 24, 2010
Creator: Finklea, Kristin M.; Lake, Jennifer E.; Franco, Celinda; Haddal, Chad C.; Krouse, William J. & Randol, Mark A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: the Mérida Initiative and Beyond (open access)

U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: the Mérida Initiative and Beyond

This report looks at the funding and Congressional oversight for this the joint U.S.-Mexico effort to curb drug trafficking and violence via the Initiative.
Date: August 16, 2010
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare & Finklea, Kristin M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: the Mérida Initiative and Beyond (open access)

U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: the Mérida Initiative and Beyond

This report provides a framework for examining the current status and future prospects for U.S.- Mexican security cooperation. It begins with a brief discussion of the threat that drug trafficking and related crime and violence pose to both nations, followed by an analysis of the evolution of the Mérida Initiative. The report then provides an overview of the Peña Nieto government's security strategy and how it is affecting the Mérida Initiative. The report then examines key aspects of the current U.S.-Mexican security strategy and concludes by raising policy issues that may affect bilateral efforts.
Date: July 29, 2010
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare & Finklea, Kristin M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NAFTA and the Mexican Economy (open access)

NAFTA and the Mexican Economy

This report provides an overview of Mexico's motivations for entering the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Mexican economy, the economic effects of NAFTA in Mexico, and the views of NAFTA within Mexico. It also provides information on NAFTA's effect on Mexico's agricultural sector because this has been one of the more controversial issues surrounding NAFTA in Mexico.
Date: June 3, 2010
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library