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• Mexico: Countering Drug Violence Three weeks ago, Reynosa, Mexico–just across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Texas–exploded in violence. The Zetas and the Gulf cartels, once allies, began what may become a fight to the death. But what happened some eight hundred miles to the west on Saturday in Ciudad Juarez, when three U.S. consulate workers–two of them U.S. citizens–were killed in their cars in broad daylight wasn’t likely masterminded by drug cartel leaders.
• Brazil as an Emerging Power: The View from the United States The United States has always seen Brazil as a significant regional powerhouse, but its perceived importance has risen in the last decade. Due to Brazil’s economic strength, its hemispheric leadership, and its growing geostrategic role through multilateral international forums, it has become a vital player in both regional and global politics across numerous dimensions. While US recognition of Brazil’s political and economic emergence brought the question of how Washington should manage relations with Brasilia to the fore, the ability to translate this new awareness into concrete bilateral policies and partnerships remains difficult. Whether the US and Brazil will be willing and able to form a ‘special relationship’ remains unclear.
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Recommended Links

• Americas Quarterly Blog
• Bloggings by Boz
• Caracas Chronicles
• LA Times’ La Plaza
• Samuel Logan
• The Center for International Policy’s Colombia Program
• Two Weeks Notice
• Woodrow Wilson Center Brazil Portal
• Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Portal

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