Download or read book M rida Initiative for Mexico and Central America written by Clare Ribando Seelke and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Oct. 22, 2007, the U.S. and Mexico announced the Mérida Initiative (MI), a package of U.S. counter-drug and anti-crime assistance for Mexico and Central America that would begin in FY 2008 and last through FY 2010. Contents of this report: (1) Introduction; (2) Development of the MI; (3) Funding the MI: FY 2008-10: Mexico; Central America; The Caribbean; (4) Other MI Legislation in the 111th Congress; (5) Status of Implementation; (6) Policy Issues: Is MI the Right Drug Control Approach?; Monitoring Progress; Interagency Coordination; Role of the DoD; U.S. Pledges Under the MI; Mexico Policy Issues; (7) Beyond the MI: The FY 2011 Request: U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation. Illustrations.
Download or read book Central America and the Merida Initiative written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere (2007- ) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Central America and the Merida Initiative written by United States House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central America and the Merida Initiative: hearing before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, May 8, 2008
Download or read book The Merida Initiative written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Central America and the Merida Initiative written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central America and the Merida Initiative : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, May 8, 2008
Download or read book Merida Initiative for Mexico and Central America written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. [...] The 111th Congress is likely to continue overseeing how Mérida and related funds have been used, any planned adjustments in the uses of funds appropriated during the FY2008-FY2010 budget cycles, and the degree to which the Obama Administration's new strategies for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean complement each other and U. S. domestic counterdrug and border security efforts. [...] In response to the Mexican government's request for increased cooperation and assistance, in October 2007 the United States and Mexico proposed the Mérida Initiative, a package of U. S. counterdrug and anticrime assistance to Mexico and Central America. [...] The four primary goals of the Mérida Initiative, as originally conceived, were to (1) break the power and impunity of criminal organizations; (2) assist the Mexican and Central American governments in strengthening border, air, and maritime controls; (3) improve the capacity of justice systems in the region; and (4) curtail gang activity in Mexico and Central America and diminish drug demand in th [...] In the Joint Explanatory Statement to P. L. 111-117, the conferees directed the Secretary of State to submit a report to within 90 days of the enactment of the Act addressing how prior Mérida funds have been used, progress to date, any planned adjustments in the uses of funds, and post-Merida plans.
Download or read book Merida Initiative written by Jess T. Ford and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Crime and violence related to drug trafficking in Mexico and Central America have increased in recent years and pose a threat not only to those areas but to the U.S. as well, particularly along the Southwest border. The Merida Initiative, announced in 2007, provides about $1.6 billion in law enforcement support to Mexico and Central American countries. The Dept. of State (State) manages the Initiative while other U.S. agencies play key roles in implementation. This report examines: (1) the status of Merida program implementation; (2) State's strategy for implementation; and (3) coordination mechanisms in place for Merida. The report reviewed agency documents and conducted fieldwork in Mexico and Central America. Charts and tables.
Download or read book The Merida Initiative and Central America written by Diana Villiers Negroponte and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This monograph will examine the reasons for the growth in public insecurity within El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, known as the Northern Triangle, and seek to determine the effectiveness of government policies to restore public trust and security. In the pursuit of greater security, these governments, as well as Mexico, have called upon Washington to assist them. The affected governments emphasize a "shared responsibility" to engage in reducing levels of violence, reduce consumption of illegal drugs, regulate the sale of firearms to the cartels and organized crime, as well as to confront corruption and impunity that pervade state institutions. The problems are regional, if not global, and to be effective, the response should include both U.S. federal and state authorities"--Page 1.
Download or read book The Merida Initiative written by United States House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-07 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Merida Initiative: assessing plans to step up our security cooperation with Mexico and Central America: hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, November 14, 2007.
Download or read book Merida Initiative Proposed U S Anticrime and Counterdrug Assistance for Mexico and Central America written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 2007, the United States and Mexico announced the Merida Initiative, a multi-year proposal for $1.4 billion in U.S. assistance to Mexico and Central America aimed at combating drug trafficking, gangs, and organized crime. On May 14, 2008, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs approved a bill, H.R. 6028 (Berman), which would authorize $1.6 billion for the Initiative from FY2008 through FY2010. The Bush Administration requested $500 million for Mexico and $50 million for Central American countries in its FY2008 supplemental appropriations request. In late June 2008, Congress appropriated $465 million in FY2008 and FY2009 supplemental assistance for Mexico and Central America in the FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 2642 (P.L. 110-252). In the act, Mexico receives $352 million in FY2008 supplemental assistance and $48 million in FY2009 bridge fund supplemental assistance, while Central America, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic receive $65 million in FY2008 supplemental assistance. The Administration has requested an additional $450 million for Mexico and $100 million for the Central American countries under the Merida Initiative in its FY2009 budget request.
Download or read book The Merida Initiative written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At head of title: 110th Congress, 1st session. Committee print.
Download or read book U S Obligations Under the Merida Initiative written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere (2007- ) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gangs in Central America written by Clare Ribando Seelke and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Background on Violent Crime; (2) Scope of the Gang Problem: Defining Gangs; Transnational Gangs; Factors Exacerbating the Gang Problem; Poverty and a Lack of Educ. and Employ. Opport.; Societal Stigmas; Role of the Media; Anti-Gang Law Enforce. Efforts; Prisons in Need of Reform; U.S. Deportations; (3) Country Anti-Gang Efforts: Mano Dura (Heavy-Handed) Anti-Gang Policies; Effects of Mano Dura Policies?; Alternative Approaches; Prospects for Country Prevention and Rehab. Efforts; Regional and Multilateral Efforts; OAS; Multilateral Develop. Banks and Donor Agencies; (4) U.S. Policy: Congressional Interest; U.S. Internat. Anti-Gang Efforts; State Dept.; Justice Dept.; USAID; Policy Approaches and Concerns.
Download or read book U S Mexican Security Cooperation written by Clare Ribando Seelke and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, U.S.-Mexican security cooperation has increased significantly, largely as a result of the development and implementation of the MI, a counterdrug and anticrime assistance package for Mexico and Central America. With funding for the original MI technically ending in FY 2010 and new initiatives underway for Central America and the Caribbean, the Obama Admin. worked with the Mexican gov't. to develop a new four-pillar strategy for U.S.-Mexican security cooperation. Contents of this report: Intro.; Concerns About Drug Trafficking-Related Violence; Development and Implementation of the MI; Beyond MI: The New Bilateral Security Strategy; The Way Forward. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Exclusion and Forced Migration in Central America written by Carlos Sandoval-García and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book marks a critical contribution to the intercultural dialogue about immigration. Each year, thousands of Central Americans leave their countries and walk across Mexico, seeking to reach the United States. The author explores the dispossession process that drives these migrants from their homes and argues that they are caught in a kind of trap: forced to emigrate, but impeded to immigrate. This trap is discussed empirically through the analysis of immigration policies implemented by the United States government and ethnographic fieldwork carried out in some of “albergues” (shelters).
Download or read book Status of Funds for the Merida Initiative written by Jess T. Ford and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. In an effort to confront the challenges posed by criminal violence, in Oct. 2007, the U.S. and Mexico announced the Mérida Initiative, a $1.4 billion counter-narcotics and anticrime assistance package for countries in the region. Collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico has intensified, providing an opportunity to address the mutual threat of drug trafficking and organized crime affecting the region. This report provides information on the status of funding provided under the Mérida Initiative as of Sept. 30, 2009. It describes how much has been appropriated, obligated, and expended. The report also identifies factors affecting the delivery of major equipment, services, and training; and provides a timeline of key events related to the initiative.
Download or read book Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is one of several studies conducted by UNODC on organized crime threats around the world. These studies describe what is known about the mechanics of contraband trafficking - the what, who, how, and how much of illicit flows - and discuss their potential impact on governance and development. Their primary role is diagnostic, but they also explore the implications of these findings for policy. Publisher's note.
