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Plan Mexico and the US-Funded Militarization of Mexico

by via Democracy Now
Thursday, July 31, 2008 :We broadcast a report from Mexico produced by Inside USA (Al Jazeera English) on the US role in Mexico's growing drug war. And we speak about the Plan Mexico initiative with Avi Lewis, Laura Carlsen and John Gibler.
Guests:

Avi Lewis, host of Inside USA, airing weekly on Al Jazeera English. He’s also a filmmaker. Along with Naomi Klein, he made the 2004 documentary The Take about Argentina’s recovered factory movement.

Laura Carlsen, the director of the Mexico City-based Americas Policy Program of the Center for International Policy. She has written extensively on US-Mexico relations and blogs at the website AmericasMexico.blogspot.com. She is author of the report “A Primer on Plan Mexico.”

John Gibler, independent journalist and Global Exchange Human Rights Fellow based in Mexico. His forthcoming book is called Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt.

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