An interview with several NGO political analysts about the possible impact of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives on drug policy and related foreign policy.
Election 2010 and US Drug Policy in Latin America [FEATURE] | StoptheDrugWar.org: "'Nor did Larry Birns, executive director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. look to Tea Party-style incoming Republicans to break with drug war orthodoxy. He cited campaign season attacks from Tea Party candidates that Washington was "soft on drugs" and suggested that despite the occasional articulation of anti-drug war themes from some candidates, "the decision makers in the Tea Party are not going to sanction a softening on drugs in any way." ...
We still don't know much about the Tea Party when it comes to foreign policy,' said Juan Carlos Hidalgo of the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute. 'Whether these guys will follow their budget-cutting instincts and look to reduce foreign aid and the military presence abroad, or whether they will follow the neoconservative wing of the party that believes in empire and strong defense and pursuing interventionist policies all over the world is the question,' he said." Nov. 17, 2010
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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