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EU und Mercosur: Warum Jair Bolsonaro plötzlich für den Freihandel ist - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Dabei hatte kaum jemand mehr so richtig daran geglaubt, dass sich die Parteien dies- und jenseits des Atlantiks nochmal zusammenfinden. Aber plötzlich zeigten vor allem die Big Player Argentinien und Brasilien ungewohnte Einigkeit und machten so das Freihandelsabkommen möglich. Der Einigungswille ist politischem Kalkül und den jeweiligen nationalen Nöten geschuldet, aber auch der Einsicht, dass man sich auf dem Wüterich im Weißen Haus nicht verlassen kann.

Selbst Brasiliens rechtsradikaler Staatschef Jair Bolsonaro geht vorsichtig auf Distanz zu den USA und Donald Trump. So ist das Abkommen auch ein klares Zeichen aus Lateinamerika an den US-Präsidenten, der die Nafta mit Mexiko und Kanada aufgekündigt und dem Nachbarn neue Konditionen aufgedrückt hat. Die Region will weiter offene Märkte und faire Konditionen.

Umweltschützer warnen schon jetzt: Die neuen Absatzmärkte für Fleisch- und Sojaexporte könnten zur Folge haben, dass die Weide- und Anbauflächen erweitert werden - und dafür der Regenwald im Amazonas dran glauben muss.

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june 2019 by asterisk2a

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Migrant caravan teenager: 'I left without telling my mum' - BBC News
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january 2019 by asterisk2a

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El Chapo paid $100m bribe to former Mexican president Peña Nieto, witness says | World news | The Guardian

A witness at the US trial of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has testified that he told US authorities the accused Mexican drug lord once paid a $100m bribe to the former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto.

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january 2019 by asterisk2a

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Amlo: five things to know about Mexico's new president | World news | The Guardian
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july 2018 by asterisk2a

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(9264) Zero Tolerance Policy & Italy First: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO) - YouTube

Zero Tolerance Policy & Italy First: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)

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june 2018 by asterisk2a

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Stephen And A Team Of Expert Builders Get Started On Trump's Wall - YouTube
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march 2017 by asterisk2a

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President Donald Trump's First Negotiation Was A Humiliation | The Last Word | MSNBC - YouTube

Donald Trump's first negotiation, was canceled bc he didn't like the stance of his opposite, in Mexico, by Mexico. //&! https://youtu.be/W_2dD7-S13Q - Mexico Unites Behind Own President Peña Nieto, Against President Donald Trump // &! created a diplomatic crisis w a friendly neighbour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLKtBWPtcQY - why create a problem where there is no problem!?

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january 2017 by asterisk2a

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Keiser Report: US, Mexico & walls (E939) - YouTube

Nafta has been devastating... both to the American worker and to the population in Mexico. They conclude with solutions to the consequences of neoliberal capitalism and dodgy trade deals.

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july 2016 by asterisk2a

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The Mexicans dying for a fizzy drink - BBC News

Mexicans consume more carbonated drinks per person than any other nation, and the country has one of the world's highest rates of childhood obesity. Two years ago the government introduced a tax on sugary drinks - but is it working? [...] So what do the big US brands make of Mexico's approach? Hank Cardello of the Obesity Solutions Initiative, an industry-funded lobby group in Washington DC, cracks open a can of diet ginger ale and tells us. "You have to look at ways of expanding the tool kit of solutions," he says. "The typical regulatory tool kit is tax, ban, limit, constrain - those kinds of anti-growth words, if you would. They're anathema to what the companies have to do. "We should ban the word 'should'. It's like a parent talking to a child. 'You should eat better, you should do this.' "No. When broccoli tastes like a cheeseburger, I'll eat more broccoli. You don't lecture to people to get them to change."

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february 2016 by asterisk2a

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Mexico 20% tax on soda is working : worldnews

Is it finally time to tax sugary drinks? - For years the food industry has blocked attempts to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis. Now, with doctors, MPs and Jamie Oliver backing a sugary drinks tax, there’s a real appetite for change - bit.ly/1UG3qCr

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january 2016 by asterisk2a

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Mexico grants first marijuana permits for growing and possession | World news | The Guardian

The court ruled that growing and consuming marijuana is covered under the right of ‘free development of personality’, but won’t allow sales of the drug

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december 2015 by asterisk2a

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„Macht die Grenzen auf!“ | Monitor | Das Erste | WDR - YouTube

Kosovo-Flüchtlinge - youtu.be/HPXeScjqv9I - Kosovo, armenhaus Europas. 20-30 Jahre keine Verbesserung. Kein Rechtsstaat, keine politische entwicklung. Korruption. Mafia. // Integration! - Chancen der Zuwanderung - youtu.be/3rKiCuEM1ko - Fachkraeftemangel, demographic bubble - better education! << more investment, not met, to integrate succesfully! (Syria, Iraq, Eritrea). Current school system is more of a hinderance than a acceleration of integration because of lack of appriate teachers and numbers of teachers.Bildungssystem foerdert nicht, eher diskriminiert! // &! Flüchtlinge auf der Balkanroute - youtu.be/vlzFU-mLzsg &! youtu.be/sZgbTA1FU1k //&! Pictures - bbc.in/1O1AFiR &! No quick fix - bbc.in/1EDJPQP //&! bbc.in/1NTwuXb - War or abject misery pushes, opportunity in western countries provides the pull. There are other pulls too. [People you know in Europe.] &! bit.ly/1PQPnaT &! bv.ms/1im9Jhz

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september 2015 by asterisk2a

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Mexico Cartel Map 2015 - YouTube
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february 2015 by asterisk2a

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Mass Abductions in Mexico Reveal a Decaying State - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Most murders don't even make the front page in Mexico anymore. But the recent abduction of 43 students has infuriated the country. The story has exposed the tight relationship between politics, law enforcement and organized crime. And it shows how weak the state has become.

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november 2014 by asterisk2a

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Grundwasser-Verlust in USA droht Dürre-Folgen zu verschärfen - SPIEGEL ONLINE

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=878775848816533&id=182633835097408 "New study finds groundwater supply to 40 million people in western states drying up much faster than predicted. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014GL061055/abstract Time for them to make the connection to food choice. Over 1 trillion gallons of water are used each year in California alone just to irrigate their 900,000 acres of alfalfa--all going to livestock.

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july 2014 by asterisk2a

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Here's the Lawless Hellscape Colorado Has Become Six Months After Legalizing Weed - Mic

By removing marijuana penalties, the state saved somewhere between $12 million and $40 million in 2012, according to the Colorado Center on Law and Policy. [...] The DEA is now asking the Food and Drug Administration to remove marijuana from its list of the most dangerous and harmful drugs. This could signal a radical shift in the way our government regulates and enforces weed. Marijuana advocates hail the decision as a necessary policy step towards eventual legalization, removing a critical roadblock that has constrained marijuana legalization on the local and federal levels. It is, of course, the first step of many. [...] D.C. is considered a staging ground for many local policies that get enacted throughout the country, and a victory for pot could open the floodgates elsewhere. + The Potrepreneur Roundtable with SpeedWeed and ArcView Group - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zZ8RgfTFzA || And don't forget the end of "War on Drugs."

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july 2014 by asterisk2a

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State of Flux

Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico Left: June 1994 - 89% full. Right: July 2013 - only 3% left thanks to drought. Elephant Butte is New Mexico's largest reservoir. It provides water for about 90,000 acres of farmland and nearly half the population of El Paso, Texas. If that doesn’t make you stop and take notice, nothing will.

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june 2014 by asterisk2a

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Dürre im Westen der USA: Stausee Lake Powell trocknet aus - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Die aktuelle Dürre sei "beispiellos seit dem Beginn der verlässlichen Aufzeichnungen im Jahr 1895", heißt es im National Climate Assessment, dem offiziellen Klimabericht der US-Regierung, den Präsident Barack Obama Anfang Mai vorstellte. Er verheißt dem Südwesten Ungemach: Das Wasser schwinde weiter, es fehle in Städten, Agrarlandschaften, Ökosystemen, Waldbrände häuften sich. Und das könnte erst der Anfang sein: Wissenschaftler befürchten, dass die Region in frühere Zeiten zurückfallen könnte. Baumring-Analysen haben ergeben, dass das 20. Jahrhundert die niederschlagreichste Periode der vergangenen 1200 Jahre war. Zuvor war es im Westen der USA deutlich trockener als heute. Eine Studie etwa hat gezeigt, dass zwischen den Jahren 850 und 1300 gleich zwei Megadürren herrschten - jede für sich fast 200 Jahre lang. Die größte Befürchtung der Experten ist, das Klima könne nun wieder zu derartigen Verhältnissen zurückkehren.

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may 2014 by asterisk2a

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The U.S. Government And The Sinaloa Cartel - Business Insider
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january 2014 by asterisk2a

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Report: Polluted farm runoff linked to toxic green algae slime in U.S. waters - The Washington Post

At least one drinking-water provider, Des Moines Water Works, is struggling to clean nitrates from water it supplies to a half-million customers as a result of polluted runoff from farms. a growing toxic danger that threatens human health and has claimed the life of at least one person, more than 20 pets since 2001 and a multitude of marine life.

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september 2013 by asterisk2a

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Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change

- micro climate, macro climate - don't reinvent the wheel, bring back herds of livestock back

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march 2013 by asterisk2a

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Guest Post: The Coming Water Wars | Zero Hedge

Way before people run out of drinking water, something else happens: When Lake Mead falls below 1,050 feet, the Hoover Dam's turbines shut down – less than four years from now, if the current trend holds – and in Vegas the lights start going out. What Doesn't Stay in Vegas Ominously, these water woes are not confined to Las Vegas. Under contracts signed by President Obama in December 2011, Nevada gets only 23.37% of the electricity generated by the Hoover Dam. The other top recipients: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (28.53%); state of Arizona (18.95%); city of Los Angeles (15.42%); and Southern California Edison (5.54%). [...] Industrial cultivation is extremely water intensive, with 80% of most US states' water usage going to agriculture – and in some, it's as high as 90%.

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february 2013 by asterisk2a

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Acapulco: Bewaffnete vergewaltigen Touristinnen in Strandressort - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Der Hintergrund der Tat ist noch unklar. Der Sender Milenio Televisión berichtete, die Urlauber seien auch ausgeraubt worden. Es könnte aber auch eine Eskalation des mexikanischen Drogenkriegs sein. Der Bürgermeister versuchte, den Fall herunterzuspielen. "Was passiert ist, ist sehr bedauerlich, aber so etwas geschieht überall auf der Welt", sagte Bürgermeister Walton.

>> Avoid Mexico!? Avoid countries with unstable social frame?

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february 2013 by asterisk2a

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Mexiko: Schönheitskönigin Flores Gámez in Mexiko von Militärs erschossen - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Interesting side of the drug cartel. women @ the top

María Susana Flores Gámez, 20 und Woman of Sinaloa 2012, starb nun bei einer Schießerei im Nordwesten Mexikos. Es war zu einer Auseinandersetzung zwischen Soldaten und mutmaßlichen Mitgliedern eine Drogenbande gekommen. Die bewaffnete Gruppe hatte offenbar Verbindungen zu dem mächtigen Sinaloa-Drogenkartell.

Schon öfter gab es Verbindungen zwischen Gangstern und Schönheitsköniginnen. Im Dezember 2008 wurde die damalige Trägerin des Titels Our Sinaloa Beauty, Laura Zuniga, zusammen mit sieben Männern festgenommen.

Sogenannte Narcoqueens geraten zunehmend ins Visier der Fahnder: Sandra Ávila Beltrán war in Mexiko eine Größe im Drogen-Business. Sie gilt als Mitbegründerin des Kartells von Sinaloa, der mächtigsten Mafia Mexikos und ist als "Königin des Pazifiks" bekannt. Mittlerweile sitzt sie in einem US-Gefängnis und wartet auf ihren Prozess.

- Angie Sanclemente, Unterwäschemodel und Ex-Schönheitskönigin,
- Virginia Vallejo

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november 2012 by asterisk2a

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Goldman Sachs’s MIST Topping BRICs as Smaller Markets Outperform - Bloomberg

MIST is beating BRIC: Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey; Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia especially are markets with rising domestic demand, young population share very high, relying on less on external demand (exports), as well as ongoing liberal economic and political democratic reforms. < (broad brush).

“You’ve seen a rotation in the leadership based on rate of economic growth,” “If you go back as far as just 2009, you’ll find people buying the BRIC story in a big way, and probably over-buying the BRIC story.”

MIST nations haven’t been immune from global growth concern. The MIST nations each account for at least 1 percent of global GDP and are likely to see that share increase this decade, O’Neill said. Of the four countries, O’Neill said Mexico and Turkey are the most attractive at the moment.

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With the exception of China, all the MIST nations ranked higher on the Geneva-based World Economic Forum’s 2012 trade openness index than the BRIC countries.