The Mérida Initiative proposes to make a $1.4 billion multiyear U.S. contribution to support Mexican law enforcement and judicial reforms in their antidrug efforts.

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No. 1, marzo 2008

Cada año, el abuso de drogas y el delito relacionado con ellas se cobran casi 95.000 vidas de ciudadanos estadounidenses...

President Obama’s Mexico strategy picked up where the Bush-era “Merida Plan” package left off. In 2012, if Mexicans choose a new president who decides to end the anti-drug offensive, we may wish that we had done more to support our Mexican allies when we had the chance.

Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico are the three most important relationships in Latin America for the United States, and the Obama administration has succeeded in damaging each of those relationships.

The future of the Mérida Initiative to deepen bilateral security cooperation with Mexico and combat transnational organized crime.

Mexico today increasingly resembles Colombia 25 years ago, but President Obama has demonstrated insufficient leadership against illegal drugs and his administration seems to have no consensus on the severity of the problem.

Bipartisan oversight in the new Congress should develop a sensible policy toward Latin America that addresses Mexico's antidrug campaign, Hugo Chávez's hostile regime, free trade with Colombia, and relations with Brazil and Cuba.

Costa Rica’s leadership has been capitalizing on the opportunities created by the free trade agreement with the United States. For all the talk of China’s growing shadow in the Americas, with a typical country like Costa Rica, the United States is its No. 1 trade partner – by far, and for the foreseeable future.