If we were in the pre-Internet days–say 1989–most people wouldn’t have access to the U.S. State Department’s latest Travel Alert on Mexico. Instead, everyone would have no choice but to allow the mainstream media to interpret it for them. After hearing the reports that stated or implied that the violence was spread throughout the country, [...]
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U.S. State Department Softens Tone on Mexico
The violence attributable to the drug cartel crisis is not systematic throughout Mexico, a U.S. State Department spokesman reportedly said on Friday. “We notice that many of the violent activities are localized in several different places. They are not general across the north of Mexico, let alone through … the entire country,” State Department spokesman [...]
