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Mexico's Enrique Peña Nieto called for a "new debate" on the drug war and said the United States must play an important role in that discussion.
The presumptive president-elect spoke this week to Fareed Zakaria in an interviewing airing on this week's "Fareed Zakaria GPS."
"Yes, I do believe we should open up a new debate regarding how to wage war on drug trafficking. Personally, I'm not in favor of legalizing drugs. I'm not persuaded by that as an argument. However, let's open up a new debate, a review, in which the U.S. plays a fundamental role in conducting this review," said Peña Nieto.
More than 47,500 people have died in drug-related violence since Felipe Calderon, Mexico's current president, made combating cartels a top priority when he took office in 2006.
Peña Nieto has pledged to focus more on reducing violence and less on catching cartel leaders and blocking drugs from reaching the United States.
"What we seek now in our new strategy is to adjust what's been done up until now. It's not a radical change. It's to broaden the coverage and above all, the emphasis I aspire to of reducing the violence in our country," he told Zakaria.
"I'm persuaded that if we achieve the specialization in the work carried out by the various branches of the federal police and the inspector general's office, waging war on impunity will allow us to combat crime," he said.
The presumptive president-elect also weighed in on Arizona's immigration law, which allows police to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws if "reasonable suspicion" exists that the person is in the United States illegally.
The controversial provision was recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. It struck down other parts of the law.
"Clearly, it seems to me that these are discriminatory laws that don't recognize the contribution and the value of millions of immigrants, particularly from my country, who make enormous contributions to the United States' economic development. It's clear to me that Mexico must facilitate conditions for greater economic development through structural reforms, energy reforms, treasury reform, labor reform, in order to generate jobs and greater opportunities in my country, so that immigration is a decision and not a necessity for Mexicans," he said.
An official tally of returns Friday confirmed Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, as the winner of Mexico's presidential election.
Final tally confirms PRI victory in Mexico
But until the country's electoral tribunal ratifies the results - and challenges are virtually assured - he remains the presumptive president-elect.
Peña Nieto's closest rival, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has vowed to challenge the results, accusing the PRI of vote-buying, and said that he would take his complaints through the legal system.
The federal electoral tribunal, known as TRIFE, will begin to accept complaints Monday of voting irregularities.
The tribunal will have until September 6 to complete its investigation and ratify - or reverse - the official election results. The new president will be sworn in December 1.
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Broadly speaking, the link between drugs and violent ctime could occur in three ways:
1. violent crime by consumers of drugs
2. violent crime associated with the production and distribution of drugs
3. violent crime directly associated with the atemp to enforce drug prohibition
Greed and profit are the sources for violence!
The most harmful example of "addiction" in the whole War on Drugs is the massive bureaucracies running our police and prison systems and their addiction to their federally funded budgets! What motivation do they have to "win" the war? Their CAREERS go away!!
Reform our national drug laws NOW.
Legalize cannabis.
Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences.
Prohibition doesn't work!!
20 million Illegals familiar with our Emergency Clinics and receiving free care
have no complaints about Obama Health Care because the laws stipulation that Americans
are required to have health insurance has NO IMPACT on their easy useage of Hospitals.
The reason is THEY are not Americans they are ILLEGALS of other nationalities
so they are not bound by this law and plan to keep using free care for themselves .
HOWEVER, A NEW HEALTHCARE SITUATION FOR THESE PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
The ILLEGALS that have birthed "ANCHOR" children here will be very surprised SOON.
THEY WILL be required to insure their American born kids under Obamacare at
a cost $$$ they have never payed before until NOW using a paid insurance plan of some sort.!
Regardless of your Parents nationality these kids (Anchor kids)
will require A mandatory American Health insurance plan because they
are citizens after all !!!! The IRS will be monitoring those adults and
their children that are not on the plan starting in 2014.
The "War on Drugs"-that updated mid twentieth and twenty-first century approach to illiticit narcotics as unweildy and unsuccessful as National Prohibition for alcohol. Another manifestation of America's Puritan Past–a less than noble and expensive effort, causing much mayhem as America once again struggles to find that, "Shining City on a Hill".
With this nanny state; not even a full hearted effort to deal with the social, medical and legal issues caused by a culture which enduces so many of it's citizens to seek escape into the world of narcotics....of any kind. What a waste.
Why do they keep doing the same thing, expecting a different result ? I thought we learned our lesson in the 1920's..... prohibition does not work. Perhaps our overcrowded prison industrial complex needs more inmates ? Drugs are a scourge, no doubt. Moral pressure and making rehab available will do far more to remedy the situation than locking people into cages like animals. The drug war is a tragedy that only gets worse with time, it seems. Meanwhile, the drug lords get richer. The supposed good guys build more courthouses & jails. Our rights are eroded to keep us "safe". And thousands die from violence & overdoses. Legalization would stop the downward spiral we see currently. Legalization would break the back of the cartels. It worked for alcohol, which even legal is harder for kids to get than illegal drugs. I sometimes think the authorities want this current situation. It is sick sick sick.....
Your argument contains so much common sense, it is difficult for politicians to grasp. It will be legalized when politicians believe it will get them elected
Mr.Marlin drug are used for good cause "medication " and not for everyday consumption the word drug are for medication purposes only period? Legalizing drug for public used is more dangerous on my own opinion more violence and more money to drug cartel , you will make the cartel richer and the people using drug illegally more worst and violent
And will kill more people when they don't have the money to buy drug.
During alcohol prohibition, all profits went to enrich criminals and corrupt politicians. Young men died every day on inner-city streets while battling over turf. A fortune was wasted on enforcement that could have gone on education, etc. On top of the budget-busting prosecution and incarceration costs, billions in taxes were lost. Finally, the economy collapsed. Sound familiar?
Fail! See US History 1920-1935.
@Aurora Pascua "drug are used for good cause "medication " and not for everyday consumption the word drug are for medication purposes only period?"
.....I think you might want to actually check the definition of a word before you call someone else out for using it incorrectly...
Additionally, the largest drug problem, by FAR, in the U.S. is abuse of prescription opiates(oids).
Marlin, the problem with this is that the drug cartels' business is not drugs per se, it's organized crime. Legalization of drugs would force the cartels to change the direction of their business towards darker ways (which they already do), for example, human and organ trafficking. I think this would create a very scary situation in Mexico.
On the other hand, what you say about rehab is excellent and I agree 100%. It's already shown good results in Portugal.
All the money, man power, and effort that is used to fight drugs could then be used to combat these new "directions" these cartels might adopt. There simply isn't as much demand for human trafficking, illicit gambling, etc as there is for narcotics. The cartels would see their wealth, followed quickly by their influence dry up soon.
Marlin, although I completely agree with your argument, I truly believe that if some drugs were to be legalized, the drug cartels would only turn to other means. The cartels' revenue not only comes from drug trafficking, they also rely heavily on organized crime, I know this because I lived for 18 years in northern Mexico just south of Texas. But I do believe that rehabilitation can benefit the community with a better outcome. Also, supporting the more underprivileged communities in Mexico with a better infrastructure and supporting their education can have a beneficiary outcome; drug cartels depend heavily on recruiting young people who are either unemployed or uneducated to do their work.
The world will never legalize drugs because it's a win-win situation for all except those that get addicted. If we were to legalize drugs then the market and jobs of cops, lawyers, swat, and many more police state fanatics wouldn't have jobs, not to mention even the cartels. Then the prison complex would have people to keep it running so the corporations can't use them as slaves. If one drug is legalized the cartels will move to something else. That's why we allow a balance in the drug war, and that balance is to assure prohibition causes crimes for the job sector in america and mexico to support the police state and it also allows the cartels to get their drugs across the border, because if they did ever end the drug war their would be no prison complex, police state, and invasion of our privacy.
The impact of genetic predispositions to be susceptible to becoming involved with dependence-producing drugs such as alcohol, heroin, or cocaine and to act violently has, as of yet, not been delineated in terms of specific neural mechanisms. Similarly, the modulating influences of learning, social modeling, or parental physical abuse on the neural substrate for drug action and for aggressive behavior have not been specified. Since these critical connections remain poorly understood, it is not possible at present to support specific modes of intervention on the basis of neurobiological data.
Brownian motion can be used to characterize primary stress in brain function. Also, our brains seem to be hard-wired to demand a periodic and genuine progress (new car feeling, baby begin born), and then sometimes we take drugs to simulate this progressive euphoria.
Your attempts at intelligent comments are baffling if not amusing.
You are a clear case for retrospective abortion.
Abort abort abort
This morning question is who creates jobs. The answer is the consumer. The wealthy and workers merely respond to the need created.
Thank you Mr. President Elect Nieto and Fareed Zakaria for conducting this interview. There is not enough coverage of politics of Mexico. I never heard an interview from the previous President. I think there is great potential for increased trade and energy development, especially in northern Mexico. I work in the oil/gas sector on the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas, and think that there should be increased technology transfer, increased pipeline capacity, LNG terminals for import/export, and environmental protection/spill response coordination. San Antonio has been experiencing an economic boom throughout the US recession, and I see many northern Mexico license plates here at shopping centers. We also have 2-4 non-stop flights to Mexico City on weekdays/weekends on AeroMexico and Interjet, and service on United & American. I think San Antonio should be the US trade & business gateway to Mexico, similar to how Miami is the gateway to Central and South America. Come visit, and meet with UTSA and local college students and business/industry groups.
Still no president elected according to the laws of Mexico. Peña Nieto facing the people of Mexico because he is accused of electoral fraud through vote buying the poor and illegal use of money. Besides governors are accused of using state budget to support the campaign of Peña Nieto. The people came out to protest since July 1 because there were many irregularities in the electoral process, dirty campaigns and using mass media to spread propaganda in its favor and discrediting opponents with the agreement of these mass communications media. The people of Mexico do not want and we want clarification of how they came to infringe the elections and commit fraud.
I totally agree with you, Mexico needs to wake up from this nightmare. Enrique Pena Nieto did not win trough a clean campaign. Hopefully something will happen before he officially takes the Chair... The Eagle needs to wake up and kill the Snake in my opinion.
Yes, indeed San Antonio plays a very important role in the international trade with Mexico, but before San Antonio, there is Laredo, and Nuevo Laredo. Sister Cities that have a privileged geographic location in the border, and that need a major impulse to achieve more than we are actually doing.
However, trust me my friend, Enrique Pena Nieto will do nothing to improve trade, nor other businesses, but the drug cartels maybe... You would need to know more about Mexico's history to be able to know how Pena Nieto and his Political Party (PRI) have done with Mexico. It is like having Nixon on the Presidency again, and I know nobody wants that to happen again. God bless both countries, and yes, I hope the relations get stronger, and still if we have this poorly educated President we do good in the future.
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I think it is important to separate the "drug war", drug dealing and drug consumption from the real issue in Mexico which is organized criminal organizations challenging the very legitimacy of the Mexican state. When armed gangs take over entire towns, kill and behead anyone who gets in their way, kidnaps at will, etc. there is a problem. The real issue is that the Meixcan government is struggling to maintain order and rule of law and physically prevent these armed gangs from running amok. The fact that these gangs are engaged in drug trafficking is a secondary matter when you and your kids are hiding under a mattress for days while drug gangs take over your town. What the Mexican Government needs to do and wants to do is to win this war....not the drug war....the war for control, rule of law and order in Mexico. In order to win they need the support of the United States in the same manner that we helped the Colombian Government regain control of their country. The best way to end a war is to win it and end it. I know this does not make sense to many of you that suffer from the mental disorder that is liberablism but talk to some of your friends that live in the real world and maybe they can explain it to you.
Drugwar,drug dealing and drug consumption are three different meaning on my understanding, drug war are a war for people who in the making of money for themself, drug dealing are people who sell drug illegally , drug consumption are used for people need to be medicated for good cause . Drug transforted illegally to USA are the killer and destroyer for American people, they want to kill American people and put them down to brink of disaster . Drug war in Mexico will never stop if the government will not make a law to punished drug trafficker ?
Until you remove the massive amounts of profit from the drug trade, this will continue indefinitely. My solution is drugs (sold at cost of production) from government run and regulated centers. Hard drugs would be dispensed by doctors & nurses. Rehab would be offered to those who wish to help themselves. Why is this so hard to comprehend ? All the laws in the world still have not prevented a drug user from using. Some folks will do drugs, and nothing you can do will change their mind. There's your reality check. I'm a republican (for 30 years), so put away your broad "Liberal" paintbrush you try to use on those who oppose the drug war.
The currently used solution to the drug problem means more death, billions in profits to the cartels, corruption, billions of our tax dollars spent on enforcement & prisons, and more damage to society as a whole.
You make some good points Marlin. Some of the issues you raise shoud be debated and decisions need to be made about how to address them going forward. My point, however, is that the violence in Mexico is the result of organized gangs challenging the Mexican Govt. for power. if an organized criminal organization took over your town and started killing, beheading and kidnapping people at will would you like to debate the economic factors fueling the drug trade or would you expect the police and if necessary the military to come and re-establish order in your town?...work with me here.....The best outcome here is for the Mexican Govt. to WIN the war against the drug gangs – this means killing and capturing enough of the them to debilitate them to the point where they cease to exist or give up. Once order is re-established then Fareed can organize a town square with everyone and debate (peacefully) if drug laws should be changed, etc. This is the real question that Fareed should have asked President Nieto.
Mr. Lets Live In The Real World: the incentive is too high for the poor in mexico to join drug cartels. It is not a war – wars end. This will not end until full government control of the drug trade.
The reason why the colombian drug is less intense is because the mexican drug cartel took control after the 90's. They got tired hauling the product and not making the most money from it. From peru to columbia to mexico now back to peru
Who cares?
I have lived in Mexico for 25 years.Married,children,businesses.The continuing problem is and appears will always be, is the massive CORRUPTION. Political and commercial. The tragic violence which has grown to an unbelievable number of needless deaths is a direct result of a war between corruption both in government and organized crime.The victims are the Mexican people. Why is it that when innocent people are brutally killed in the rest of the world governments and journalists scream out to high heaven,meanwhile mexican citizens(both innocent as well as criminals)more than 60,000 according to statistics here in mexico are being slaughtered daily and the innocent Mexican population are living in fear.When will there be a CNN daily coverage on the tragedy that is taking place in Mexico????????????
I feel sorry for your comment why CNN never come to cover the news , because it is very dangerous place and beside I
Myself will never come back put me to grave the first time I step Mexican soil. especially the police if you don't speak the good Mexican language they set you aside for some stupid question I shoud say. And As far as I know Mexican police are also drug dealer and very much corrupt . No one can stop the drug addiction market in Mexico as long there is a connection to Colombian drug cartel.
You said, "more than 60,000 according to statistics here in mexico are being slaughtered daily"
You had me until "daily"?
54k to 60k is the the official tally for the six years, there are many human rights organizations that talk about well over 100,000 because the official numbers doesn't reflect the dissapeared (kidnapped and never seen again, many bodies were dissolved in acid by "pozoleros"). Also the number of displaced is from 200,000 – 1 million depending on who comes up with the numbers.
No, not daily, but yes, there´s been a lot of death in mexico in the last years, but i have to add that most of those deaths come from the organized crime.
I live in a quite dangerous place in mexico... i know what im talking about
I agree completely with you. As a Mexican living in the USA, can assure you that as far as the demand is not lowered in this Country with a Health care of such addicts really enforced, not brushed, the war will continue. Have you seen a cocaine addict with withdrawal symptoms?
Excellent post, I agree 100%. The reason the world is ignoring the violence in Mexico, again, is PROHIBITION. As long as the behavior is deemed to be associated with "drug use" then there is a natural tendency to think the person somehow "deserved it." The government arbitrarily assigns the term "drug" to a substance, then deems it illegal (how can you legislate nature?) then vilifies anyone associated with it. It creates a subclass of people based on behavior labels that is distanced from "everyone else." It's all a matter of paradigm manipulation. Water isn't considered a "drug," but it sure can be refreshing! It can change your whole day, and it can kill you too. But no one considers it a drug... and rightfully so. Same with sugar, or caffeine... the list goes on. But once a substance is labelled a "drug" it is GAME ON for the DEA, etc.
I'm an Oklahoma born, 65 year old Farreed fanboy. That said, the interview with Peña was a disappointment on two major issues. The first was a comment leaving the impression that most Mexicans don't pay taxes. If the reference was to "income taxes", it should have been made clear. In developed, populated areas, most Mexicans pay a 15% tax on all but the basics. Not very progressive, but it is a tax and is probably more broad based than the U.S. income tax because the poor don't get a check rebating what they've paid.
Then there was the failure to broach the newsworthy issue with regard to the legitimacy of the election. Given the large number of uneducated/poor people who were given super market gift cards in exchange for promising their vote, this is not up the GPS standard. I really would like to know why the GPS forum was used to underpin the legitimacy of someone who received 38% of the vote, a fair portion of which were tainted.
First of all Mexican government are number one corrupt in the World , and also hard to understand their intention to life .,Election is their primary strategy of xtra income mean they sell their vote, they dont care whoever win its the same old story anyway. They need more EDUCATION .
Aurora is so right they need education, but of course they do not want to educate the poor, because that will empower them and they will see how corrupt ALL the presidents they have had......they have NEVER had a decent president that have work for the good of the people, for the contrary they have become millionaire thanks to the wealth of their country...that wealth belongs to the people the ones that are the poorest right now.
This guy (EPN) was put there by the same corrupt people so they can get even riches....it is really SICK ;(
Until the Americans will not stop buying illegal drugs from Mexico, the war on drugs will never end. The demand is very huge starting from public officials. This war will last forever and ever. do not pretend to combat this while making more money under it.
That is amazing Fareed.....you as a journalist might know that Pena Nieto has strong connections to the Mexican Cartels...they put him in power.
The bought votes spending millions in card from Soriana department stores....that is not a way to win an election...that is dirty....in some voting places they were short of votes...that is really unbelievable........that is really embarrassing the way stole the election....
The cartel had a huge increase in their actions under his government.
Please ask him about that..
There is a fine distinction between a true pioneer/visionary/innovator like Steve Jobs/Bill Gates and a financial intermediary like a private equity firm. The pioneer businessmen are the creators of great enterprises, while private equity firms facilitate efficient asset allocation. Let's not confuse jobs created by innovative and creative folks like Jobs/Gates/Ford/Rockefellars with financial intermediaries whose actions sometimes result in job creation but more often in downsizing. Restoration of a firm's profitability is the immediate motive of any private equity firm, job creation that comes from eventual growth of the corporation is a consequence. For that matter, Steve Jobs also started a company, not to employ thousands of people, but to build a product that will change the way things are done, improve productivity and in the process gain wealth and fame. No human endeavour is devoid of selfishness. Some businessman are philanthropic but so are some private equity investors...
All businesses need private equity at some point – venture capital or buy out. The arguments for and against are like who is important – the land owner or the share cropper? Both are important and are essential ingredients to a successful economy...
People protesting agains the FRAUD in MEXICO (source ARISTEGUI NOTICIAS):
http://aristeguinoticias.com/fotos-la-fiesta-del-pri-y-5-dias-de-protesta-juvenil/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=elecciones2012
Why do we always rally around one at the exclusion of the other? USA needs both a strong middle class with disposable incomes and job creators who take risks. In the recent past, there is a rapid decline in the middle class numbers as the middle class is increasing overseas (where corporations are actually investing) while the job creators at home are making more money on their investments. True that Google got lot of equity investment (read permanent donation without certainity of growth or assurance of dividends) from pension funds. But before Google reached that stage, the founders were not having fixed income like the way people who choose to become employed do, there is always the threat of the firm going belly up – it is not a joke to run a pay roll and have enough working capital. They do take enormous risks, spend time, money and give up family life to achieve what they do. So, let's not beat up the job creators. On the other hand, it is equally important that there are sufficient number of middle class population with decent living conditions and disposable income to be able to afford the products like smart phones, Disney rides or air travel. What we have now is a shrinking middle class, thanks to heavy automation and advantage of labor arbitrage with the developing countries, neither of which is going to disappear anytime soon.
Ireland has one of the lowest tax rates, their govt. has slashed spending but the economic growth rate is at an all time low and unemployment is at an all time high. While lower taxes do create a conducive environment for doing business, less taxes and less regulation alone cannot solve the current economic malaise. We refuse to believe that we have economic cyles and downturns. We are almost intolerant of slow growth. We are entering the era of deleveraging where consumer in the EU are trying to pay off their debts, so we can't expect economic growth. There is no wealth effect ( bloated home and equity prices) to make folks in EU feel rich and get out and spend more. Also, let's not forget that industries of the future (including the one spawned by Facebook etc.) are NOT LABOR INTENSIVE. Geography has become history with broadband Internet. Labor is the only major cost in a service industry. So, what would a corporation do? Increase revenues (even if it involves selling more stuff to middle class abroad) and cut costs (even if that requires taking jobs to low wage countries where there are no benefits or affordable benefits). The top 1% is doing what they were trained to do – they relocate, downsize, offshore and outsource. The 99% cannot relocate even within the country, thanks to under water mortgages. Thanks to structural unemployment, we are stuck with an aging labor force that is less mobile, not trained to meet the requirements of a modern service job and cannot compete with a hungry- willing-to-do-anything for minimum wage counterpart in developing countries. Globalization has turned tables and put middle class in developed countries at a serious disadvantage. Much of this has to be blamed on lack of a level playing field.
If the USA and other countries will stop buying DRUGS it will be not CARTEL...they are there and they are powerful because of the buying power
So let me get this straight, Mr. Conard wants an even more ironclad guarantee of business success than we have had with this system and the conditions which he touts so highly – kind of like wealth socialism? And I love the way he disposes with the moral aspects of business investment-seems a lot of people with his economic philosophy can do that these days -with ease.
Thanks Mr. Hanauer for reminding us what a democratic capitalist really looks like and reminding us where wealth really comes from. jack
I agree. This is the problem with the 1%. They have no sense of ethics, no integrity and no moral compass. They simply worship the almighty dollar and to hell with everything and everyone else. And as the other gentleman pointed out, they actually DON'T take risks because they game the system to eliminate any. And if they do create any net jobs, which is unlikely, they are ones with low wages and no benefits.
People like this will never be happy until they pay NO taxes because they feel they are better and more important than the rest of us and deserve special treatment.
I hope to see a LOT MORE of the other guest!
Hi Fareed, On Iran : Isn't the fundamental problem that the West – including the US – has misread the Mioddle East situation. We need to engage the Iranian regime because the Iranian threat is not about us versus them.It's about the long term struggle between Sunni elites and Shia masses in many Middle Eastern countries. So, the West needs to decide if it wants to side with Sunni elites and Israel versus the Shia – represented by Iran – or stick with its traditional aliances ofthe past 30 years and which are now passing? If we want to be a player in the future of the Middle East, we need to make the transition already.
Apart from the fact that legal drugs kill far more people than all the illegal drugs combined, debating whether a particular drug is harmless or not is missing the whole point. Are drugs like Heroin, Meth or Alcohol dangerous? It simply doesn't matter, because if we prohibit them then we sure as hell know that it makes a bad situation far worse. If someone wants to attempt to enhance or destroy their lives with particular medicines or poisons, that should be their business, not anybody else's. Their lives aren't ours to direct. And anyway, who wants to give criminals, terrorists and corrupt law enforcement agents a huge un-taxed, endless revenue stream?
"It's clear to me that Mexico must facilitate conditions for greater economic development through structural reforms, energy reforms, treasury reform, labor reform, in order to generate jobs and greater opportunities in my country, so that immigration is a decision and not a necessity for Mexicans..."
Do you think maybe Enrique Nieto gets it, that social discipline and individual responsibility to create prosperity will promote economic stability in Mexico? How about respect thy neighbor? What a concept.
Would you please, oh please, ask Mr. Conrad what risks (with his own not other people's money) he took to earn his 15% "carried interest" tax rate. Even if we accept his argument about risk taking and tax policy, it would not apply to him.
Oooh so now this clown wants to debate, when he didn't even want to debate with his own people in the yosoy132 forum....the ife runs Mexico and whoever runs ife well "influences" the election
Was anyone else unnerved by Peña's pauses during the interview, like he was reading off a teleprompter? is this something that happens often on this show?
I have try 4 times to post this but I think as I added the CNN Mexico version link it was not accepted.
In CNN Mexico version without the translator is very noticeable that he was reading, as he made lots of stops like waiting for more data to read.
Is unacceptable that a very regarded show let his guest to use telemprompter will be like sending the questions before hand, like many times has been known happens here in Mexico with the mayor broadcaster when Pena Nieto is invited to their news and analysis shows.
this is the unedited version: http://youtu.be/VQWrWXN0A5g
this guy is a joke!!
Cocaine is 75% cheap. That explains lack of good hollywood movies. Now they don;t have to earn as much to get cocaine.
http://www.facebook.com/yosoy132
If Wine drinking is legal then why not Marijuna or other drugs ? Why Government will control people's public behaviour ? He , who takes Marijuna is not harming anyone . Democratic government can not control behaviour of people . So drug use will have to be legalized .
if you pay attention EPN has a prompter, he is taking very long pauses in his sentences, this guy is a Cartel/Media puppet; let's really hope all the movements going on right now take us somewhere to get a more decent representative of Mexico who has brains to at least answer questions on his own.
Someone in telling him what to say. #FAIL
Sounds like this man is working with the cartel. When you have someone come into office and say.. I don't want drugs to be legal (prices would drop radically losing millions a week for cartel) and I think we are going to spend less time fighting these cartel members... you know he is corrupt. Sweet of him to put the blame on the users(s) americans, and takes no responsibility for the production. I know.. drugs don't kill... stupid people who use them die.
btw CNN, thanks for making stories like this one hard to find... while at the same time keeping stories over a week old in the top headlines...noticed you even ran a story that was over 6 months old this weekend. Awww, I remember the days when CNN was actually a 24/7 news organization... I bet Ted is upset he sold out to a bunch of lazy reporters.
I live in the border, am a resident of Laredo, TX, and have lived in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico for about more than 15 years. And let me tell you, I might not now too much about Mexico's politic history, but I know enough to say Enrique Pena Nieto and his Politic Party which is the PRI, are not the best there is to govern this country. It is desperate to see how there's tons of evidence of how dirty his campaign was, and no authority was there to stop them. Since they are the "authority" in a way... Having Enrique Pena Nieto as the next Mexican President is like having Nixon run the Country once more... and I know we don't want that to happen again...
STOLEN ELECTION, FRAUD IN DEMOCRACY, PLEASE WATCH SORIANAGATE, AND TRY TO SEE THIS INTERVIEW WITHOUT TRANSLATION HE HAS BIRD BRAIN, HELP US, KEEP INFORMED, AND TELL EVERYONE
SOS
Hope Mexico enjoy another 20 years of dictatorship.
Of course he's not in favor legalization. Do you know what the "actual" GDP of mexico would drop to if drugs where no longer legal, and no longer a huge revenue stream for that country?
Any reason for not publishing my views expressed in my submission of yesterday ?
Regards
What is most interesting to me is that, once again, we have seen our american politicians fail us. instead of an american leading the way towards new approaches we have to wait until it is brought forth by someone else. if we follow the normal pattern, we will simply ignore it or pretend to be involved and stick with what we have done for decades.
First of I would like to add that this person is not the person we elected as president, Mexico has a history of presidents taking power not by majority but by minority; only 14% of the population vote..... On this election theire was a 65% turn out vote and I can safely say it was because we did not want EPN to be president...... The rest of the word laughs but us the Mexicans that live here.... We are scared......
bought-and-paid for by the mexican drug cartels, who happen to be bought-and-paid for by Obama & Co....
Why is this reporter calling Enrique Peña Nieto "Mexico's President"? the IFE has not pronounced him as Mexico's new president. Why didn't Zakaria questioned him about the vote-buying allegations? This is a very important moment in Mexico and transparency from news media is imperative.
SHAME ON YOU FAREED as a journalist you get to know what is happening all over the world firsthand, therefore you know perfectly what is going on in Mexico, interviewing this impostor and calling him the "elected president" of Mexico is disrrespectfull to the people of Mexico and makes you as corrupt as he is and also makes you a pseudo journalist misinforming your audience, I insist SHAME ON YOU
I am a total idiot. I thought that if I stole Gina's moniker that I might sound as smart as her. Instead I come off sounding like an idiot and backwards. I hate myself because I recognize how absolutely moronic I sound. I apologizer profusely to Gina and I will try not to steal another moniker although it is in my nature. SHAME ON ME!!
Illegalmdrugs generate cash, and cash is power in every nation and market. Traditional methods in both countries have fallen short, it is time to find a new and better solution to the problem. By not doing so both governments are sending a message that in reality they do not want to solve the problems. History shows that if there's demand there will always be supply!! Bottom line: market and profit have been and continue to be the main motivators of actions!
This interview is a joke. We live a new generation of civil war, some parts of mexico should be declared war zones, and no one seems to acknowledge it. If this were happening in the united states the tone of this interview would have been much more serious. It is clear that this so called new president does not have a solid plan to end this, or at least pave the way to a resolution.
Why are they not broadcasting the huge anti-peña nieto marches that are going on!?
People are now talking about a revolution!
We shouldn't need a Mexican leader to tell us what we already know, that the War on Drugs is an abject FAILURE. So while he may not be persuaded that legalization isn't the answer, I'd like to hear what possible changes he could make that would turn this venture into a success!
The US shouldn't make Marijuana use illegal. There is no legal basis for doing so, as it was provisionally placed on Schedule 1 even though it meets none of the criteria for being classified that way. As such it is an arbitrary capricious abuse of power by the US government that turns a common weed into a felony! Anyone studying the subject will find that the reason Marijuana was made illegal had nothing to do with the drug or it's affects, but economic concerns. The paper companies lobbied heavily to make it illegal because they were concerned about a new process to denature hemp and make it into paper, which would have cost the Paper companies millions in land holdings!
Today money interests still keep the drug illegal. Look at how much money the US spends on policing it, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, Judges, prison owners and the guards....all of these people paid for by the public, millions of dollar each year to find prosecute and jail people for smoking a plant as opposed to legally drinking alchohol.
Americans have to realize that sometimes the Government does stupid things, usually to serve some special interest at the rest of our expense. Do you really want to pay police and lawyers and fat-cat private prison owners to put your fellow citizens in jail!? Is that really an intelligent way to spend your tax dollars? If everyone in the US decided to smoke marijuana and were allowed to, what would happen? NOTHING, they'd get stoned and continue to live and pay takes and go to work! So why make it illegal?
Guess what would happen if it was legalized and taxed... instead of wasting millions of dollars doing things we neither need or want, instead farmers would have a new cash crop, not just for smoking, but for fiber, it makes an excellent paper and also serves as an excellent feed stock for ethanol- much easier to grow than corn in much poorer soil. Seen from an economic standpoint and a social standpoint it's a no brainer to legalize this and not one leader in either political party even discusses the issue!
We do NOT need more debate. There is no effective war on drugs. If law enforcement was serious, we could stop all immigration from Mexico and Central/South American nations. Secondly, we could intensify our border patrol activities. Third, law enforcement should target the greatest source of drug diversion, which is doctor´s offices and clinics throughout the USA. No politician will implement these three essential stategies. They play a shell game with resources and funds, and use international news stories as diversionary tactics. The USA has never committed to fighting or winning the "war on drugs." Therefore, we will always fail in a profound manner!
Mexicans know what that statement means, coming out of the PRI – it means "If the drug gangs pay me and my party enough money, I'll stop going after them"
I like how to the Mexicans, the answer is to stop or change the way they enforce the law, not that there is a problem of people actually breaking the law, personal accountability, or a willingness to stand up and take on criminal gangs. How their President is critical of Arizona's law, saying that immigrants who knowingly broke the U.S.'s immigration laws benefits the U.S , is a good example of how subjective the concept of rule of law is to their culture.
One of the most prominent PRI leaders in Mexico said one week before the election. The PRI and his candidate Enrique Pena Nieto will easily win the election or at least with broad margin, mainly because the war against the drug cartels waged by the Fox and Calderon regimens, the increment of poor people in Mexico, and the economy's slow progress in the past 12 years, and he quote "we have the perfect storm," And even if all the things used as strong arguments by PRI and his leaders .why did they spend millions and millions of us dlls to buy the election cards from the pepople??? (500 pesos to 1,000 pesos) Specially from the poor people before the election and a super sofisticated electoral machinery the day of the election. But the question is was the war against the cartels good or bad? According to Mexicans it was a good thing because more than 45,000 cartel members are dead or in jail! how about Fast and the Furious, have we forgotten about it??? Let's see what Pena Nieto and his PRI can do for Mexico in the next 6 years, nothing but promises have been heard, let's see how it turns out...
The root cause of the drug cartel violence is demand for drugs in the US. We in the US can stop the violence if we want.
There are two fundamental facts that we need to accept. One is that the demand for drugs is resistant to change; a drug addict does not think rationally, and consequently is willing to incur substantial risk and hardship in order to acquire drugs. The other is that it is impossible to physically prevent the smuggling of drugs into the US to a meaningful extent.
The solution is to deter people from selling or importing drugs in the US. Deterrence can be established by executing several thousand drug traffickers and in the US every month. After only a few months of executions, large numbers of drug traffickers would decide to get out of the business.
CNN you are totally sold to portray media in whatever it is that you are told..... this interview made headlines globally cause of how bad Pena Nieto looked especially for his extremely long pauses in the middle of sentences and how it looks like he is reading it off and his is being dicated and plus you guys changed what he said around. he insists to continue using the same strategy that Calderon has. This is a shame for Mexico and you do not help out at all, remember social medias are stronger than ever and justice will win in Mexico. SHAME ON YOU CNN.............. nobody writes about how many protest have broken out in Mexico since his supposed winning of the election, which are the real news in Mexico.
As long as there exists a large demand for drugs in the US there will be a supply from Mexico, it is as simple as that. The real war on drugs is a social problem.
Let me know when Mexico gets one honest President until then they shut the FCK UP.
the whole interview was scripted and read off a teleprompter, watch the interview on youtube watch this fraud pena neito new puppet dog to the u.s struggle with the script
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Calderone killed over 40000 people. why is he still free?
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