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  • The Future of Water for North America: Case Study - Mexico City, Part II
    Nov 17, 2009

    Duncan Wood

    Office of the William E. Simon Chair

    A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Mexico City’s growing water problems. In the time since then, the city has suffered even more problems, as water supplies have been cut off to a number of different areas of the city and the broader valley of Mexico.

  • Business Groups in Ciudad Juarez make Plea for 'Cascos Azules'
    Nov 12, 2009

    A coalition of Ciudad Juarez business groups made a joint pitch yesterday, Nov. 11, for the United Nations to send U.N. peacekeepers to the city to help subdue continued drug-related violence.  The coalition, which represents sectors from the maquiladora plants to retail, stated its intent to submit a proposal to the Mexican government and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to formally ask for U.N. assistance.

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