Saturday, July 10, 2010
Mexico
I read an online article from the Los Angeles Times about the recent local and regional elections there. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-0706-mexico-elections-20100706,0,2543169.story. The elections were troubled by violence, threats and fear. Bodies were hung from bridges in Chihuahua, and polls in Tamaulipas did not open because the poll workers were too scared to show up. This reminds me of recent elections in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the army has to be deployed just so people can have a chance to vote.
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This is so true. Every time I hear more news about the drug cartels and effects they are having in Mexico all I can think about is the war that is going on over seas. The details frighten me. I can only imagine what the people of the country are feeling and going through.
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