Lesson 22: Drug Cartels in Mexico
April 17, 2018
Review:
- Intervention and Immigration in Central America
- Harvest of Empire
- Exam 4 on Thu
- Review Topics
- Geography
- South America, Central America, Caribbean, Mexico
- Natural Resource Extraction
- Hydropower, Mining, Oil, Lithium Triangle
- Marginalization of indigenous/poor
- Role of government and markets
- Interview w Rafael Correa (former President of Ecuador)
- US Intervention in Mexico, Central America and Caribbean
- Mexico territory before Mexican-American War
- Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba
- Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador
- Mexico’s Drug War
- Geography
- Review Topics
Presentation:
- Mexico Drug Cartels
- Fast Facts (CNN)
- Drug trafficking market size: ~ $19-29 billion (USD) annual revenue
- Mexican people – “Plata o plomo“
- Who controls Mexico?
- Cartel territories
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- El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel
- Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty (Frontline)
- El Chapo Speaks (Sean Penn, Rolling Stone)
- How El Chapo was finally captured, again (NY Times)
- Alive and Thriving without El Chapo (Vice, 4:44)
- Mexican Oil and Drug Cartels (Vice)
- Part 1 (8:08), Part 2 (7:44), Part 3 (6:33)
- Refinery Racket (Reuters)
- Drug Policy
- War on Drugs (History)
- The Failed War on Drugs (NYTimes Op-Ed)
- Brief History (Jay-Z with the Drug Policy Aliance)
- Opioid Epidemic (CDC)
Assignment:
- Study for Exam 4
