Academic Writing
Orientalism
What is the basic tenet of Orientalism?
Europeans do not represent people from the orient.
Intellectuals engaged in the discourse of Orientalism maintain that Orientals are incapable of representing themselves, and Europeans accordingly must represent them. The result: the creation of European subjects and Oriental objects through discourses of difference involving race, gender, and sexuality.
Orientals are capable of representing themselves, and they do not need the assistance of Europeans to define their experiences.
European representation of Orientals is devoid of stereotypes.
President Felipe Calderón
In 2006, President Felipe Calderón implemented a strategy to combat drug trafficking activities which amounted to fighting fire with fire. What was the result of this strategy?
A decrease in the violence associated with drug trafficking activities.
The disarticulation of the main DTOs in Mexico.
A factionalization of the main DTOs, resulting in an escalation of narcoviolence.
An decrease in the production and distribution of narcotics into the U.S.
Synthetic drugs
In Mexico, these clandestine laboratories for the production of synthetic drugs are set up in remote, rural areas, areas that are environmentally protected zones.
Narcoculture
Narcolabs
Crack cocaine labs
Narcomenudeo
Narcodeforestation
What is a possible solution to narcodeforestation?
Defoliation policy
Drug Policy Reform
Interdiction policy
Eradication policy
Drug trafficking and deforestation in Mexico and Central America
What explains the spatial and temporal overlap of drug trafficking and deforestation in Mexico and Central America?
There is a strong casual evidence.
Limited by classified data on traffickers’ illegal activities and the dangers of conducting on site research.
Strong, incorruptible institutions in the region.
A bilateral collaboration by authorities to combat drug trafficking activities.
Low approval rates on asylum
What are some of the reasons for the low approval rates on asylum claims from Mexican nationals?
Political, military, and economic ties between the United State, Mexico, and Central American nations.
Bias against Mexican asylum seekers reflected in political discourse, public opinion, and media reports.
Incomplete and/or inaccurate information about country conditions in Mexico by EOIR judges.
