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...cartel members, were killed in Rosarito. Since then Torres has installed a new Tourist Police Force, some 38 uniformed men, to reassure tourists that things are being patrolled. He's also working with the area's three key tourist centers, Tijuana, Rosarito Beach and Ensenada, to re-brand the region as "The Baja Coast," in a $1.6 million marketing campaign...
...question is whether the region's gobs of easy money will actually go where it is supposed to go. It's all too easy for the state's largesse to end up in the pockets of politicians and other vested interests. The other issue is the long-term damage to economies from the sheer size of the deficit spending. The Chinese spending is equivalent to nearly 13% of GDP while that in Japan comes to 5%. Australia's fiscal stimulus equals 5% of GDP too, while Korea's is at 3.7%, Taiwan's at 3.4% and Thailand...
...Afghanistan Preservation amid Turmoil Kabul has announced plans for the creation of the war-ravaged country's first national park, in central Bamiyan province's Band-e-Amir, a lake region known for its breathtaking natural dams and waterfalls. Officials hope the park's creation and local restoration will boost tourism and jump-start conservation efforts...
...Obama Administration and Napolitano, who was governor of Arizona, a border state. "Our input is more of a priority now," he says. Before unveiling its new border-security plan in March, the Administration held conference calls with local law chiefs like Wiles. Until this year, the El Paso region had only seven agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to interdict weapons-smuggling. Under the Administration's new plan, it could have as many...
...government’s new stance on Cuba carries great potential for improving America’s relationship with Latin America as a whole, a region that felt somewhat neglected by American foreign policy during the Bush presidency. But Obama needs to go further if he is to succeed in gaining lasting credibility with many Latin American leaders...