POL 3453: Politics of Mexico (Sotomayor)

Hosted by the U.S. Department of State. Fact sheets, news releases, and programs about the Merida Initiative, a partnership between the United States and Mexico to fight organized crime and advance human rights.

Congressional Research Service country reports on foreign policy and regional affairs.

Congressional Research Service Report on the Merida Initiative. Contains background, lays out the four pillars, measuring success of the initiative, drug production, human rights concerns, role of the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S./Mexican border initiatives, etc.

Facts, press releases, and reports on NAFTA.

Information on the political situation, economic and social conditions, and various aspects of U.S. Mexico relations.

Non-profit website that includes fact sheets, reports, case studies, infographics, charts, memos, press releases, and statements from congressional members. Also includes NAFTA at 20: NAFTA’s 20-Year Legacy and the Fate of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Great resource for info on advance rulings, Annex 401, appeals, certificate of origin, preferential treatment, etc.

Contains data on development and gender issues.

Mexico's strategic plan. Outlines goals and targets for poverty, hunger, education, gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, controlling disease, environmental sustainability, and development.

Produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. An overview of world's drug markets. Presents information on production, trafficking and consumption of the main types of illicit drugs, as well as their health consequences.

Data on security and defense.