a violent. and deadly elections in mexican history, former us deputy assistant secretary of defense ana maria salah says, organized crime. is that the root of most political violence in mexico? well, they re controlling the economy. the formal economy of these, of these municipalities. so they re hostages and this is clearly being reflected during this electoral process where they re trying to also control who s going to be elected mass omi cities. mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador acknowledged in early may that there have been more murders than in previous administrations, but he also said that other crimes like robberies and kidnappings are down. it s a multi-dimensional problem which lopez obrador has been tackled but political risk consultant carlos ramirez says the precedence policy of spending on social programs in the hopes of improving the security situation has failed yes. lopez obrador charis shares
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Guyana’s government said it is seeking help from the U.S. to improve its defense capabilities amid fears that neighboring Venezuela might one day seize a disputed region in western Guyana that is rich in minerals and oil. The announcement follows two days of talks among top Guyanese officials and Daniel P. Erikson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere who traveled to the South American country to discuss defense and security partnerships. The talks ended late Tuesday with Erikson saying the U.S. would help Guyana create a more organized and better equipped military in coming months.
regarding the results of the review, and any additional significant changes to process and procedures as appropriate. as i highlighted to many of you yesterday, nothing is more important to the secretary of defense and the department of defense than the trust and confidence of the american people, and the public we serve, and we will continue to work every day to earn and preserve that trust. separately, deputy secretary kathleen hicks is traveling today on route to us space command headquarters at peterson space force base in colorado. tomorrow, she will preside over the us space command change of command at 12 pm eastern time, between general james dickinson and lieutenant general stephen whiting. the event will be livestreamed on defense.gov. also, doctor michael chase, deputy assistant secretary of defense for china, taiwan and mongolia, began talked yesterday with people s republic of china major general and deputy director of the central military commission of this for internat
US and Chinese officials met Monday and Tuesday at the Pentagon to discuss US-PRC relations, the Pentagon announced in a news release on Tuesday, including military-to-military communication and the “importance of operational safety across the Indo-Pacific region.”