Is Meico more dangerous than Pakistan分析和总结总结.pdf

Is Mexico more dangerous than Pakistan? Posted by: E | WASHINGTON DC Categories: Mexico City IF MEXICO didnt already have enough problems, heres one more: the massive drug trade-fuelled violence that has engulfed the country is keeping business travellers away. That violence scares off business travellers shouldnt be surprising, but Control Risks, a consultancy, recently ranked Mexico above even Pakistan on its index of risky places to do business. Thats right: Control Risks says Mexico is now more dangerous than Pakistan, the country The Economist has called the worlds most dangerous place. Explaining his companys rankings in the London Times, Patrick Sherwen, a Control Risks consultant, writes that while Mexicos open economy..., sizeable domestic market, stable political system and relatively investor-friendly regulatory framework are positives for the country, the drug-related violence problem and the deteriorating security situation, particularly in US border areas, [are] prompting a debate on the viability of the Mexican state. If Mexico really is more dangerous than Pakistan, Nigeria, and Angola, as Mr Sherwens rankings suggest, the reason is unquestionably its enormous drug trade. Ourleader last month argued for legalisation of drugs as the least bad solution: [B]lood is being shed at an astonishing rate. In Mexico more than 800 policemen and soldiers have been killed since December 2006 (and the annual overall death toll is running at over 6,000). That massive blood price is one reason Mexico is currently considering legalising marijuana. For the cartels, marijuana is the king crop, Rafael Reyes, the chief of the Mexico and Central America Section of Americas Drug Enforcement Administration, told the New York Times in January. Proponents of legalisation hope it would weaken the cartels. If legalisation does weaken the gangsters, and violence decreases, business travellers might consider returning to