Dean of the Johnson School Joseph Thomas recently traveled to Bogota, Colombia, and Monterrey, Mexico, as part of a Johnson School initiative, first announced in December 2010, to expand the Cornell - Queen’s Executive MBA Program to Latin America.

In a heated debate on Friday, students argued about whether the United States should have a fence along its border with Mexico. 

Dr. Edgardo Buscaglia details the steps Mexico's political and business leaders must take in order to rid the country of organized crime.

Juan Clar '11 gives us an account of his time as an intern in drug war-torn Mexico.

The violence in Mexico is not independent from the tightening of US immigration policy.

The debate over legalizing any drug must consider the harmful effects on the War on Drugs abroad. Florencia Ulloa '11 reflects on how the War on Drugs touched her family, friends and country.

Second-year law student Eduardo Jimenez Mayo explores the factors behind the recent spike in drug-related violence on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Grad student Rafael Acosta discusses how the drug wars in Mexico escalated, and how they changed his hometown.

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, has made national headlines for violent power struggles between dominant drug cartels and corrupt authorities. These conflicts have crippled the city into a “lawless and horrifying territory,” according to Prof. Jane Juffer, English.

Veronica Leyva, a Mexican community organizer, spoke passionately on the violence and drug-ridden state of her former residence Ciudad Juarez in a discussion before 30 students in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium Thursday.

While the issue has recently come into view of the public eye, according to Leyva most do not know of the extensive history behind the matter.