Definition
The classic definition of war involves armed hostility between two or more political units that, generally, are states, however, the concept can also be extended and applied to a situation of hostility, conflict, opposition or antagonism between physical strength, mental or social. Well, to our misfortune both meanings are counterparts in Mexico.
According to the official terminology, the government of Mexico is now at war against drug cartels, and so it is at the forefront of this effort is not only the police-at least not for now but also the military. This war "hot", over 17 thousand 500 people in three years, was developed alongside two others which, without being armed type, also have very negative implications. The latter remains at the purely political - Cold War - but both, in their origins, were also real wars. A place in the confrontation between the left and right and the other is one that could well be described as "neocristera" and a battle between opponents and supporters of the secular state. These "cold war" overlap but are distinct.
armed War
For some time, but particularly since Felipe Calderon took over the executive branch, the struggle between drug trafficking organizations and the Mexican government assumed characteristics, as time passes, the more they meet the definition Classic war. And is that if you look well what is happening in Sinaloa, Michoacan, Chihuahua and other states, is that cartels like the Sinaloa, Gulf, Juarez, Los Zetas, La Familia, or Company already shown ability and willingness to challenge the state in vital areas.
cartels are not only armed groups of criminals, but forces disputed the state's monopoly of force, control over important parts of the territory and the loyalty of his servants, including police officers but also prosecutors, judges, mayors or governors. These groups and collect taxes ("protection") use notary to property acquired by the good or bad, are involved in electoral processes and also in some cases, the company will offer protection against other rival organizations, the Family says act against the Zetas in the name of society and against this form of crime that actually interferes with daily life of ordinary citizens: the assault, robbery, kidnapping. To some extent the "protection" is true, as evidenced by the appearance in a square in Zamora, Michoacán, of alleged common criminals with physical signs of punishment and forced to carry placards specified the cause for which they had been punished Family . Thus, what once was a fight against drug trafficking today becomes more and more, the characteristics of a war that also involved again and paramilitary forces, as is the municipality of Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, where have the authority says and a group of "tough" to deal with crime on their own terms (Diego Enrique Osorno, Leopard, December 2009-January 2010). The new war
Cristero
With the restoration of the Republic in 1867 marked the triumph of the secular state was a settled matter, but the Liberal Congress of 1901 was convened by Camilo Arriaga just to regain ground lost to secularism in the Porfiriato. The defeat of the dictatorship in 1914 Huerta Carranza led to disband its ally, the National Catholic Party. That, plus the enactment of the Constitution of 1917, meant that, again, the secular state had triumphed. However, the Cristero War (1926-1929) showed that there was still provision and strength to challenge for a secular arms of the Mexican political structure. Cristiada finished second in 1930, reached a modus vivendi which, again, was confused with the final victory of secularism.
neocristera The current offensive against the secular state actors involved as always but with a different alignment. Today, the PAN government now openly took the side of the church (or churches) and even has the support not very enthusiastic, but I support the end of the PRI opportunistic, which is always the majority in that game. This group is trying to move back to a part of Mexican society, which is generally conservative, to launch what would be his "final offensive", or so it appears, among other things, documents like the one just published a "Guadalupe Mexican Movement", entitled "Declaration of War" and seeks to end a "social breakdown" which allows "That is murdering the unborn. That will take their children to take the opportunity to Father and Mother ... That ... That corrupting Business unions overlap harmful ... that confuse liberty with license ... May we continue to populism and double standards, etc. (Reform, 26 January).
The current phase of the offensive against the secular state churches began when the government of Carlos Salinas, in need of support after his dubious election victory, decided in 1992, amend articles 27 and 130 of the constitution as the PAN and the Catholic Church demand. The result was recognized legal status of churches and established diplomatic relations with the Vatican.
the fight continued in the field of abortion. In August 2008 the Supreme Court's affirmed the constitutionality of the decriminalization of abortion in the Federal District, as it is accepted that within the first 12 weeks of gestation, the fetus does not have any human characteristic. However, in the last two years, at the instigation of the PAN and the PRI, 17 constitutions of many other Mexican states have been changed in the opposite direction, ie that provide, as demanded by the Catholic Church, which in any case, abortion is unacceptable, since human life begins at the moment of conception.
A step in this journey of legally impose particular vision held by the churches, has given the Attorney General's Office, ie, Felipe Calderón, to demand that the Supreme Court declared constitutional definition of marriage that did not characterized as "the union of two people" but as "the union of a man and a woman." To succeed Calderón, also have been cast by land the possibility that such unions between same sex can have them right now under the law of 2007 the Federal District, and legally allowed to receive children in adoption.
Today, aware of what is at stake, advocates of a secular state have been proposed to achieve an amendment to Article 40 of the Constitution to make clear that Mexico is explicitly defined as a representative republic, democratic, federal and secular. And it is feared that with the argument of freedom of teaching religion courses are introduced in public schools, as in Spain. Right vs
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left
From the impeachment of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in 2004-2005 and later, when he called a "danger to Mexico" in 2006, was biased against the presidential election process. This showed that the Mexican right while they were willing to accept that a left-bureaucratic and innocuous as that now dominates the PRD, retained a niche in the formal structure of power, it will return to work to neutralize AMLO and his social movement for those who simply have a "not pass away." And the reason for the rancor is clear: AMLO heads the only force that seeks to present a substantive policy platform that involves a real redistribution of power and incomes for the working classes. This relentless struggle between the rights entrenched in the party and large concentrations of capital and a social movement from below is the arena where a war takes place without much chance of truce or reconciliation. Conclusion
So far in the three conflict areas examined here, it seems that things will stay the same or will get worse before they get better. Obviously that is not desirable and we are forced to seek, to require a change in its dynamics, since three wars are many for a company in our conditions.
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