Manuel Perez Rocha

Manuel Perez Rocha is an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies, and regular contributor to TNI's Alternative Regionalisms programme who has been associated with TNI since 1996 when he began work on EU-Latin America relations.

Recent content by Manuel Perez Rocha

Another missed opportunity (31 Mar 2011)

Obama's trip to Latin America: about gaining economic advantages, ignoring historical and recent diplomatic interferences and strategically placed critisism.

Military Force Isn't the Answer in Mexico's Drug Wars (11 Nov 2010)

Mexicans don't want the current ill conceived war on drugs. It is fought with disregard to the high costs in terms of human rights and lives and mistakenly portrayed as 'courageous'.

How about Saving all the Miners (10 Nov 2010)

The unprecedented global media attention drawn by the Chilean mining story needs to look at the bigger picture - the criminal practices of the global mining industry.

Mining for El Salvador's Gold... In Washington (19 Aug 2010)

An international tribunal gives the green light to a lawsuit brought by two companies attempting to overcome strong public and government resistance to their destructive gold mining.

Misguided U.S. economic policies drive many Mexicans to come here (4 Aug 2010)

Most immigrants would prefer to stay at home with their families and live their own culture, eat their own food, and listen to their own music.

Calderon's Visit to Washington (26 May 2010)

The Mexican president was reassured of President Obama's sympathy regarding drug-related gun crime and harsh Arizona anti-immigration laws, but neither gave much attention to the plight of Mexican workers still suffering the economic violence of NAFTA and human rights abuses of the Mexican state.

The struggle of electricians in Mexico goes on (Part 2, final) (14 Jan 2010)

Behind the shutdown of the Mexico's Central Power and Lighting Company is Calderón's obligation to fulfill his commitments with foreign corporations.

The struggle of electrical workers in Mexico goes on (Part I) (15 Dec 2009)

Despite the growing poverty and unemployment in Mexico, the current government insists on continuing the failed process of “structural reforms” by dismantling the nation's energy industry.

More Than Backpedaling on NAFTA (29 Oct 2009)

Obama has not just backpedaled from his campaign commitments to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He has ended up expanding the accord which will remove even more checks and balances on the exchange of capital, services, and goods.

Mexico: neither a failed state nor a model (24 Feb 2009)

Mexico faces two serious challenges: the deepest economic slowdown in Latin America and an explosion of drug-related violence. To the extent that these crises are getting any attention at all in the United States, the views are widely divergent.

On the one hand are those, including the U.S. military, who claim that Mexico is at risk of becoming a "failed state," a label typically reserved for truly "ungoverned spaces." Think Somalia.