. >> believe it or not, there are extensive numbers of narco blogs.here are hundreds of youtube videos they buy drug cartel that you can access. go over to the austin public library and look up cartel take one lares and to see pictures of members in the cartels. ill see -- oftentimes these youtube's and narco blogs and are commoditized. after people are killed in the streets, the group that did the killing will put up a banner explaining why they were killed. and threatening the opposite hertel. it's a very scary situation. what you have then is the propaganda arm of the drug cartels. they see this as a qualified political struggle. they need to control public opinion. and that shows you how powerful drug cartels are. it's not just money him and not just drugs, also control of territory and people in control of information. >> and yet, i think something your book shows us is that these are tactics and practices that are picked up along the way and it irks me when i read some of these news stories and the use of terms like these folks went to the dark

you'll get to hear a nice narco credo in the background. and a lot of times after people are killed in the streets of juarez, let's say, the group that did the killing will put up a banner explaining why they were killed, okay? and threatening the opposite cartel. it's a very scary situation. what you have is sort of the propaganda arm of the drug cartels. they see this as a quasipolitical struggle. they need to control public opinion. so that shows you how powerful drug cartels are. it's not just money and drugs, it's also control of territory and people and control of information. >> and yet i think something your book shows us is that these are tactics and practices that are picked up along the way. it irks me when i read some of these news stories and they use the terms like, these folks went to the dark side or, you know, evil lurks in the border. and i think that if we demonize people who are involved in these activities, as terrible as they are, we lose understanding how things got to be this way. and how they are rooted in social, e

seÑor castaÑeda usted publicÓ un libro que se llama el narco la guerra fallida 5000 personas murieronse legalice la droga para que haya menos problemas? >> yo creo que los expresidentes y muchos otros, tanto mÉxico como los estados unidos de amÉrica latina tienen razÓn en quea estrategia primitiva de seguridad de la lucha contra narcotrÁfico no ha funcionado. h@univisional punÓ drogas como la marihuana y la heroÍna. hay que entender que en mÉxico esto es una guerra fallida. una guerra optativa que escogiÓ el presidente calderÓn y que no estÁ ganando no está llevando, y no esta dando ningÚn resultado importante y positivo para mÉxico. y para los estados unidos con eso sÍ creo que lo que conviene hacer es seguir esto con camino, cromo exigen los expresidentes y tienen toda la razÓn. >> tienen la Última palabra que harÍa estados unidos con mÉxico los mexicanos se quejan que estÁn poniendo los muertos en estados unidos hasta los consumidores de droga. >> tiene razÓn estados unidos ter que ser mucho mÁs dentro de los estados unidos para atacar el consumo. segundo la relaciÓn internacional

. >>> afghanistan's narco mafia state is a key concern as the united states mulls its new strategy, and the whole region is wondering whether the u.s. will stay the course. this week we had an unprecedented roundtable on our program with the u.n. ambassadors from afghanistan, pakistan and india. and during the interview, i asked them what they thought of what the u.s. defense secretary robert gates had told me previously on this program about america's involvement there in the late 1980s. >> we turned our backs on afghanistan. we turned our backs on pakistan. they were left to deal with a situation in afghanistan on their own. their worry is what happens in the future. will we be there? will we be a constant presence? will we be supportive of them over the long term? >> that's what u.s. secretary of defense robert gates told me earlier this month, promising to stay the course. do your countries want the united states to stay? we have this strategy review going on. do you want them to ramp up and stay? ambassador? >> our view is very, very clear about that. we supported general mcchrysta

tech companies are working with the mexican government, telecom companies, and ngos to reduce narco violence, so citizens can easily and anonymously report gang activity in their neighborhoods. we brought three tech delegations to iraq, including a recent visit by eric schmidt, the ceo of google, who announced that his company will launch an iraqi government youtube channel to promote transparency and good governance. and we're sending a team of experts to the democratic republic of congo this spring to begin the process of bringing mobile banking technology to that country. in addition is not only the invention of new technologies -- innovation is not only the invention of new technologies. it is also any breakthrough idea that transforms lives and reshapes our thinking. but one person's belief that poor women armed with credit could become drivers of economic and social progress. homeless women in south africa who refused to be deterred by their circumstances and organized themselves to gain access to loans and materials that enable them to build their own houses and eventually whole commu

effective in using facebook to draw out a global protest campaign against the fark that this is the narco terrorist organization in colombia. one individual using facebook was able to organize rallies, not just in columbia, but worldwide against the farc use of kidnapping and other use of violence against colombian citizens and others. that i think is an important demonstration of the power of these technologies to actually impact local security issues and geopolitical security issues. but i think one of the challenges for us and our national security complex is beating in this new environment. you know, our national security system and the way the international security structures are established rely on a state to state westphalian model for how to deal with issues. we build in the latter part of the 19th century and in the 20th century a state-based model for international relationships, where countries and alliances of countries, and balances of power between countries, defined how we were securing ourselves as well is how we were dealing with some of these transnational ills. the pro

tech companies are working with the mexican government, telecom companies, and ngos to reduce narco violence so citizens can easily and anonymously report gang activity in their neighborhoods. we brought three tech delegations to iraq, including a recent visit by eric schmidt, the ceo of google, who announced that his company will launch an iraqi government youtube channel to promote transparency and good governance. and we're sending a team of experts to the democratic republic of congo this spring to begin the process of bringing mobile banking technology to that country. in addition is not only the invention of new technologies -- innovation is not only the invention of new technologies. it is also any breakthrough idea that transforms lives and reshapes our thinking. but one person's belief that poor women armed with credit could become drivers of economic and social progress. homeless women in south africa who refused to be deterred by their circumstances and organized themselves to gain access to loans and materials that enable them to build their own houses and eventually whole commun

tech companies are working with the mexican government, telecom companies, and ngos to reduce narco violence, so citizens can easily and anonymously report gang activity in their neighborhoods. we brought three tech delegations to iraq, including a recent visit by eric schmidt, the ceo of google, who announced that his company will launch an iraqi government youtube channel to promote transparency and good governance. and we're sending a team of experts to the democratic republic of congo this spring to begin the process of bringing mobile banking technology to that country. in addition is not only the invention of new technologies -- innovation is not only the invention of new technologies. it is also any breakthrough idea that transforms lives and reshapes our thinking. but one person's belief that poor women armed with credit could become drivers of economic and social progress. homeless women in south africa who refused to be deterred by their circumstances and organized themselves to gain access to loans and materials that enable them to build their own houses and eventually whole commu

rush and continuing to harass neighboring democracies such as colombia where chavez funded vicious narco-terrorists. in an editorial last spring, "the washington post" noted -- quote -- "this may be the first time the united states has watched the systematic destruction of a latin american democracy in silence." end of quote. meanwhile, pending free trade agreements with u.s. allies in colombia, panama and south korea still have not been approved by this congress. that represents yet another foreign policy failure for the administration and i sincerely hope the president urges democratic leaders to take action on these agreements sometime this year, preferably soon. implementing these three trade agreements would provide a boost to the u.s. economy and would also strengthen the u.s. position in two important regions of the world. i also hope the president resists the temptation to support protectionist measures that will hurt our economy and damage our foreign relations. in his first year the president signed a stimulus package containing protectionist buy america provision, agreed to discontinue a