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Latest Attack Unifies Mexico Against Drug Violence

Mexico's drug violence reached a peak on Sept. 15, when an Independence Day grenade attack on civilians bloodied a historic plaza in Morelia, capital of Michoacan province. But the very ferocity of the attack has managed to unite Mexican society against organized crime to an unprecedented degree. Coming on top of the roughly 3,800 murders attributed to drug violence just this year, the attack triggered a public outcry and a rare moment of national consensus.

Commentary

European Disunion: No Unity in Financial Crisis Response

Last week, when the financial system threatened to unravel in the United States, European Union leaders called an emergency summit to devise a common approach to the crisis. In Washington, unseemly bickering between political parties had already defeated one attempt to pass a $700 billion rescue package. But what began as an opportunity for a unified Europe to act decisively and effectively in a time of peril instead turned into a fiasco, erasing the idea that the EU is anything resembling a single country.

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