Mexico: drugs violence domination issue in elections

In the Week in the Americas, Mexico's ruling party takes a hit in regional elections, a result seen as voter discontent with the government's failure to stop the skyrocketing drug violence. As the man considered the main architect of Argentina's Dirty War, Jorge Videla, goes on trial, we meet a woman who was kidnapped as a baby during that troubled era. We finish with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet who are pushing for a new type of billionaires' club.

THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Laura Baines

Presenter

30/12/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Looking back at 2009

In this edition: As the year draws to a close, we take a look at the highs and very lows of the last twelve months in North and South America.

24/12/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Barack Obama's healthcare headache is over

Historic reform of the health care system in the United States. The sweeping bill passed the last vote hurdle, at the Senate on Thursday. Gay couples can legally get married in Mexico City... and we'll also take a peak at the most wanted desert this Christmas, on Smith Island!

16/12/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Growing up violent in Mexican infamous town Ciudad Juarez

In this edition: drugs violence continues in the infamous border town of Ciudad Juarez; Chilean presidential candidate Marco Enriquez-Ominami may hold the keys to the run-off; the fall of golfing icon Tiger Woods.

09/12/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Bolivia's Morales celebrates landslide re-election

In this edition: a landslide victory for Evo Morales in Bolivia's elections; focus on Marco Enriquez-Ominami, the dark horse of Chile's forthcoming presidential election; and a look back on the Amanda Knox trial.

02/12/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Afghanistan becomes Barack Obama's war

In this edition of The Week in The Americas: the US President announces plans to send an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan; a closer look at the election in Honduras; and a portrait of Argentina's Lionel Messi, voted European footballer of the year.

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