All posts by "Daniel Alejandro Lopez Nava"

I hold a bachelor's degree in Political Science and did my Master's degree in International Relations at the Catholic University of Louvain. I have worked in the Mexican Embassy to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Duch of Luxembourg and mission to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, as well as the Consulate General of Mexico in Shanghai. I'm currently studying Mandarin at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Mexico has endured a ragging war against drug cartels ever since former President Felipe Calderon declared the War on Drugs back in 2006[1]. From then on, violence exploded[2], cartels grew, ...