Tournament: GDS | Round: 5 | Opponent: sorry | Judge: sorry
Contention 1 –War on Drugs
#1:Current anti narcotic methods fail in the squo -Mexican Drug Cartel strategies under the “Merida initiative” has not reduced drug trade
Brewer 2009 

Book: Rethinking the Merida Initiative: Why the U.S. Must Change Course in its Approach to Mexico's Drug War 2009 Human Rights Brief Human Rights Brief Spring

the consistently ineffective track record of frontal-combat approaches to reducing drug trafficking leave little doubt that supporting such an approach now will not end the drug trade, despite any short-term increases in the number of arrests or amount of drugs seized. Other large-scale security operations to fight drug traffickers at various points over the past few Mexican administrations.......Mexico's struggle against drug trafficking, beginning with U.S. foreign aid programs including the Merida Initiative. 

#2:U.S. Military war on drugs in Mexico has lead to worst conditions and systematic violence all this for the low cost of social services
Gautreau, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, 2012

http://diplomatonline.com/mag/pdf/Gautreau_-Human_Security_and_War_on_Drugs.pdf

 In effect, the War on Drugs also has severe domestic policy implications by eroding state funds and shifting focus away from social services and programs.... they could better target deeper issues that allow the drug trade to succeed within their borders.

#3:Open Military force produces a redundant cycle of violence
Brewer 2009 (Stephanie Erin Brewer, Stephanie Brewer is the International Legal Officer at the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center in Mexico City.)

Book: Rethinking the Merida Initiative: Why the U.S. Must Change Course in its Approach to Mexico's Drug War 2009 Human Rights Brief Human Rights Brief Spring

As drug-related violence surges in northern Mexico, U.S. government officials have come to place urgent priority on the need to reduce drug trafficking south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Citing this goal...It is worth underscoring that the Merida Initiative follows years of U.S. counter narcotics aid to Mexican security forces, n16 a process that continues to influence the approach to drug trafficking deployed by the Mexican government.

#4:Quotidian practice of violence is hidden in the backdrop of “peace time” the Drug war creates psychological as well as systematic violence against its collateral damage –this is best described by the continual invisible genocide
Scheper-Hughes and Bourgois ‘4

BookNancy and Philippe, Introduction: Making Sense of Violence, in Violence in War and Peace, pg. 19-22)

violence is located in the symbolic and social structures that overdetermine and allow the criminalized drug addictions, interpersonal bloodshed, and racially patterned incarcerations.......(super-maximum-security prisons, capital punishment; the technologies of heightened personal security, including the house gun and gated communities; and reversed feelings of victimization).
  

PLAN: United State federal government should substantially increase alternative assistance for smallholder farming in Mexico

Contention 2-Getting to the RooT 

#5:Small farming is key to development in Latin America and the Caribbean bolstering their economic gains is key to poverty reduction and security of food which leads to food sovereignty
Nwanze '09 

http://www.ifad.org/events/op/2009/editorial_brazil.htm 

The impact of the international financial crisis on the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has been acute and wide-ranging...... the promotion of agricultural research to allow new and improved technologies to be developed and shared

#6:Combating poverty gets at the root of the problem in regards to the drug trade in Mexico
Gautreau, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, 2012

http://diplomatonline.com/mag/pdf/Gautreau_Human_Security_and_War_on_Drugs.pdf)

In its effort to eradicate drug trafficking, the War on Drugs threatens   the economic security of thousands of individuals in Colombia and Mexico who depend on the illegal but profitable drug industry for their livelihoods...  A similar situation occurred in Colombia,   where security conditions improved in major cities, but rural communities—  particularly in the Puntomayo region—have seen little progress.

#7:Food sovereignty with an emphasis on small farmers markets is key to combating hunger and poverty
Moore, 2003

, http://www.foodfirst.org/fr/node/47

As corporate-driven economic globalization and runaway free trade policies devastate rural communities around the world, farmers’ organizations are coming together around the rallying cry of food sovereignty....large-scale export cropping creates much lower levels of employment than family farming—and that the few jobs it creates are low-wage and precarious

Contention 3-  Solvency

#8:Current domestic policy must be modified to turn around the devastating effects that have been made by the provisions of NAFTA, the only way to solve is by modifying policy to improve rural development below the border.
LYON , 2012 

Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal- Title: HOW CORN SUBSIDIES AND NAFTA ARE WEAKENING OUR BORDERS ONE KERNEL AT A TIME

#9:Domestic policy and legislative reform in the United States is necessary to undue the current system wrongs...Another improvement would be to require the USDA to slowly start removing subsidies from large monocultures and giving them to smaller more diverse farms that would not have the same dumping power.  

Contention 4- Impact Framing

#10: You should privilege everyday violence
Nixon ‘11

(Rob, Rachel Carson Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor, pgs. 2-3)

Three primary concerns animate this book, chief among them my conviction that we urgently need to rethink-politically, imaginatively, and theoretically....slow violence is often not just attritional but also exponential, operating as a major threat multiplier; it can fuel long-term.

#11: Prioritizing everyday violence is key- responding to it later causes error replication and movement burn out, only re-orienting focus away from macro-level violence produces sustainable political coalitions
Cuomo ’96 

(Chris, Prof. of Political Science @ U of Cincinnati, “War is not just an event: reflections on the significance of everyday violence”, Hypatia, vol. 11, no. 4 Fall (1994)

Theory that does not investigate or even notice the omnipresence of militarism cannot represent or address the depth and specificity of the everyday effects of militarism on women, on people living in occupied territories, on members of military institutions, and on the environment.....Seeing war as necessarily embedded in constant military presence draws attention to the fact that horrific, state-sponsored violence is happening nearly all over, all of the time, and that it is perpetrated by military institutions and other militaristic agents of the state.

Tournament: Scranton | Round: Semis | Opponent: Capitol HP | Judge: gnacio Evans, Shree Awsare, William Cheung
#1: Reader Letters ‘03
(A.M. Costa Rica is indisputably the best read online English-language news source in Costa Rica, StatCounter reports that A.M. Costa Rica served up 38,251 pages to readers Thursday and 36,589 Friday. These were the last two days of publication. StatCounter also said that there were 13,115 unique visitors Thursday and 12,487 Friday.A.M. Costa Rica advertising executives frequently encourage clients to sign up for StatCounter's free service for smaller Web sites so that the client can clearly see the impact of A.M. Costa Rica advertising.)
http://amcostaricaarchives.com/2013/04/u-s-role-in-latin-america-far-worse-than-that-of-iran/

#2: Anna M. Associate Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Women's Studies at York University, Canada, M. Daniel Bassichis, and Tamara L. Spira, UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow in Cultural Studies at UC Davis, “Intimate Investments:
Homonormativity, Global Lockdown and the Seductions of Empire,” Radical History Review Issue 100 Winter 2008, http://www.makezine.enoughenough.org/intimateinvestments.pdf)

#3: Pancho Mendez:  author at gold eagle. Since 1997 Gold-Eagle.com has been a top destination for those interested in gold and other precious metals.  Over the years our site’s format had become less and less appealing to our demanding global readership. Last week we launched a fully redesigned Gold-eagle.com. We revamped the site from head to toe incorporating new features to make it the most essential site to both new and existing users who want to know what is going on in the markets, view spot prices and charts, read the latest editorials from top analysts, keep current on the latest news, and participate in engaging forum discussions April 30, 2001.) http://www.gold-eagle.com/article/latin-america’s-plight

#4: (Bharat Book Bureau presents Latin America Mining Market Outlook to 2017 - New Mining Projects to Foster the Future Growth The report titled 'Latin America Mining Market Outlook to 2017- New Mining Projects to Foster the Future Growth' provides a comprehensive analysis of the various aspects such as market size, segmentation, trends and developments and future projections of the mining market of major countries in Latin America. The mining market of Latin America is majorly comprised of minerals such as gold, silver, copper, iron ore, tin, bauxite, lead and niobium which are produced in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru and in Venezuela. The report provides the market share and company profiles of major players in the major segments.)
November 15, 2013 10:30 AM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/latin-america-mining-market-outlook-153000072.html
 (http://www.bharatbook.com/metals-and-minerals-market-research-reports/latin-america-mining-market-outlook-to-2017-new-mining-projects-to-foster-the-future-growth.html)

#5: Jose Marquez’ 97
 (By IPS Correspondents Inter Press Service (abbreviated: IPS) is a global news agency. Its main focus is the production of independent news and analysis about events and processes affecting economic, social and political development. The agency largely covers news on the Global South, civil society, and globalization.)

#6: (Dorothy Kosich: an analysis at MineWeb. Mineweb is a web-based international mining publication focusing on mining financial and corporate news and comment. The publication made its debut in South Africa as Miningweb in April 1999. Mineweb.com, launched in January 2000, represents the first foray into international internet publishing for Moneyweb Holdings, the site's owner. Moneyweb is a media holdings group listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange JSE:MNY.
What we do??Mineweb exists to serve a community that relies on it for education, updated information about mining and metals investment, and breaking news. The news covers corporate and operational developments in mining all around the world and in all sectors of the industry. Comment and analysis of trends in mining and metals and related businesses are also part of Mineweb's extensive coverage of the international natural resources sector. ) http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-political-economy?oid=184309andsn=Detail Pacific Rim Mining files US $315m claim against El Salvador Author: Dorothy Kosich Posted: Tuesday , 02 Apr 2013

#7: Jay Taber is an associate scholar of the Center for World Indigenous Studies, a correspondent to Forum for Global Exchange, and a contributing editor of Fourth World Journal. Since 1994, he has served as director of Public Good Project. As a consultant, he has assisted indigenous peoples in the European Court of Human Rights and at the United Nations.) • Feb 16, 2012 https://intercontinentalcry.org/fighting-colonial-psychology/

#8: Wise 2006 Tim, Famed white privilege and anti-racist theorist and former debater “Paleness as Pathology: The Future of Racism and Anti-Racism in America,” LIP Magazine http://www.lipmagazine.org/~timwise/palepathology.
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#9: Wanzer (Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa in Iowa City) 2012
(Darrel, “Delinking Rhetoric, or Revisiting Mcgee’s Fragmentation Thesis Through Decoloniality” Page 654, DKE) DDI13

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