Obama faces challenges south of the border

Following his inauguration on Tuesday, Barack Obama faces many serious global challenges — some of them south of the border.

The retiring Central Intelligence Agency chief said last week the drug violence in Mexico could pose a bigger problem for President Obama than Iraq. Another report by the U.S. military says Mexico is at risk of sudden collapse.
Meanwhile, Cuban President Raul Castro has expressed an interest in working with President Obama — while Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Monday that the new Obama administration already has what he called the stench of the Bush administration.

Shannon ONeil, a specialist on Latin America at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Martin Savidge to discuss how President Obama might tackle Mexican drug violence and relations with Cuba and Venezuela.

Read more about world reactions to Obamas inauguration: The world watches as President Obama takes office: http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/01/20/the-world-watches-as-president-obama-ta...

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