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Beyond the grim headlines, a more hopeful Mexico

Two Nations Indivisible illuminates Mexico's political, economic, and social transformations over the last three decades and why these changes matter for the United States.

“a lucid and timely correction to the many myths that have long plagued the U.S.-Mexico relationship”

Moises Naim, Author of The End of Power

“well written and engrossing”

Robert E. Rubin, former U.S. Treasury Secretary

Latin American Studies Association Conference

Washington D.C. - 10:30 am

Shannon will be speaking on the Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America panel at the 2013 LASA Conference in DC. She will be joined by Michael Shifter, Jorge Dominguez, Eduardo Posado-Carbo, George Gray Molina, and Angel E. Alvarez Diaz.

 

For more information, please see the Latin America Studies Association.

 

 

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