This week the American Library Association’s Choice Magazine named Mexican Political Biographies, 1935–2009 an Outstanding Academic Title. Roderic Camp, Mexico Institute Advisory Board member, authored the book, which is a biographical directory of state and national politicians in Mexico. The work was one of 629 books to win the award, out of 25,000 books submitted to Choice Magazine.
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An extended interview with Roderic Camp [In Spanish]
On January 20, 2012 the Mexico Institute hosted the event: A Discussion on Mexican Politics with Roderic Camp. Following the event, Dolia Estévez interviewed Dr. Camp and published her conversation in an enlightening article in Poder.
To access the full interview, click here.
Op-ed: Mexico should call in the Marines
Edward Schumacher-Matos, The Washington Post, 11/26/2010
National pride is a good thing – until the water reaches your chin and your nation is still sinking. Mexico is not in that deep yet, but parts of the country are. Seven criminal cartels effectively control most cities and the drug trafficking lanes near the U.S. border, as well as their bases and production centers in the interior.
The Mexican government announced on Wednesday that it will send more troops and federal police to its northeastern corner near the U.S. border.
Yet the Mexican elite class and military remain too proud to do what they immediately should: Call in the Marines.
I say this a bit tendentiously to get Mexicans out of their nationalistic stupor. They, in fact, should call in the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force, too. But not in large units. Rather, Mexico is in dire need of American military specialists stationed within its borders to help the country build powerful electronic intelligence systems and train modern military and police forces to replace its suffocatingly hierarchical, outdated ones.
My saying this will insult many Mexicans, but I speak out of love for the country and its people.
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