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Mexican instability catches the U.S. off-guard
Dan Restrepo writes about the need for improved U.S.-Mexico relations.
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There is a supposition at the heart of our economic and national security so implicit as to be invisible to most Americans – including most leading national policymakers. Until now.
In recent weeks, the notion that Mexico is and will remain a stable neighbor has come into sudden question as the country’s still nascent democracy is under relentless pressure from both a president nostalgic for a statist, authoritarian past and transnational drug cartels. A level of alarm exacerbated by the kidnapping of four Americans leading to two murders this week in Matamoros, Mexico, just across from Brownsville.
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