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April 16, 2023

Mexico
Back to the Future in U.S.-Mexican Relations

Human rights and the rule of law in Mexico are under siege. It would be a grave error for the United States to believe that its only interests there are trade and border security, and do not include …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 18, 2011

Economics
Taking on Mexico’s Monopolies

Mexican businessman Carlos Slim (Andres Stapff/Courtesy Reuters). Last Friday, Mexico’s regulatory agency, the Federal Competition Commission, fined Carlos Slim’s Telcel US$1 billion for monopoly pr…

Taking on Mexico’s Monopolies
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

May 2, 2007

Mexico
Mexico's New Credit markets

Yesterday Mexico’s microfinance group Compartamos, backed by Accion International and the IFC, went public on the Mexico stock exchange. Where once only the largest companies and wealthiest elites …

Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

June 21, 2013

Economics
Political and Economic Lessons from Democratic Transitions

My colleagues in CFR’s Civil Societies, Markets, and Democracy Initiative have just released a new book, Pathways to Freedom: Political and Economic Lessons From Democratic Transitions, which highlig…

Pathways to Freedom - LAM
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

October 29, 2013

Economics
Discussing Mexico at the Texas Book Festival

This past Sunday I was in Austin, Texas at the Texas Book Festival. I had the honor of moderating a panel about two great books on Mexico, Ricardo Ainslie’s The Fight to Save Juárez – Life in the Hea…

TX Book Festival - LAM
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment