In Brief: What's Going On in Mexico? (with Shannon O'Neil)

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News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Preet speaks with Shannon K. O’Neil, the Vice President and Senior Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, about the latest in Mexican politics — the controversial electoral reform legislation, the recent kidnappings of Americans, and the long-standing war with the drug cartels. Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at letters@cafe.com, or leave a voicemail at 669-247-7338. References & Supplemental Materials: “Mexico’s Senate approves controversial electoral reform,” Associated Press, 2/22/23 “Two dead, two alive after Americans kidnapped in Mexico,” BBC, 3/8/23 O’Neil’s book, “The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter,” CFR For analysis of recent legal news, try the CAFE Insider membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. Check out other CAFE shows Now & Then and Up Against the Mob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.6	From Cafe in the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is Stay Tuned, in Brief.
0:42.8	I'm Pete Burrara.
0:44.7	This week we're going to talk about Mexico.
0:47.3	Our neighbor to the south has been in the news a lot lately.
0:50.2	Last month, the Mexican Congress passed a law that will overhaul the country's election
0:54.3	system in a move that critics have called anti-democratic.
0:58.6	And earlier this month, four Americans were kidnapped in the city near Mexico's northern
1:02.6	border and two of them were killed.
1:05.9	To discuss all of that and more, I'm joined by an expert in Mexican politics, Shannon O'Neal.
1:12.2	She's the vice president, deputy director of studies, and senior fellow for Latin American
1:16.2	studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
1:19.4	Her latest book is called The Globalization Myth.
1:22.6	Why Regions Matter.
1:26.0	Shannon O'Neal, thanks so much for coming on the show.
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