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Sergio Aguayo Quezada

Sergio Aguayo Quezada is professor at Mexico’s Colegio de Mexico. Among his books is 1968: Los archivos de la violencia (Grijalbo/ Reforma, 1998). His website is here.

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Mexico: living with insecurity

The Mexican state’s routine failure to guarantee the safety of citizens eclipses even the flu-virus emergency in importance, says Sergio Aguayo Quezada.

(This article was first published on 12 May 2009)

Mexico: a state of failure

The inability of official Mexico to counter the inexorable spread of the country's violent drug cartels poses a fundamental question, says Sergio Aguayo Quezada.

The next American revolution

An absorbing electoral contest in the United States may be the prelude to a transformation in the country's profile in Latin America and beyond, says Sergio Aguayo Quezada.

From Soweto to the Amazon

The peoples of Latin America are becoming agents of history in a transformation without precedent, says Sergio Aguayo Quezada.

The reconquest of America

The retreat of the United States and the arrival of new global actors announce a new era of transformation in Latin America, says Sergio Aguayo Quezada.

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