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Should US send troops to fight Mexican drug cartels? It's not a good idea.

3/21/2023 by : Gustavo A. Flores-Macías , USA Today

Cornell government professor: "As long as there is demand for drugs in the United States, no military operation, even by highly trained U.S. forces, will prove effective in reducing drug trafficking."

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A storm will hit Latin American democracies

6/15/2020 by : Gustavo A. Flores-Macías , New York Times

While Latin America is realizing the cost of the COVID-19 pandemic, a storm is brewing over the region, writes Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, associate vice provost for international affairs and associate professor of government, in an op-ed in the New York Times' Spanish edition.

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Trump’s hardball tactics could implode Mexico’s immigration system

6/12/2019 by : Gustavo A. Flores-Macías , Los Angeles Times

In this Los Angeles Times opinion piece, Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, associate professor of government, discusses the impacts of Trump's tariff threats to Mexico.

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Should the U.S. worry about meddling in Mexico’s July presidential race?

5/29/2018 by : Gustavo A. Flores-Macías , The Washington Post

This Washington Post opinion piece written by Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, associate professor of government, contends that Mexico is an easy target for electoral interference, but that interference most likely won't come from outside the country.

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Four unintended (and dangerous) consequences of Trump's plan to kill NAFTA

2/22/2017 by : Gustavo A. Flores-Macías , CNBC

Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, associate professor of government, writes in this CNBC op-ed that NAFTA has not been the windfall for Mexico that President Trump seems to think, and that killing NAFTA would have serious consequences for the U.S.