Though no one is likely to mistake Mexico for a Muslim country–even one of the friendly, oil-exporting ones–the United States’ declaration of war on terrorism has forced its southern neighbor into a predicament not altogether different from the one faced by moderate Middle Eastern countries like Oman or Saudi Arabia. If the country’s government does […]
David Ayón
David R. Ayón, who focuses on U.S.-Mexican and Latino politics, was a contributing writer for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States Latinas in the United States. He is a senior research associate at the Center for the Study of Los Angeles, where he is also the U.S. Director of the binational Focus Mexico/Enfoque México project.

