Mexico Today

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 6:00pm
Laura Carlsen

Laura Carlsen is a leading journalist reporting on Latin America and especially Mexico for US media. A familiar and always popular speaker in San Miguel, she updates us on the Mexican scene today from US-Mexican relations under Trump, to NAFTA 2.0, and President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s accomplishments and challenges in his first year,

Upcoming Events

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 1:30pm
CST
Joe Belden
Location:
La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende
This mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific. The lecture examines the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, racism, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest... Read more