Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the Mexicans

By Alan Riding

A study of Mexico - political, social, cultural, economic - by a journalist who was for the past 6 years the NYT bureau chief in Mexico City. With portraits of Mexico's top leaders, about a nation whose stability is vital to our national well-being.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Jul 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9780307793805

Reviews for Distant Neighbors

[dekesolomon · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Riding knew Mexico well. Problem is that Riding's Mexico was Mexico before Uncle Sam's idiotic drug war destroyed the social system that prevailed during the eighty-year reign of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Today's Mexico, ravaged by drugs and violence and revolutionary upheaval, bears little resemblance to the place Riding knew.Still, Riding's book is a good look at what used to be. The knowledge of what used to be will give you a better idea of how radically things have changed in Mexico during the last ten or twenty years. Recommended reading for anyone who is crazy enough to actually go to Mexico these days.