In this episode of the Modern Mexico Podcast, host Nathaniel Parish Flannery speaks to Mexico historian Nathaniel Morris about his new book SOLDIERS, SAINTS AND SHAMANS: INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THE REVOLUTIONARY STATE IN MEXICO'S GRAN NAYAR. 

Morris says of President AMLO, "I’d give him…a B+ for presentation. He talks the talk. But, he’s getting a D for me when it comes to actual implementation of genuinely positive change at least in the communities I’ve been working in. It’s a lot of hot air."

In this episode of the Modern Mexico Podcast, host Nathaniel Parish Flannery speaks to Mexico historian Nathaniel Morris about his new book SOLDIERS, SAINTS AND SHAMANS: INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THE REVOLUTIONARY STATE IN MEXICO'S GRAN NAYAR. Morris says of President AMLO, "I’d give him…a B+ for presentation. He talks the talk. But, he’s getting a D for me when it comes to actual implementation of genuinely positive change at least in the communities I’ve been working in. It’s a lot of hot air."

Episode 4: How Nayarit's History Helps Us Understand Modern Mexico

The #1 English-language podcast about business and politics in Mexico. On the MODERN MEXICO PODCAST, host Nathaniel Parish Flannery & a diverse group of guests discuss the paradoxes & potential of the U.S.'s most important trading partner. Episodes focus on the intersection between politics, organized crime, and business. Nathaniel has been living in Mexico since 2012 and has written about Mexico for THE NEW YORK TIMES, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MONOCLE, AMERICAS QUARTERLY, and other magazines. He is now the Director of Research at LATIN AMERICAN LENS, a boutique political risk advisory firm that helps foreign executives successfully navigate Latin America.

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The #1 English-language podcast about business and politics in Mexico. On the MODERN MEXICO PODCAST, host Nathaniel Parish Flannery &amp; a diverse group of guests discuss the paradoxes &amp; potential of the U.S.'s most important trading partner. Episodes focus on the intersection between politics, organized crime, and business. Nathaniel has been living in Mexico since 2012 and has written about Mexico for THE NEW YORK TIMES, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MONOCLE, AMERICAS QUARTERLY, and other magazines. He is now the Director of Research at LATIN AMERICAN LENS, a boutique political risk advisory firm that helps foreign executives successfully navigate Latin America.

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