With a multidisciplinary approach, this book offers several product of a series of lectures by researchers from the Center for Research on North America ( CISAN ) UNAM items , and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Michigan State University. Its spectrum analysis is novel because not only addresses issues that have been common factor of tension in the bilateral agenda , such as migration and economic impact of the maquiladoras, but also others of more recent nature , among which are security national , adjustments to the international situation requires the foreign policy of both countries and the role of mass media ; also includes contemporary issues such as the emergence of new transnational actors and regulation of genetically modified organisms.