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Michael Hogan is the author of Abraham Lincoln and Mexico, A History of Courage, Intrigue, and Unlikely Friendships. He is a former professor of International Relations at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, and Emeritus Humanities Chair at the American School Foundation of Guadalajara, Mexico.

As we begin a new presidency with a hopeful look toward the future, it might pay to look at the past, as we mend our relationship with Mexico.

During the US Civil War Abraham Lincoln and Mexican President Benito Juárez maintained a solid friendship. It was one which changed the face of North America. It is refreshing and even useful to reflect on that earlier period of US-Mexico relations and a president who had a very positive view of Mexico and its people.

When Abraham Lincoln was a Congressman from Illinois, he stood up in the House of Representatives in and accused President Polk of invading Mexican territory without provocation, and then declaring war on that country