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Lauren Villagran

Mexico Correspondent

Lauren Villagran is a freelance correspondent in Mexico City for The Christian Science Monitor and other publications. Previously, she worked for the Associated Press in New York. She holds a degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Recent stories

• No more drug war in Latin America? Report explores new ways to fight drugs
• Latin America Monitor 'People of corn' protest GMO strain in Mexico
• Is there a God? The Vatican invites Mexicans to discuss.
• Latin America Monitor Obama in Mexico: Little talk of human rights (+video)
• The ties that bind: Obama travels to Mexico (+video)
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Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

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