Author up for prize
Historian and educator Michael Hogan’s recently published tome, ”Abraham Lincoln and Mexico,” has received its first nomination for a prestigious literary prize – the 2016 William M. LeoGrande Prize for the best book on U.S.-Latin American relations. The book is available in paperback and eBook formats from Amazon and Barnes&Noble, as well as independent booksellers across the United States.
U.S. medical donation
The U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara has donated a shipment of medical supplies to the Hospital Regional in Puerto Vallarta as part of the Department of Defense Northern Command’s Humanitarian Assistance Program. Consul General Tanya Anderson presided at the delivery ceremony, noting that the value of the donation was just under $US5,000. The equipment will help the hospital lower its rates of infant mortality, the consulate noted.