Alejandro Hope, security analyst and columnist for El Universal, talks about the national security problem in Mexico, President López Obrador’s strategy and what he believes could be a more appropriate strategy to tackle the problem. For more information on the Baker Institute Mexico Center, visit our website at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/mexico-center/ To join our mailing list, please subscribe here and make sure to check "Mexico" as your area of interest....
May 16, 2019•29 min
On the final episode of this season, Stephen Morris , nonresident fellow at the Baker Institute Mexico Center and professor in the Department of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University, discusses the role of public opinion, political will, autonomous entities, and an active civil society in the fight against corruption in Mexico. In a recent issue brief titled “ Mexico’s Historic Opportunity to Fight Corruption: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities ,” Morris argues that López Ob...
Apr 25, 2019•22 min
Andrew Selee , president of the Migration Policy Institute and former executive vice president of the Woodrow Wilson Center and founder of the Center’s Mexico Institute, discusses the social, cultural, and economic ties between the United States and Mexico. Selee recently spoke at the Baker Institute Mexico Center and presented his most recent book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together . Video of the event is available at: https://www.bakerinstitute.org/e...
Mar 28, 2019•23 min
Is Mexico, under the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, headed in the same direction as Venezuela? Comparisons between the two countries and their regimes abound. Francisco Monaldi , fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, the Mexico Center and the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute, talks about the similarities and differences between Mexico’s and Venezuela’s political and economic situations. For more information on the Baker Institute ...
Feb 21, 2019•25 min
Jacqueline Peschard , former president of the newly created National Anti-corruption System in Mexico and former commissioner of the Federal Institute of Transparency and Access to Information, discusses the future of the fight against corruption under the Lopez Obrador administration. Dr. Peschard was a speaker at the event "A Worthy Mission: Controlling Corruption in Latin America,' hosted by the Baker Institute Latin America Initiative and Mexico Center on January 31, 2019. For video of the e...
Feb 07, 2019•22 min
On the last episode of 2018, Baker Institute Mexico Center director Tony Payan discusses what the actions during the transitional period of then-President-elect López Obrador and the incoming administration can tell us about how the new administration will govern. For more information on the Baker Institute Mexico Center, please visit our website at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/mexico-center/ To join our mailing list, please subscribe here and make sure to check "Mexico" as your area of intere...
Dec 11, 2018•26 min
Consul General Oscar Rodríguez Cabrera talks about the 2018 Mexican election process, Mexican citizens voting from abroad, and his time as Consul General in Houston. For more information on the Baker Institute Mexico Center, please visit our website at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/mexico-center/ To join our mailing list, please subscribe here and make sure to check "Mexico" as your area of interest....
Nov 21, 2018•20 min
Pamela Cruz , research analyst at the Mexico Center, discusses the situation faced by unaccompanied minors in Mexico and the United States. To learn more, you can find the latest Baker Institute report “ Alone and Vulnerable: Unaccompanied Minors in the United States and Mexico ,” co-authored by Pamela Cruz and Mexico Center director Tony Payan . For more information on the Baker Institute Mexico Center, please visit our website at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/mexico-center/ To join our mailin...
Nov 08, 2018•25 min
His Excellency Bruno Ferrari , former Secretary of the Economy of Mexico, discusses NAFTA, USMCA, and the future of trade in North America. In addition, John W. Diamond , the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance and director of the Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute, shares some remarks about the panel discussion on trade in North America. For a video of the event "North American Trade: Issues and Challenges for the Next Decade," with former U.S. Secretary o...
Oct 25, 2018•20 min
José Luis León-Manríquez , professor of international and East Asian studies at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, discusses the importance of Mexico’s economic partnerships with China, South Korea, and Japan. Dr. León-Manríquez was in Houston for the event " Trade Between Asia and Latin America: What's Next? ," organized by the Baker Institute's Mexico Center and Latin America Initiative , and Asia Society-Texas on Oct. 2, 2018. For more information on the Baker Institute Me...
Oct 11, 2018•25 min
Fluvio Ruiz Alarcón, former board member of Pemex and advisor on energy issues to López Obrador during the presidential campaign, discusses the changes in energy policy the new administration could pursue and what this means for the 2013 energy reform. Ruiz Alarcón offered remarks at the Baker Institute , at an event organized by the Mexico Center and the Center for Energy Studies , on September 19, 2018. For a video of the event, please visit https://www.bakerinstitute.org/events/1958/ For more...
Sep 27, 2018•20 min
Iván Rodríguez , postdoctoral research fellow in international trade at the Baker Institute Mexico Center, discusses his recent paper, " Understanding the Problems and Obstacles of Corruption in Mexico ," on the difficulties in defining corruption and its implications for how to measure and combat this issue in Mexico. For comments and questions please email mexicocenter@rice.edu...
Sep 13, 2018•19 min
Luz Garcini , postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University, discusses her research on the psychological distress among undocumented Mexican immigrants living in high-risk neighborhoods in the United States. For comments and questions please email mexicocenter@rice.edu
Aug 30, 2018•30 min
Scott Egan , assistant professor of biosciences at Rice University and a Rice faculty scholar at the Mexico Center, discusses the impact a continuous border wall can have on the natural populations of plants and animals that exists in the U.S.-Mexico border regions. For updated information and analysis on Mexico's July 1 election and the results at the federal, state and local level, visit the Mexico Center's Election Resource page . For comments and questions please email mexicocenter@rice.edu...
Aug 16, 2018•22 min
Paul Lagunes , the 2018 Board of Advisors Visiting Fellow, and an assistant professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, talks about the role of transparency in fighting corruption, what steps are needed beyond ensuring better access to public information, and Mexico’s corruption problem in a broader, Latin American perspective. For updated information and analysis on Mexico's July 1 election and the results at the federal, state and local level, visit the Mexic...
Aug 02, 2018•26 min
Miriam Grunstein , nonresident scholar at the Baker Institute Mexico Center and chief energy counsel at Brilliant Energy Consulting, discusses the energy reform in light of López Obrador’s victory in Mexico's recent elections and his coming administration. For updated information and analyses on Mexico's July 1 election and the results at the federal, state and local level, visit the Mexico Center's Election Resource page . For comments and questions please email mexicocenter@rice.edu...
Jul 19, 2018•21 min
Tony Payan , the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Mexico Center at the Baker Institute, analyzes the results from the July 1st election and the victory of leftist candidate Andres Manuel López Obrador. Enrique Quezada, Mexico Centered podcast host, speaks to Mexican voters in Mexico City on July 1 to hear their thoughts on the election and the candidates. For more information on the elections and the results in Mexico's July 1 elections, visit the Mexi...
Jul 05, 2018•25 min
Clara Luz Álvarez , nonresident scholar at the Mexico Center and professor at the Universidad Panamericana, discusses the telecommunications reform of 2013 in the context of the current presidential election and the NAFTA renegotiations. She previously served as the rapporteur for the International Telecommunications Union’s study group of information technology accessibility for people with disabilities, and as commissioner for Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission (Cofetel). For more ...
Jun 21, 2018•20 min
Erika de la Garza , program director of the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute, analyses the migration policy proposals that the presidential candidates put forth during the second presidential debate which took place on May 20. We also discuss the different approaches to migration policy in the Obama and Trump administrations. For more information on the upcoming elections in Mexico, visit the Mexico Center's Election Resource page . For comments and questions please email mexicoce...
Jun 07, 2018•21 min
David A. Gantz , Mexico Center nonresident fellow and Samuel M. Fegtly Professor of Law at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law, discusses the progress and challenges in the NAFTA renegotiations given the current political landscape in both the United States and Mexico. Plus we discuss a recent paper where David Gantz examines the impact of NAFTA renegotiations on established processes for trade disputes between investors and states; between states and states; and regarding...
May 24, 2018•24 min
Rodrigo Montes de Oca , research scholar at the Mexico Center, talks about the electoral institutions in Mexico and the implications of the electoral court’s decision to include Jaime Rodriguez on the presidential ballot for public distrust. For more information on the upcoming elections in Mexico, visit the Mexico Center's Election Resource page . For comments and questions please email mexicocenter@rice.edu...
May 10, 2018•19 min
In February, the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación published a video where they showed two intelligence officers from Mexico’s Attorney General’s office kneeling, with armed men behind them. The officers were later found dead. This week, news broke that members of this cartel had kidnapped three students, tortured them, and dissolved their bodies in acid. Nathan Jones , a nonresident scholar in drug policy and Mexico studies at the Baker Institute Mexico Center, talks about the challenges this ...
Apr 26, 2018•23 min
Isidro Morales , a nonresident scholar at the Mexico Center and senior professor and researcher at the School of Government and Public Transformation at Tec. de Monterrey, Santa Fe campus, sat down to discuss the current state of the continental integration of energy markets in North America, the possible role of the region globally, and the contributions of Mexico to this North American partnership. For more information on the upcoming elections in Mexico, visit the Mexico Center's Election Res...
Apr 12, 2018•24 min
Before the official campaign period begins on Friday, March 30, we discuss what happened in this in-between period after the pre-campaigns ended back in February. Tony Payan , Mexico Center director, discusses the strategies on which the candidates and coalitions are betting their electoral success. For more information on the upcoming elections in Mexico, visit the Mexico Center's Election Resource page . For comments and questions please email mexicocenter@rice.edu...
Mar 29, 2018•20 min
Back from Rice University's spring break, we talk with Gil Kerlikowske , a nonresident fellow at the Mexico Center specializing in border issues and former commissioner of Customs and Border Protection during the latter part of the Obama administration, about the joint efforts of the U.S. and Mexican governments to solve the issues at the border. For more information on the upcoming elections in Mexico, visit the Mexico Center's Election Resource page ....
Mar 22, 2018•19 min
As Mexico heads into a major election, the energy reform continues to be at the center of the conversation. A couple of weeks ago, the Mexico Center hosted a panel discussion on the political uncertainty surrounding the energy reform. After the event, I had the opportunity to sit down with J esús Reyes-Heroles , the featured speaker and a nonresident fellow for the Baker Institute Mexico Center and the executive president of StructurA. He was previously CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) from 20...
Mar 01, 2018•32 min
The issue of immigration has remained a salient topic in U.S.-Mexico relations for over 20 years. In addition to the traditional migration issues, President Trump has expressed his discontent with the current state of legal migration, which includes high-skilled workers. Elizabeth Salamanca , Mexico Center nonresident scholar and professor at the School of Business and Economics at Universidad de las Américas Puebla, talks about the reasons and consequences of high-skilled workers moving north. ...
Feb 15, 2018•22 min
Juan Antonio Le Clercq , a nonresident scholar at the Mexico Center and co-author of the “2017 Global Impunity Index” discusses impunity in Mexico and what the Mexican voter can expect from the campaigns in terms of solutions to this problem. Juan Antonio Le Clercq, Ph.D., is also a professor at the University of the Americas Puebla (UDLAP) in Mexico. At UDLAP, Le Clercq has been chair of the International Relations and Political Science Department since 2014 and also serves as director of the C...
Feb 01, 2018•20 min
In August 2017, 67% of Mexico’s natural gas supply came from the United States. In addition, in the energy sector in 2016, US exports to Mexico amounted to $20.2 billion versus the $8.7 billion in imports. Mexico Center postdoctoral fellow in energy studies Adrian Duhalt discusses the U.S.-Mexico energy trade and what the next president can do about natural gas and oil production. For more information on the upcoming elections in Mexico, visit the Mexico Center's Election Resource page ....
Jan 25, 2018•19 min
The Mexican economy continues to underperform and the country faces serious issues of public security and corruption. Moreover, the existing structure of power and system of privileges gives politicians incentives to favor the status quo, adding another layer to Mexico’s problems. In this episode Luis Rubio describes this power structure and discusses what the next president of Mexico can do about it. Luis Rubio is a nonresident fellow at the Baker Institute Mexico Center, the President of the C...
Jan 18, 2018•21 min
