Remedios Gomez Arnau, the Mexican Consul General in San Diego, joins William Ostick, the US Consul General in Tijuana in calling for greater cooperation and understanding between the two countries in this midday address to the Mexico Moving Forward 2015 conference hosted by the Center for U.S-Mexican Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30419]
Jan 08, 2016•15 min
Peter Cowhey, dean of the School of Global Policy and Strategy and Denise Moreno Ducheny, Senior Policy Advisor at the Center for US Mexican Studies at UC San Diego, give welcoming remarks to the 2015 Mexico Moving Forward Conference. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30418]
Jan 08, 2016•19 min
Jessica Graham’s research explores the politics of race and nationalism in Brazil and the United States in the 1930-40’s. As a result of the international debates over democracy, fascism and communism, a major shift occurred in which racially exclusive ideals yielded to rhetoric of racial inclusion. Dana Velasco Murillo studies the intersections of colonialism with gender, ethnicity and identity formation in early Latin America, particularly how indigenous people of colonial Mexico responded to ...
Aug 03, 2015•17 min
Can nonviolent civil disobedience effectively counter the brutality of organized crime and government corruption in Mexico? What impact can people’s movements have against such odds? Pietro Ameglio, a leading theorist and practitioner of nonviolent social movements in Mexico addresses this challenge in an interview with Everard Meade, the director of the Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego. Series: "Peace exChange -- Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego" [Publi...
Jun 22, 2015•57 min
Anthropologist Nancy Postero describes the political rise of indigenous peoples in Latin America, as they called for more recognition from the state and more inclusive forms of citizenship. Where that was impossible, they sought international attention by demanding human rights, especially human rights to culture. Postero explores what kinds of freedom these two frameworks of rights offer and how the struggles of indigenous peoples demonstrate the contradictions and limitations of liberal notion...
Mar 23, 2015•53 min
Much attention has focused on Mexico's transition to electoral democracy in recent years. But how does it compare with other nations of Latin America? Is it typical of the region, or is it "unique" in specific ways? UC San Diego Professor Peter H. Smith compares Mexico with Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Guatemala. The results yield insight on the pace of democratization, civil-military relations, party structures, separation of powers, and policy performance. Mexico fares relatively well along a ...
Jul 14, 2014•52 min
UC San Diego sociologist David FitzGerald explains how recent changes in the economies of the US. and Mexico, along with border enforcement and shifting demographics have led to a stabilization of Mexican migration to the U.S. This is the fourth in a five-part series exploring the impact of NAFTA, sponsored by the Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning and the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico: Twenty Years After NAFTA" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 27720]
Jul 07, 2014•54 min
Deborah Riner, the chief economist at the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico wraps up the Mexico Moving Forward 2014 with an assessment of how the North American Free Trade Agreement has impacted the economies on both sides of the border. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28130]
Jun 20, 2014•21 min
UC San Diego Professor Susan Shirk and Gordon Hanson join CIDE’s Carlos Elizondo and Arturo Sarukhan, the former Mexican Ambassador to the United States, for a discussion on how Mexico can strengthen its economic ties with Asia in this final panel of the Mexico Moving Forward 2014 symposium. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28129]
Jun 16, 2014•57 min
After welcoming remarks from Consuls General Andrew Erickson and Remedios Gomez Arnau, Mexican analysts and scholars evaluate initiatives on the reform agenda of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Speakers include IMCO CEO Juan Pardinas, Clare Seelke of the Congressional Research Service, Duncan Wood of the Wilson Center ,Edna Jaime of Mexico Evalua and David Shirk of the University of San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28128]
Jun 09, 2014•1 hr 27 min
The UC San Diego Library announces the purchase of the Farmworker Movement Documentation Project, an online archive containing thousands of documents related to the history of the United Farm Workers’ union and related events. A short video on the historic March to Sacramento in 1966 is shown followed by a discussion with two participants in the march: Roberto Bustos and LeRoy Chatfield, key advisors to Cesar Chávez. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Agriculture] [Show ID:...
Jun 03, 2014•51 min
A flash mob opera performance by the Opera Ambulante in Tijuana surprises the panelists and audience in this second session of Mexico Moving Forward 2014. Tenor Manuel Paz Castillo is then joined by cinematographer Ignacio Duran, writer Monica Lavin, and artist Luis Felipe Ortega for a discussion on NAFTA’s impact on the arts moderated by Exequiel Ezcurra, director of the UC MEXUS Institute based at UC Riverside. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 28127]
Jun 02, 2014•59 min
After welcoming remarks from Mexican diplomat Antonio Ortiz-Mena, UC President Janet Napolitano, UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla and Peter Cowhey, dean of the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD, Mexican scholars and business leaders assess the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement two decades after its passing. Join Peter H. Smith, Carlos Elizondo, Juan Gallardo and Kenneth Schwedel as they evaluate which economic sectors have gained the most from th...
Jun 02, 2014•1 hr 29 min
Noted commentator and political science professor Denise Dresser offers a thorough critique of the PRI, Mexico’s ruling party in this dinner address opening the Mexico Moving Forward 2014 conference convened by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 25727]
May 26, 2014•49 min
The future of Mexico will be played out in its cities, where about 3/4 of the nation's 115 million inhabitants live. Many critical national policy concerns in Mexico are urban-- how to manage one of the world's largest mega-cities (Mexico City), along with the rapidly transforming and complex northern border cities. Lawrence A. Herzog, Professor of City Planning at San Diego State University and Visiting Professor at UC San Diego argues that three of the biggest challenges facing urban Mexico ar...
May 19, 2014•58 min
Antonio Ortiz-Mena, the head of the Economics Affairs Section at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington DC, highlights the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement in his keynote address to the “Mexico Moving Forward 2014: 20 years of NAFTA and Beyond” conference hosted by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28125]
Apr 25, 2014•20 min
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto took office in December of 2012 promising a new approach to curb drug trafficking that would be both more effective and less violent than the strategy of his predecessor. The new enforcement plan seems to be working but is it sustainable? David Mares, director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies at UC San Diego, argues that the answer is fundamental to Mexico’s future and of great interest to the United States. Mares is presented by the Osher...
Mar 24, 2014•56 min
“The Brick People” chronicles the story and legacy of Mexican immigrants who came to work at Simons Brickyard #3 in Los Angeles during the early part of the 20th century. The bricks they made literally built Los Angeles and the surrounding region. Produced by UC Irvine professor Alejandro Morales, this documentary explores themes of immigration, discrimination and cultural foundry as told by former residents and historians of Simons, California . Series: "Immigration" [Public Affairs] [Humanitie...
Feb 03, 2014•29 min
The complete board event at the Goldman School on October 30th, 2013. Series: "The Goldman School - Berkeley Public Policy" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 27677]
Dec 20, 2013•1 hr 19 min
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico, for a discussion of the challenges facing Mexico and the future of U.S. Mexican relations. President Fox discusses his formative experiences including the influence of his ancestors and teachers, his work as a businessman, and the factors that led him to enter politics. Discussing his Presidency, he analyzes the problems of governing in a country simultaneously riding a democratic revolution and the transformatio...
Mar 18, 2013•53 min
