October Highlights
Each month, the Mexico Institute will review and highlight the month’s activities and feature them here.Visitors will be able to watch the recap from our most recent events, browse our new publications, and read articles that feature key media appearances of the Mexico Institute staff. We hope you will find this review useful and informative. Enjoy!
Mexico Institute, October 2012
Each month, the Mexico Institute will review and highlight the month’s activities and feature them here.
Visitors will be able to watch the recap from our most recent events, browse our new publications, and read articles that feature key media appearances of the Mexico Institute staff. We hope you will find this review useful and informative. Enjoy!
Publications
- “Sharing Space with Our Hemispheric Partners: A Latino Perspective on U.S. Policy Toward Latin America” by Pamela Starr
The final report of the Latino Leadership Task Force is a call to action for Washington to prioritize partners and markets in the Western Hemisphere, and to engage the Latino community as partners in the effort. The report urges Washington to enact hemispheric policy that better reflects changing demographics in the United States and the growing influence of the U.S. Latino community, which drives desperately needed job creation and growth in the United States.
Read the full publication here, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/sharing_space_with_our_hemispheric_partners.pdf
For a full list of publications by the Mexico Institute click here, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/program-publications/Mexico%20Institute
Events
- Oct. 11th: “Access to Information and Accountability: A Global Context
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, IFAI, the Citizen’s Initiative for the Promotion of the Culture of Dialogue, and CIDE are pleased to invite you to, “Access to Information and Accountability: A Global Context.” The aim of the event will be to exchange views on the impact of the right to access information and its use by civil society in order to increase governmental accountability.
View event here, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/access-to-information-and-accountability-global-context
- Oct. 25th: “Security and Economic Opportunity in Sinaloa”
Governor Lopez Valdez will discuss crime prevention strategies that have been implemented in Sinaloa in addition to the opportunities for cross border trade and economic cooperation with the U.S. Sinaloa is a large exporter of vegetable produce to the U.S. Please join us for a discussion with Gov. Lopez Valdez.
View event here, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/security-and-economic-opportunity-sinaloa
For a full list of events by the Mexico Institute click here,http://www.wilsoncenter.org/program-events/Mexico%20Institute/156
News
- Oct. 26th: “Mexico’s Pena Nieto seeks to Build Bridges with Latin American Tour,” World Politics Review
Andrew Selee, Vice President for Programs and Advisor to the Mexico Institute,is quoted on Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto.
Read article here, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/mexicos-pe%C3%B1-nieto-seeks-to-build-bridges-latin-american-tour-mexico-institute-the-news
- Oct. 22nd: “U.S.-Mexico Border,” Fronteras
Christopher Wilson comments on customs and border protection. This radio segment aired on Fronteras radio affiliate stations across the country.
To hear segment click here, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/us-mexico-border-mexico-institute-the-news
- Oct. 17th: “Mexico Says Prints Identified Zetas Boss Before Body Disappeared,” Bloomberg
“It’s a very bizarre situation, so it will raise questions in some people’s minds about what really happened,” said Eric Olson, associate director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in DC.
Read article here, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/mexico-says-prints-identified-zetas-boss-body-disappeared-mexico-institute-the-news
For a full list of Mexico Institute in the News click here, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/program-news/Mexico%20Institute
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