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It has been a busy quarter so far at the Center. We kicked off the month with a fascinating talk by Dr. Roderic Camp on the progress made by President Enrique Pe�a Nieto's administration during his first 16 months in office, and will be joined this week by Dr. Lynn Stephen, who will present her latest book on social movements in Oaxaca.

Later in the month, we will host talks by famed journalist Alfredo Corchado and Rafael Fernandez de Castro, founder and head of the Department of International Studies at ITAM. Please join us to hear their analysis on the security situation in Mexico. You can find more information on their talks and other great events at the Center below.

Be on the lookout in May for information on the new cohort of Visiting Fellows and Scholars that will be joining us next year at the Center, as well as details on an upcoming visit by McKinsey & Company's Jaana Remes, who will present McKinsey Global Institute's recent report, "A tale of two Mexicos: Growth and prosperity in a two-speed economy."

Un abrazo,

MelissaFloca


Melissa Floca
USMEX Associate Director

Conference to look at Mexico press freedom
Following last month's hugely successful Mexico Moving Forward symposium, the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX) at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies is hosting another daylong conference, "Libertad Bajo Palabra: Censorship, Satire and the Press in Mexico."
 
Organized by Visiting Fellow Michael Lettieri, "Libertad Bajo Palabra" is a unique, bi-national conference featuring both established and emerging scholars as well as contemporary journalists. It opens with a keynote speaker in the evening of Wednesday, April 30 followed by three panel discussions and a roundtable the following day, Thursday, May 1. Read More >>
Upcoming Events
"We are the Face of Oaxaca:
Testimony and Social Movements"
Thursday, April 17, 2014 | Register Now
3:30 - 5 p.m. Social Sciences Building, room 107
Speaker: Lynn Stephen, director of the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies, Univeristy of Oregon
"A Reporter's Journey through Mexico's
Drug War with Alfredo Corchado"
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 | Register Now
5 - 6:30 p.m. IOA Malamud Conference Room
Speaker: Alfredo Corchado, Mexico bureau chief, Dallas Morning News (keynote address of May 1 "Libertad Bajo Palabra" conference)
"Libertad Bajo Palabra: 
Censorship, Satire and the Press in Mexico"
Thursday, May 1, 2014 | Register Now
9 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Village West (building two)
This conference brings together papers that will enrich our understanding of both the past and the present of Mexican journalism.
 
"Human Security in Latin America"
Thursday, May 1, 2014 | Register Now
6 - 7:30 p.m. UC San Diego, The Great Hall
Speaker: Rafael Fernandez de Castro, former presidential advisor for International Affairs and Competitiveness at ITAM
"The Role of the PRI in Mexico's Emergence
from Feudalism & Mercantilism"
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | Register Now
12:30 - 2 p.m. IOA Deutz Conference Room
Speaker: Irving Tragen taught courses on comparative labor law, Latin American social and labor history, and development strategies
 
"Structural Reforms and Long-Term
Economic Growth in Mexico"
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 | Register Now
12 - 1:30 p.m. | IOA CILAS Library
Speaker: Alejandro Diaz-Bautista, professor of International Economics, researcher and economic consultant
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NAFTA at 20 years, with David Shirk
USMEX partnered with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to present a multiple-part feature on Mexico, 20 Years After NAFTA. Professor David Shirk gave his assessment in this video, broadcast on University of California Television.
Caribou Digital Founder Chris Locke, a Pacific Leadership Fellow at the Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies, hosted a lunch talk titled "Mobile Technology at the Border" April 9. Qualcomm Institute researcher Ganz Chockalingam and UC San Diego professor Bret Stalbaum joined Locke to discuss two mobile apps developed to aid border crossings.
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Research Events
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USMEX Scholar Veronica Pacheco

presents
"Performing with the Sacred: A Study of Ritualistic Music Among the Huastec Nahaus"
April 23, 2014 | 12:30 - 2 p.m.
IOA Duetz Conference Room

presents
"Pesos to Pasos, Dihrams to Dingies: The Role of Export Processing Wages in Migration from Mexico and Morocco"
May 14, 2014 | 12:30 - 2 p.m.
IOA Deutz Conference Room

presents
"Fragile Landscapes of Contemporary Yucatan: Time-share resorts, Pink Flamingos, Colonial Tastes and
Pulverized Maquilas"
May 21, 2014 | 12 - 1:30 p.m.
IOA CILAS Library
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Visit our Events Page to learn about the latest schedule and our Media Center to see featured photographs, videos and news stories from past events. Questions? Contact [email protected].



 


 
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