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Mural
detail: "The History of Mexico," Diego Rivera.
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The
Fall 2000 event series "New Directions for Mexico" looked
at political, economic, and social dimensions of the transition
in Mexico, as President-elect Vicente Fox prepared to assume
the presidency and the country evaluated the effects of the
PRI's defeat. Funding provided by the Hewlett Foundation.
Victor
Lichtinger
"Toward an Effective Environmental Policy for Mexico"
Monday, October 2, 4-6 pm
CLAS Conference Room
2334 Bowditch Street
Mr. Lichtinger, an international environmental consultant, spent four years
as executive director of the North American Commission for Environmental
Cooperation (CEC), a trinational agency set up to promote environmental
enforcement by the three signatories of NAFTA. In this capacity, Lichtinger
has helped reshape Mexico's environmental policies with regard to NAFTA.
He is currently co-chair of the environmental transition team for President-elect
Vicente Fox. Moderated by Professor Alain de Janvry (Department of Agriculture
and Resource Economics); reception will follow the talk.
Write-up
for this event
Sen.
Amalia García Medina
"Reflections on Mexico's Transition"
Wednesday, October 18, 4-6 pm
145 McCone Hall
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Senator
Amalia García
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Senator
Amalia García is the national president of the Partido
de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) in Mexico,
and the first woman to head a major political party in Mexico.
She was
one of
the founders of the PRD and currently is an advisor to Mexico City's
Human
Rights Commission and the National Program for Women. Senator García
spoke at CLAS' Alternatives for the
Americas conference in December of 1998.
In Spanish with translation.
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Adolfo
Aguilar Zinser
"Challenges of the Transition"
Friday, October 20, 4-6 pm
Home Room, International House
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Senator
Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
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Senior advisor and coordinator for foreign policy to President-elect Vicente
Fox during the transition period, former independent Senator Aguilar
has been a visiting professor at CLAS and participated in the CLAS conference Alternatives
for the Americas. Moderated by CLAS Chair Professor Harley Shaiken.
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for this event
Governor-elect Pablo Salazar
"Chiapas and the Future of Mexico"
Thursday, October 26, 4-6 pm
101 Morgan Hall
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Harley Shaiken and Pablo Salazar |
In July, Pablo Salazar won the gubernatorial elections in Chiapas, heading
a broad opposition alliance that included both the PRD and the PAN.
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for this event
San
Francisco Chronicle
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