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Mexican
Transitions:
Mexican Politics
and Culture |
The Center
for Latin American Studies was proud to sponsor Mexican Transitions, a
series of events during the Spring 2000 semester aimed at putting the
July Mexican elections in a broader social, political, and historical
context.
June 6, 2000: "Deciding
Mexico's Future: The 2000 Elections in Context," analysis by Berkeley graduate
student Kenneth F. Greene, Department of Political Science.
Santiago Oñate
"Mexico in 2000:
A Leap Ahead or a New Crisis?"
Tuesday, March 14, 4-6 PM, The Ida and Robert Sproul Room,
International House 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
Santiago Oñate is the Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom.
In the last decade, he has held several positions in the Mexican
government, including
Head of the President's Coordination Office, Secretary of State for Labor,
and Ambassador of Mexico to the Organization of American States
write-up
of the event
Adolfo Gilly
3The Long Strike at the UNAM: Higher Education and the Restructuring of the
Mexican State2
Weds, March 22, 4-6 p.m.
CLAS conference room
2334 Bowditch St.
Adolfo Gilly, a professor of political science at the Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México (UNAM), is a renowned scholar of Mexican politics. His
recent publications include Chiapas: La Razón Ardiente. Ensayo sobre la Rebelión
del Mundo Encantado (1997), and México, el Poder, el Dinero, y la Sangre
(1996). From 1997 to 1999 he served as adviser to Mexico City Mayor Cuauhtémoc
Cárdenas.
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of the event
Lorenzo
Meyer:
"The End of Mexico's Transition?"
Wednesday, April 12, 4-6 p.m.
CLAS conference room,
2334 Bowditch Street
Will the 2000 elections succeed in changing the nature of Mexico's
regime? A leading scholar on U.S.-Mexico relations, Professor Meyer
is affiliated with
the Centro de Estudios Internacionales at El Colegio de México. A leading scholar
on U.S.-Mexico relations, Professor Meyer is affiliated with the Centro de
Estudios Internacionales at El Colegio de México.
write-up
of the event
Sen. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser:
"The Fate of the Opposition in the Year 2000 Presidential Election"
Wednesday, April 19, 4-6 p.m.
CLAS conference room
2334 Bowditch Street
Senator Aguilar Zinser is the first Independent to be elected to the Mexican
Congress and a former visiting professor at CLAS.
Denise
Dresser
"Blood Sport: The Politics of Mexico's Presidential Elections"
Wednesday, April 26, 4-6 PM
CLAS Conference Room
2334 Bowditch Street
Professor Dresser teaches political science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo
de México (ITAM). She is currently a visiting fellow at the Pacific Council,
a research institution affiliated with the University of Southern California
focusing on policy issues in the Pacific Rim.
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