Best Ivan Y Alejandro Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 72: The 2024 Presidential Elections in Mexico (Guests: Tony Payan, Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez; Edward M. Emmett) 23:24

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We're back! After a hiatus of almost 2 years the Mexico Centered podcast returns...and just in time for Mexico's 2024 presidential elections. In this episode, a crossover with the Baker Institute's Baker Briefing podcast, host and Baker Institute fellow Edward M. Emmett sits down with Tony Payan, director, and Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, scholar, …

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Episode 71: Hosting Mexico Centered (Guests: Tony Payan and Enrique Quezada) 33:25

1+ y ago33:25

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In his final episode as host, Enrique Quezada sits down with Tony Payan, director of the Baker Institute Center for the U.S. and Mexico, to look back at how the podcast started and the role it has played at the Center. Enrique talks about preparing for interviews and the behind-the-scenes work to produce Mexico Centered. For more information on the…

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Episode 70: Trans-border Collaboration Across the Rio Grande (Guests: Bob Krumenaker, superintendent of Big Bend National Park, and Javier Ochoa, subdirector of the protected areas Maderas del Carmen and ... 41:44

1+ y ago41:44

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Bob Krumenaker, superintendent of Big Bend National Park, and Javier Ochoa, subdirector of the protected areas Maderas del Carmen and Ocampo, talk about the different models of conservation the U.S. and Mexico have, their day-to-day activities, and the numerous ways in which they collaborate across the border to the benefit of the ecosystem they sh…

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Episode 69: The Significance of Mexico's 2022 Local Elections (Guest: Alejandro Cruz, director of special studies at BGC Ulises Beltrán y Asociados) 33:35

2y ago33:35

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Alejandro Cruz, director of special studies at BGC Ulises Beltrán y Asociados and an expert in local elections in Mexico, discusses the results of the June 2022 local elections in Mexico and their significance for the López Obrador administration and the president’s party. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and…

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Episode 68: The Dream of a Binational Park (Guest: Francisco Cantú, writer, translator, and author) 32:48

2y ago32:48

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Francisco Cantú, author of The Line Becomes a River, discusses his recent article for Audubon Magazine where he wrote about a grand dream for an international park encompassing Big Bend on the U.S side and Santa Elena and Maderas del Carmen on the Mexican side. Cantú talks about what he learned during his visit about the different approaches of the…

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Episode 67: Mexico's National Guard and Public Safety (Guest: Richard Kilroy) 21:52

2y ago21:52

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Richard J. Kilroy, nonresident scholar at the Center for the United States and Mexico and associate professor of politics at Coastal Carolina University, discusses the role of Mexico’s National Guard in President López Obrador’s public safety strategy. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our web…

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Episode 66: The Dangers of Being a Journalist in Mexico (Guest: Peniley Ramírez) 29:38

2y ago29:38

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Peniley Ramírez, investigative journalist and columnist for the newspaper Reforma, talks about the dangers of being a journalist in Mexico, the mechanisms in place to protect journalists, and the relationship between Lopez Obrador and the media. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our website, a…

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Episode 65: 2021 Annual Roundup (Guest: Tony Payan) 32:27

2+ y ago32:27

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Tony Payan, director of the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico, discusses what happened in 2021 to Mexico’s economy, politics, public health, and to the binational relationship with the United States. He also sets out expectations for 2022. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visi…

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Episode 64: Binational Healthcare: A conversation with Houston Methodist Hospital (Jose Nuñez, VP, Global Development at Houston Methodist’s Global Health Care Services) 20:00

2+ y ago20:00

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José Núñez, the vice president for Global Development at Houston Methodist’s Global Health Care Services, talks about how Mexican patients access healthcare services in the United States, what Houston Methodist’s partnerships with the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey and Mexico City’s ABC Medical Center entail, and how the coronavirus pandemic af…

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Episode 63: A Conversation with Consul General Alicia Kerber Palma 30:11

2+ y ago30:11

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Alicia Kerber Palma, consul general of Mexico in Houston since 2019, talks about her time in the Mexican Foreign Service, the programs and services provided by Mexico’s Consulate General in Houston, feminist foreign policy, and the binational relationship. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our…

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Episode 62: El Problema del Crimen Organizado en México (Guest: Eduardo Guerrero) 27:15

2+ y ago27:15

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This podcast is in Spanish. Eduardo Guerrero, socio fundador y director de Lantia Consultores y Lantia Intelligence, habla sobre la complicada situación de seguridad nacional y el incremento en la violencia relacionada al crimen organizado en México. Para mayor información sobre el Centro para Estados Unidos y México del Instituto Baker, visite nue…

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Episode 61: The Aftermath of Mexico's 2021 Midterm Elections (Guest: Tony Payan) 25:09

3y ago25:09

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Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University, discusses the implications of the 2021 midterm elections for Mexico’s president, the president's party, the opposition, and electoral institutions. For more information on the Baker…

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Episode 60: Mexico's 2021 Midterm Elections (Guest: Javier Martin Reyes) 37:03

3y ago37:03

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On June 6, Mexico will hold its midterm elections. A total of 21,368 elected positions will be on the ballot, making this the largest single-day election in Mexico’s history. The results will define Mexico’s political landscape through at least 2024, and may also determine whether President López Obrador and his political party, MORENA, will contin…

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Episode 59: Data for U.S.-Mexico Border Studies: Challenges in Data Collection and Distribution (Guests: James Gerber and Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota) 24:57

3y ago24:57

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James Gerber, professor emeritus of economics at San Diego State University, and Eduardo Mendoza, professor in the Department of Economic Studies at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, discuss the challenges in making comparisons between sub-national units across the U.S.-Mexico border with existing data. They offer recommendations for future data col…

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Episode 58: The Path to Permanent Residency for DREAMers (Guest: Catherine Glazer) 22:28

3y ago22:28

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Catherine Glazer, U.S. immigration attorney, discusses what the current path to permanent residency is, the obstacles for DACA recipients, and potential avenues the current administration could pursue to grant permanent legal status to Dreamers. Glazer is the author of the recently published research paper "The Materialization of a Dream: Creating …

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Episode 57: The Growth of Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship in Mexico (Guest: Vincent Speranza) 24:59

3y ago24:59

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Vincent Speranza, Managing Director of Endeavor Mexico, discusses the growth of venture capital and entrepreneurship in Mexico, the role of Endeavor in supporting entrepreneurs, and the challenges and opportunities during the pandemic. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our website at https://w…

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Episode 56: Expectations for Mexico in 2021 (Guest: Tony Payan) 28:50

3+ y ago28:50

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Tony Payan, director of the Baker Institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, discusses the expectations for Mexico in 2021 in regard to the country's economy, politics, public health, and the binational relationship with the United States under the Biden administration. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United Sta…

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Episode 55: El Tercer País (Guest: Michael S. Malone) 24:29

3+ y ago24:29

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Michael S. Malone, high-technology/business journalist, producer of the award-winning PBS miniseries The New Heroes, editor of Forbes ASAP magazine, and Dean’s Executive Professor at Santa Clara University, talks about his recent book, "El Tercer País", where he explores the connections between San Diego and Tijuana, the history of the border regio…

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Episode 54: U.S.-Mexico Relations Under President-Elect Biden (Guest: Mark P. Jones) 19:30

3+ y ago19:30

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Mark P. Jones, fellow in political science at the Baker Institute and the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies at Rice University, talks about the binational relationship between the United States and Mexico in the context of the 2020 presidential election and the new president-elect. For more information on the Baker Institute Center f…

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Episode 53: Health Inequalities in the US-Mexico Border Region (Guests: Eva Moya and Silvia Chavez-Baray) 26:27

3+ y ago26:27

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Eva Moya, Associate Professor, and Silvia Chavez-Baray, Post Doctoral Fellow, at the Department of Social Work, University of Texas at El Paso, talk about the unique characteristics of the US-Mexico border, the health of its residents, and the challenges and opportunities of managing health policy and outcomes during the Covid-19 pandemic. Their re…

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Episode 52: Subnational Governments and Paradiplomacy (Guests; Lucas McMillan and Jorge Schiavon) 28:02

3+ y ago28:02

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Lucas McMillan, Dean, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Lander University; and Jorge Schiavon, Professor of International Relations at the International Studies Department, CID, talk about the ways in which subnational actors in Mexico and the U.S. engage to further international cooperation in benefit of their state or locality; how the cur…

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Episode 51: The Future of US-Mexico Security and Defense (Guests: Richard Kilroy and Abelardo Rodríguez Sumano) 25:19

3+ y ago25:19

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Richard Kilroy, nonresident scholar in the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico and associate professor of politics at Coastal Carolina University; and Abelardo Rodriguez Sumano, professor and researcher at Universidad Iberoamericana, discuss the key drivers impacting national security and defense relations between the United Sta…

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Episode 50: The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Mexico (Guest: Tony Payan) 29:08

4y ago29:08

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In this episode, Tony Payan, director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University's Baker Institute, analyzes the current situation of the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico. The Center hosted a webinar conversation on Mexico's response to the pandemic on April 1, 2020. It is available to view here. For more information on the Bak…

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Episode 49: Migration, Marriage and Family (Guest: Nora Haenn) 27:56

4y ago27:56

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Nora Haenn, associate professor of anthropology and international studies at North Carolina State University, talks about how women experience and deal with the disruption to family dynamics that comes from migration and how they work to keep families together. Haenn’s new book Marriage after Migration: An Ethnography of Money, Romance, and Gender …

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Episode 48: A Conversation with the Governor of Tamaulipas (Guest: Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca) 18:52

4y ago18:52

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Tamaulipas governor Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca discusses his administration’s plans to tackle drug-related violence and improve public safety as well as increase the production of shale gas and oil in the state. The Center for the United States and Mexico hosted governor García Cabeza de Vaca on Febraury 7, 2020. For more information, p…

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Episode 47: Expectations for 2020 (Guest: Tony Payan) 25:47

4y ago25:47

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Tony Payan, director of the Center for the United States and Mexico, discusses the expectations for the López Obrador administration in 2020. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our website at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/USMEX , and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. To join our mailing list,…

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Episode 46: Lopez Obrador's First Year in Office (Guests: Tony Payan, Rodrigo Montes de Oca and Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez) 32:19

4+ y ago32:19

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Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico's director Tony Payan, and scholars Rodrigo Montes de Oca and Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, analyze López Obrador's first year in office, looking at the challenges faced, the successes, and what to keep an eye on in 2020. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and M…

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Episode 45: Lopez Obrador's Energy Policy (Guest: Isidro Morales) 20:56

4+ y ago20:56

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Isidro Morales, nonresident scholar at the Center for the United States and Mexico and a senior professor and researcher at Tec de Monterrey, discusses the challenges Mexico faces in achieving self-sufficiency in the energy sector and suggests a path to resilience. This conversation focuses on his recent publication for the Center: The Future of Pe…

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Episode 44: Migrant Caravans and Mexico's Southern Border (Guest: Luis Arriola) 22:28

4+ y ago22:28

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Luis Arriola, the summer 2016 visiting scholar at the Center for the United States and Mexico and researcher at the Migration Studies and Trans-border Processes Academic Group at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in Campeche, talks about the strategy of the López Obrador administration to tackle the issue of immigration and the mounting pressure from t…

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Episode 43: Wind Power in Mexico (Guest: Cymene Howe) 24:34

4+ y ago24:34

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Cymene Howe, associate professor of anthropology at Rice University, talks about the complexities of energy transitions using the case study of a wind park project in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca from her recent book Ecologics: Wind and Power in the Anthropocene. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and M…

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Episode 42: Inteligencia Financiera y Corrupción (Guest: Santiago Nieto) 26:40

4+ y ago26:40

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This podcast is in Spanish. Santiago Nieto, director de la Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF) de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, habla sobre la estrategia de combate a la corrupción de la administración de López Obrador. El 28 de agosto de 2019 se organizó un evento con el Dr. Nieto sobre corrupción en México. El video del evento …

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Episode 41: Ratifying the USMCA (Guest: David Gantz) 17:30

4+ y ago17:30

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David Gantz, Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics, talks about the future of the USMCA and what is holding the agreement from being ratified. This interview follows an event held at the Baker Institute on September 5, 2019, with The Honorable Kevin Brady, representative for the 8th congressional district of Texas, where the futu…

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Episode 40: Immigration reform, a business case (Guest: Stan Marek) 26:28

4+ y ago26:28

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Stan Marek, CEO of MAREK and a strong advocate for comprehensive immigration reform, discusses his efforts to see immigration reform passed and the politics in Congress. Marek talks about his ID and Tax proposal to incorporate undocumented immigrants into the economy and the reasons he cares so much about seeing this through. For more information o…

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Episode 39: Electoral Reforms and the Consolidation of the Electoral System in Mexico (Guest: Lorenzo Cordova) 34:15

4+ y ago34:15

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Lorenzo Cordova, president councillor of Mexico's National Electoral Institute (INE) discusses the role of electoral reforms in improving the electoral system, the current proposals by Morena representatives and the criticism these have received, and the controversy following the 2019 gubernatorial election in Baja California. For more information …

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Episode 38: Mexico's National Security and National Guard (Guest: Alejandro Hope) 28:59

5y ago28:59

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Alejandro Hope, security analyst and columnist for El Universal, talks about the national security problem in Mexico, President López Obrador’s strategy and what he believes could be a more appropriate strategy to tackle the problem. For more information on the Baker Institute Mexico Center, visit our website at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/mexic…

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Episode 37: López Obrador and the Fight Against Corruption (Guest: Stephen Morris) 22:08

5y ago22:08

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On the final episode of this season, Stephen Morris, nonresident fellow at the Baker Institute Mexico Center and professor in the Department of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University, discusses the role of public opinion, political will, autonomous entities, and an active civil society in the fight against corruption in Mexico. In a…

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Episode 36: The U.S.-Mexico Border: Destinies Intertwined (Guest: Andrew Selee) 23:18

5y ago23:18

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Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute and former executive vice president of the Woodrow Wilson Center and founder of the Center’s Mexico Institute, discusses the social, cultural, and economic ties between the United States and Mexico. Selee recently spoke at the Baker Institute Mexico Center and presented his most recent book,…

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Episode 35: Crisis in Venezuela and Lessons for Mexico (Guest: Francisco Monaldi) 24:47

5y ago24:47

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Is Mexico, under the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, headed in the same direction as Venezuela? Comparisons between the two countries and their regimes abound. Francisco Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, the Mexico Center and the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute, talks ab…

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Episode 34: Fighting Corruption in Mexico (Guest: Jacqueline Peschard) 22:12

5y ago22:12

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Jacqueline Peschard, former president of the newly created National Anti-corruption System in Mexico and former commissioner of the Federal Institute of Transparency and Access to Information, discusses the future of the fight against corruption under the Lopez Obrador administration. Dr. Peschard was a speaker at the event "A Worthy Mission: Contr…

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Episode 33: What to Expect from the Lopez Obrador Administration (Guest: Tony Payan) 26:27

5+ y ago26:27

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On the last episode of 2018, Baker Institute Mexico Center director Tony Payan discusses what the actions during the transitional period of then-President-elect López Obrador and the incoming administration can tell us about how the new administration will govern. For more information on the Baker Institute Mexico Center, please visit our website a…

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Episode 32: The impact of Mexicans voting abroad and the 2018 elections (Guest: Oscar Rodríguez Cabrera) 20:24

5+ y ago20:24

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Consul General Oscar Rodríguez Cabrera talks about the 2018 Mexican election process, Mexican citizens voting from abroad, and his time as Consul General in Houston. For more information on the Baker Institute Mexico Center, please visit our website at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/mexico-center/ To join our mailing list, please subscribe here and…

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Episode 31: Unaccompanied Minors in Mexico and the United States (Guest: Pamela Cruz) 24:36

5+ y ago24:36

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Pamela Cruz, research analyst at the Mexico Center, discusses the situation faced by unaccompanied minors in Mexico and the United States. To learn more, you can find the latest Baker Institute report “Alone and Vulnerable: Unaccompanied Minors in the United States and Mexico,” co-authored by Pamela Cruz and Mexico Center director Tony Payan. For m…

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Episode 30: The Future of North American Trade (Guests: Bruno Ferrari and John Diamond) 20:09

5+ y ago20:09

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His Excellency Bruno Ferrari, former Secretary of the Economy of Mexico, discusses NAFTA, USMCA, and the future of trade in North America. In addition, John W. Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance and director of the Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute, shares some remarks about the panel discussion…

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Episode 29: Mexico's Economic Relation with East Asia (Guest: José Luis León-Manríquez) 25:06

5+ y ago25:06

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José Luis León-Manríquez, professor of international and East Asian studies at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, discusses the importance of Mexico’s economic partnerships with China, South Korea, and Japan. Dr. León-Manríquez was in Houston for the event "Trade Between Asia and Latin America: What's Next?," organized by the Ba…

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Episode 28: Pemex and Energy Policy under AMLO (Guest: Fluvio Ruiz Alarcón) 20:18

5+ y ago20:18

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Fluvio Ruiz Alarcón, former board member of Pemex and advisor on energy issues to López Obrador during the presidential campaign, discusses the changes in energy policy the new administration could pursue and what this means for the 2013 energy reform. Ruiz Alarcón offered remarks at the Baker Institute, at an event organized by the Mexico Center a…

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Episode 27: Defining and Measuring Corruption: The Case Study of Mexico (Guest: Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez) 18:48

5+ y ago18:48

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Iván Rodríguez, postdoctoral research fellow in international trade at the Baker Institute Mexico Center, discusses his recent paper, "Understanding the Problems and Obstacles of Corruption in Mexico," on the difficulties in defining corruption and its implications for how to measure and combat this issue in Mexico. For comments and questions pleas…

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Episode 26: Psychological Distress Among Undocumented Immigrants (Guest: Luz Garcini) 29:53

5+ y ago29:53

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Luz Garcini, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University, discusses her research on the psychological distress among undocumented Mexican immigrants living in high-risk neighborhoods in the United States. For comments and questions please email mexicocenter@rice.edu…

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Episode 25: The Impact of a Border Wall on Biodiversity (Guest: Scott Egan) 21:54

5+ y ago21:54

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Scott Egan, assistant professor of biosciences at Rice University and a Rice faculty scholar at the Mexico Center, discusses the impact a continuous border wall can have on the natural populations of plants and animals that exists in the U.S.-Mexico border regions. For updated information and analysis on Mexico's July 1 election and the results at …

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Episode 24: Mexico's Corruption Problem (Guest: Paul Lagunes) 25:51

5+ y ago25:51

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Paul Lagunes, the 2018 Board of Advisors Visiting Fellow, and an assistant professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, talks about the role of transparency in fighting corruption, what steps are needed beyond ensuring better access to public information, and Mexico’s corruption problem in a broader, Latin American…

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Episode 23: AMLO and the future of Mexico's energy reform (Guest: Miriam Grunstein) 20:54

6y ago20:54

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Miriam Grunstein, nonresident scholar at the Baker Institute Mexico Center and chief energy counsel at Brilliant Energy Consulting, discusses the energy reform in light of López Obrador’s victory in Mexico's recent elections and his coming administration. For updated information and analyses on Mexico's July 1 election and the results at the federa…

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