Judy Ley Allen México Centered

Clara Luz Álvarez, nonresident scholar at the Mexico Center and  professor at the Universidad Panamericana, discusses the telecommunications reform of 2013 in the context of the current presidential election and the NAFTA renegotiations.

She previously served as the rapporteur for the International Telecommunications Union’s study group of information technology accessibility for people with disabilities, and as commissioner for Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission (Cofetel).

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Erika de la Garza, program director of the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute, analyses the migration policy proposals that the presidential candidates put forth during the second presidential debate which took place on May 20. We also discuss the different approaches to migration policy in the Obama and Trump administrations.

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David A. Gantz, Mexico Center nonresident fellow and Samuel M. Fegtly Professor of Law at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law, discusses the progress and challenges in the NAFTA renegotiations given the current political landscape in both the United States and Mexico.

Plus we discuss a recent paper where David Gantz examines the impact of NAFTA renegotiations on established processes for trade disputes between investors and states; between states and states; and regarding unfair trade practices. The research paper is available here: https://www.bakerinstitute.org/files/12865/

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Rodrigo Montes de Oca, research scholar at the Mexico Center, talks about the electoral institutions in Mexico and the implications of the electoral court’s decision to include Jaime Rodriguez on the presidential ballot for public distrust.

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In February, the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación published a video where they showed two intelligence officers from Mexico’s Attorney General’s office kneeling, with armed men behind them. The officers were later found dead. This week, news broke that members of this cartel had kidnapped three students, tortured them, and dissolved their bodies in acid. Nathan Jones, a nonresident scholar in drug policy and Mexico studies at the Baker Institute Mexico Center, talks about the challenges this group presents for the Mexican government.

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Isidro Morales, a nonresident scholar at the Mexico Center and senior professor and researcher at the School of Government and Public Transformation at Tec. de Monterrey, Santa Fe campus, sat down to discuss the current state of the continental integration of energy markets in North America, the possible role of the region globally, and the contributions of Mexico to this North American partnership.

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Before the official campaign period begins on Friday, March 30, we discuss what happened in this in-between period after the pre-campaigns ended back in February. Tony Payan, Mexico Center director, discusses the strategies on which the candidates and coalitions are betting their electoral success.

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Back from Rice University's spring break, we talk with Gil Kerlikowske, a nonresident fellow at the Mexico Center specializing in border issues and former commissioner of Customs and Border Protection during the latter part of the Obama administration, about the joint efforts of the U.S. and Mexican governments to solve the issues at the border.

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As Mexico heads into a major election, the energy reform continues to be at the center of the conversation. A couple of weeks ago, the Mexico Center hosted a panel discussion on the political uncertainty surrounding the energy reform.

After the event, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jesús Reyes-Heroles, the featured speaker and a nonresident fellow for the Baker Institute Mexico Center and the executive president of StructurA. He was previously CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) from 2006 to 2009.

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The issue of immigration has remained a salient topic in U.S.-Mexico relations for over 20 years. In addition to the traditional migration issues, President Trump has expressed his discontent with the current state of legal migration, which includes high-skilled workers. Elizabeth Salamanca, Mexico Center nonresident scholar and professor at the School of Business and Economics at Universidad de las Américas Puebla, talks about the reasons and consequences of high-skilled workers moving north.

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