Latin America (Video)

In Part 3 of the four-part “Mexico Moving Forward: Charting a Path to Prosperity” series, three Mexican executives from the banking, housing and food production sectors present their successful strategies for integrating low-income residents into a vibrant economy. This series is presented by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24029]

In Part 2 of the four-part “Mexico Moving Forward: Charting a Path to Prosperity” series, Mexican executives describe the basic needs that must be met in order for Mexico to thrive in today’s economy. This series is presented by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24028]

In Part 1 of the four-part “Mexico Moving Forward: Charting a Path to Prosperity” series, UC San Diego economist Gordon Hanson and Inter-Amerian Development Bank executive Santiago Levy Algazi detail why, in spite of its abundant resources, Mexico is not rich and how it might revise its institutions to promote economic growth. This series is presented by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 22482]

Why is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862, so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? David E. Hayes-Bautista, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA, explains the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Series: "Writers" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23821]

Marie Price has extensive field experience researching urban immigration, migration, and development in Latin America. She has surveyed emigration from Bolivia, investigated migration and coffee cultivation in Venezuela, and gathered data and conducted field research on global cities and immigrants. Price’s lecture focuses on her insights about diversity and immigration. As a Latin Americanist, she draws connections to key Sauerian ideas about cultural diffusion and landscape, and then elaborates on how these concepts are relevant when interpreting the challenges surrounding immigrant inclusion and exclusion.

Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 23111]

Join Mexico’s visionary leaders for the final installment of a four-part series celebrating the excellence of Mexico and generating a rare and open dialogue on the country’s future. Tonight: business executives Manuel Arango, Herminio Blanco and Roberto Servitje Sendra discuss how strategic philanthropic practices can stimulate change and development in Mexico. Series: "Center for U.S.- Mexican Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 20900]

Join Mexico’s visionary leaders for the third of a four-part series celebrating the excellence of Mexico and generating a rare and open dialogue on the country’s future. Tonight: Climatologist Alexander Gershunov of Scripps Institiution of Oceanography, world-renown botanist Rodolfo Dirzo of Stanford University, Eduardo Santana, co-founder of the Inter-municipal Environmental Agency for the Integrated Management of the Ayuquila River Watershed, and plant ecologist Exequiel Ezcurra, the director of the University of California’s Institute for Mexico and the United States, discuss how science and technology impact society. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 20899]

Join Mexico’s visionary leaders for the third of a four-part series celebrating the excellence of Mexico and generating a rare and open dialogue on the country’s future. Tonight: Climatologist Alexander Gershunov of Scripps Institiution of Oceanography, world-renown botanist Rodolfo Dirzo of Stanford University, Eduardo Santana, co-founder of the Inter-municipal Environmental Agency for the Integrated Management of the Ayuquila River Watershed, and plant ecologist Exequiel Ezcurra, the director of the University of California’s Institute for Mexico and the United States, discuss how science and technology impact society. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 20899]

Join Mexico’s visionary leaders for the second of a four-part series celebrating the excellence of Mexico and generating a rare and open dialogue on the country’s future. Tonight: Diana Magaloni, director of Mexico’s Museum of Anthropology; Chef and restaurant owner Mónica Patiño; and Roxana Velásquez Martínez del Campo, executive director of the San Diego Museum of Art, discuss the importance of fomenting national pride and identity through food and culture. Series: "Center for U.S.- Mexican Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 20898]

Join Mexico’s visionary leaders for the second of a four-part series celebrating the excellence of Mexico and generating a rare and open dialogue on the country’s future. Tonight: Diana Magaloni, director of Mexico’s Museum of Anthropology; Chef and restaurant owner Mónica Patiño; and Roxana Velásquez Martínez del Campo, executive director of the San Diego Museum of Art, discuss the importance of fomenting national pride and identity through food and culture. Series: "Center for U.S.- Mexican Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 20898]