Judy Ley Allen México Centered

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 Baker Institute Center for the United States and Me...

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 in Globalizing Mexico explores this subject. For...

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, photos and video of the event, visit: https://www.b...

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, please subscribe here and make sure to opt-in...

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 Mexico visit our website at https://www.bakerinst...

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 Pemex: A Return to a State-centered Model or a Mean...

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 the United States government. This conversation di...

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 Mexico visit our website at https://www.bakerinst...

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 está disponible en la siguiente página: https://ww...

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 future of the USMCA in the U.S. Congress was discusse...

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 on the Baker Institute Center for the United States...

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 on the Baker Institute Center for the United Stat...

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/mexico-center/ To join our mailing list, please subscri...

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 recent issue brief titled “ Mexico’s Historic Op...

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, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico...

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 about the similarities and differences between Mex...

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: Controlling Corruption in Latin America,' hosted by th...

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 at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/mexico-center/ To...

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 make sure to check "Mexico" as your area of inter...

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 more information on the Baker Institute Mexico...

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 on trade in North America. For a video of the e...

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 Baker Institute's Mexico Center and Latin America...

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 and the Center for Energy Studies , on September 1...

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 please email mexicocenter@rice.edu

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