Episode 48: A Conversation with the Governor of Tamaulipas (Guest: Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
Release Date: 02/27/2020
Episode 73: Mexico's Presidential Elections, the Candidates, Continuity and the Binational Relation (Guest: Carlos Bravo Regidor)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
As Mexico's current presidential administration approaches its final days, key questions about the country’s future arise. Some of the critical challenges facing Mexico range from political to democratic principles, such as the growing poverty rate, the state of public safety, and the U.S.–Mexico binational relationship. How will the next presidential administration tackle these issues? In this episode we have a wide-ranging conversation with , a political analyst for media outlets Expansión Política, Gatopardo, ForoTV, and Radio Fórmula. Joined by the Center for the U.S. and...
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Episode 72: The 2024 Presidential Elections in Mexico (Guests: Tony Payan, Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez; Edward M. Emmett)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
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, of the Baker Institute Center for the U.S. and Mexico, to look ahead at Mexico's 2024 elections. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our , and follow us on and . To join our mailing list,...
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Episode 71: Hosting Mexico Centered (Guests: Tony Payan and Enrique Quezada)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
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 Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our , and follow us on and . To join our mailing list, please subscribe and make sure to opt-in to "Center for the U.S. and Mexico Communications."
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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 Ocampo)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
, superintendent of , and , subdirector of the protected areas , 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 share. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our , and follow us on and . To join our mailing list, please subscribe and make sure to opt-in to "Center for the U.S. and Mexico Communications."
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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)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
Alejandro Cruz, director of special studies at 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 Mexico visit our , and follow us on and . To join our mailing list, please subscribe and make sure to opt-in to "Center for the U.S. and Mexico Communications."
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Episode 68: The Dream of a Binational Park (Guest: Francisco Cantú, writer, translator, and author)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
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 two countries when it comes to conservation and the current cooperation that happens across the Rio Grande. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our , and follow us on and . To join our mailing...
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Episode 67: Mexico's National Guard and Public Safety (Guest: Richard Kilroy)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
, nonresident scholar at the 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 , and follow us on and . To join our mailing list, please subscribe and make sure to opt-in to "Center for the U.S. and Mexico Communications."
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Episode 66: The Dangers of Being a Journalist in Mexico (Guest: Peniley Ramírez)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
, 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 , and follow us on and . To join our mailing list, please subscribe and make sure to opt-in to "Center for the U.S. and Mexico Communications."
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Episode 65: 2021 Annual Roundup (Guest: Tony Payan)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
, director of the Baker Institute , 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 visit our , and follow us on and . To join our mailing list, please subscribe and make sure to opt-in to "Center for the U.S. and Mexico Communications." Happy Holidays!
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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)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered
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 affected these services and collaborations. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our , and follow us on and . To join our mailing list, please subscribe and make sure to opt-in to "Center...
info_outlineTamaulipas 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.bakerinstitute.org/events/2049/
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.
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