10.28.2012

Bridging the Atlantic: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean in a Shrinking World

I moderated this panel sponsored by the German Marschall Fund.  I find it very interesting to see and hear how well Brazil does in these forums... Clearly Brazil does a better job then Mexico in outreaching to foreign investors...Participating on the panel was Len Ishmael, Director General, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States;Craig Kelly, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States;Christian Leffler, Managing Director for the Americas, European External Action Service;Luis Rubio, President, Center for Research on Development Mexico
Watch the video and let me know what you think..

10.23.2012

Aljazeera Cafe: Mexico a failed state or economic Giant?


9.26.2012

Gracias a los Amigos de Banamex

Gracias a todos los amigos de Banamex que me acompañaron en la presentación "La Seguridad en Mexico: Responsabilidad de Todos". Lo prometido es deuda les presento el reportaje completo sobre el Perfil de Defraudadores www.seguridadnacionalhoy.com

7.20.2012

Imagen News Radio at 05:30 am..

Summary of the news and an analysis of the most important news in Mexico on Imagen News Radio at 05:30 am streaming live at www.MexicoDailyReview.com  Later on in the day we will post the podcast. Check it out!

6.25.2012

News Summary for June 25th, 2012


At least 25 people were killed when a passenger bus taking sympathizers to a local meeting to back a Labor Party candidate for mayor plunged into a 300-meter ravine in Buena Vista de CuĆ©llar in Guerrero… Another 23 peope were injured.
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PRI presidential candidate Enrique PeƱa Nieto held a final campaign event in Mexico City in the Azteca stadium… He pledged to promote energy reform…
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Hundreds of protesters staged a march from the Zócalo and along Madero and Reforma avenues to the Independence Angel to protest against PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto.
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PAN presidential candidate Josefina VĆ”zquez Mota toured Guanajuato and said that food packages will not buy out PAN sympathizers… She said that she is only a couple of points behind the PRI candidate…
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At an event to close his campaign in Nayarit, leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador charged the PRI of paying the state government to buy votes for Enrique Peña Nieto.
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New Alliance candidate Gabriel Quadri closed his campaign in Mexico City with a race event called Alliance-T (Ally yourself) with Mexico…
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Cardinal Norberto Rivera inaugurated an exibition honoring the Virgen of Charity of Copper, Cuba’s patron saint… Rivera called for an end to the U.S. economic embargo since the world cannot continue to have barriers…

6.20.2012

News Summary for June 20th, 2012


++ President Felipe Calderón headed the closing ceremony at the Group of 20 Summit in Los Cabos, Baja California. Some of the agreements reached at the  meeting included injecting over 450 billion dollars into the International Monetary Fund and an action plan to promote growth and employment.

++ Three of the four presidential candidates participated in a debate organized by the #IAm132 movement held in the Federal District Human Rights Commission. PRI presidential candidate Enrique PeƱa Nieto said that he sent a letter to the #IAm132 movement to explain that he declined the invitation to take part in the debate because they did not assured conditions of neutrality and equity for the debate.