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May 25 Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable Discussion on Political Change in Mexico, 1979-2005
About the Participants:
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Ambassador Porfirio Muñoz Ledo is currently the President of the Centro Latinoamericano de la Globalidad (CELAG), an organization that researches social, economic, and political phenomena affecting Mexico and the rest of Latin America. He has held numerous high-level positions in academia, politics, and diplomacy since the early 1960s. He has served as Ambassador of Mexico before the European Union and also represented Mexico before the United Nations from 1979-1985. He was a candidate for the Mexican presidency in 2000. He was president of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) from 1993-1996 and has also held Cabinet-level positions in the Mexican federal government. |
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Congressional Deputy Juan Molinar Horcasitas coordinates economic affairs for the National Action Party (PAN) in Mexico's Chamber of Deputies. He has written several books and articles on Mexico's political system, political parties and electoral rules. In 1996 he was appointed by the Chamber of Deputies as Electoral Counselor for the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). From December 2000 to May 2002 he served as Undersecretary of Political Development for the Ministry of the Interior; he was Coordinator of Political Analysis and spokesman for the PAN until September 2003. |
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Professor Federico Estévez Estévez is Professor of Political Science at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and is a researcher for the Center of Research for Development (CIDAC). He has served as an advisor and researcher with various Mexican government agencies, including the President’s office, the Secretariat of Planning, and the Treasury. Professor Estévez is a specialist in distributive politics as well as political parties, elections, and public opinion in Mexico. He is a member of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies' International Advisory Council. |
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Professor Wayne A. Cornelius is Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD and was Founding Director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. He is one of the leading authorities on Mexican migration to the United States, as well as immigration policies in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. He is also a specialist on Mexican politics and development. He is the author, co-author, or editor of 225 publications dealing with these subjects and has conducted field research in Mexico since 1962. |
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Professor Christopher Woodruff is Director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UCSD. He is an international/development economist based at UCSD's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. Professor Woodruff is an expert on the impact of weak legal systems and financial markets on the growth of small and medium-sized firms in developing and transitional economies. He is currently working on projects dealing with the role of remittances in Mexico and the impact on households of recent reforms in the Mexico’s popular financial sector.
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