Sonia Nazario is an award-winning journalist whose stories have tackled some of this country’s most intractable problems — hunger, drug addiction, immigration — and have won some of the most prestigious journalism and book awards. She is best known for "Enrique's Journey," her story of a Honduran boy’s struggle to find his mother in the U.S. Published as a series in the Los Angeles Times, "Enrique's Journey" won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2003. It was turned into a book by Random House and became a national bestseller. Her recent humanitarian efforts to get lawyers for unaccompanied migrant children led to her selection as the 2015 Don and Arvonne Fraser Human Rights Award recipient by the Advocates for Human Rights. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Show ID: 35141]

Latin America (Audio)

An Evening with Sonia Nazario - Writer's Symposium by the Sea 2020

David Mares, the director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies at UC San Diego, looks ahead to how a Trump presidency will impact Latin America. Series: "What's Next for Washington?" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31744]

David Mares on Latin America: What's Next for Washington?

Recent, unprecedented collaboration among Mexico’s political parties led to an ambitious package of reforms affecting key sectors and issues, including energy, telecommunications, education and the justice system. In this second session of Mexico Moving Forward, panelists evaluate the state of the reforms, the challenges to their implementation and their long-term impacts on the country. Panelists include Ernesto Canales, Partner, Canales y Socios Abogados; Claudio X. Gonzalez, President and Co-Founder, Mexicanos Primero; Judith Mariscal, Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE); and Jeremy Martin, Director of Energy Program, at the Institute of the Americas. David Shirk, the director of the Justice in Mexico Project at the University of San Diego, moderates. Mexico Moving Forward is hosted by the Center for U.S-Mexican Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30335]

Progress and Pitfalls of Structural Reforms in Mexico: Session 2 -- Mexico Moving Forward 2015

In the first session of a day-long conference on modern Mexico, a panel of economists, political scientists and journalists assess Mexico’s challenges and opportunities as it attempts to regain momentum after the tumult of the last three years. Panelists include: Carlos Capistran, Chief Mexico Economist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Pablo Chico Hernandez, Division Director, Grupo Carrix; Leonardo Curzio, News Director and Anchor, Primera Emision, Enfoque Noticias; and Paz Consuelo Marquez-Padilla, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Chris Wilson, the Deputy Director of the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center, moderates. Mexico Moving Forward is hosted by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30334]

Recapturing the Mexico Moment: Session 1 -- Mexico Moving Forward 2015

Peter Cowhey, dean of the School of Global Policy and Strategy and Denise Moreno Ducheny, Senior Policy Advisor at the Center for US Mexican Studies at UC San Diego, give welcoming remarks to the 2015 Mexico Moving Forward Conference. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30418]

Welcome Remarks: Peter Cowhey and Denise Moreno Ducheny -- Mexico Moving Forward 2015

Remedios Gomez Arnau, the Mexican Consul General in San Diego, joins William Ostick, the US Consul General in Tijuana in calling for greater cooperation and understanding between the two countries in this midday address to the Mexico Moving Forward 2015 conference hosted by the Center for U.S-Mexican Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30419]

Remarks from the Consuls General: Remedios Gomez Arnau and William Ostick -- Mexico Moving Forward 2015

Jessica Graham’s research explores the politics of race and nationalism in Brazil and the United States in the 1930-40’s. As a result of the international debates over democracy, fascism and communism, a major shift occurred in which racially exclusive ideals yielded to rhetoric of racial inclusion. Dana Velasco Murillo studies the intersections of colonialism with gender, ethnicity and identity formation in early Latin America, particularly how indigenous people of colonial Mexico responded to Spanish rule. Series: "UC San Diego Founders’ Symposium" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 27635]

Envisioning Global Citizens: The Construction of Multiracial Societies in the Americas with Jessica Graham and Dana Velasco Murillo -- UC San Diego Founders’ Symposium 2013

Can nonviolent civil disobedience effectively counter the brutality of organized crime and government corruption in Mexico? What impact can people’s movements have against such odds? Pietro Ameglio, a leading theorist and practitioner of nonviolent social movements in Mexico addresses this challenge in an interview with Everard Meade, the director of the Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego. Series: "Peace exChange -- Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 29171]

A Space for Peace: The Audacity of Nonviolence in Mexico with Pietro Ameglio and Everard Meade -- Institute for Peace and Justice Distinguished Lecture Series University of San Diego

Anthropologist Nancy Postero describes the political rise of indigenous peoples in Latin America, as they called for more recognition from the state and more inclusive forms of citizenship. Where that was impossible, they sought international attention by demanding human rights, especially human rights to culture. Postero explores what kinds of freedom these two frameworks of rights offer and how the struggles of indigenous peoples demonstrate the contradictions and limitations of liberal notions of rights. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 29101]

Indigenous Rights in Latin America: What Kind of Freedom Do They Offer? with Nancy Postero -- Degrees of Freedom

Much attention has focused on Mexico's transition to electoral democracy in recent years. But how does it compare with other nations of Latin America? Is it typical of the region, or is it "unique" in specific ways? UC San Diego Professor Peter H. Smith compares Mexico with Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Guatemala. The results yield insight on the pace of democratization, civil-military relations, party structures, separation of powers, and policy performance. Mexico fares relatively well along a number of key dimensions, argues Smith, and prospects for continuing consolidation of its democracy are surprisingly strong. Series: "Mexico: Twenty Years After NAFTA" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 27721]

Mexican Democracy in Comparative Perspective with Peter H. Smith -- 20 Years After NAFTA -- Center for US-Mexican Studies and Osher UCSD

UC San Diego sociologist David FitzGerald explains how recent changes in the economies of the US. and Mexico, along with border enforcement and shifting demographics have led to a stabilization of Mexican migration to the U.S. This is the fourth in a five-part series exploring the impact of NAFTA, sponsored by the Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning and the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico: Twenty Years After NAFTA" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 27720]

Mexican Migration to the United States with David FitzGerald -- 20 Years After NAFTA -- Center for US-Mexican Studies and Osher UCSD

Deborah Riner, the chief economist at the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico wraps up the Mexico Moving Forward 2014 with an assessment of how the North American Free Trade Agreement has impacted the economies on both sides of the border. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28130]

Mexico and the U.S: Forever Together with Deborah Riner -- Mexico Moving Forward 2014

UC San Diego Professor Susan Shirk and Gordon Hanson join CIDE’s Carlos Elizondo and Arturo Sarukhan, the former Mexican Ambassador to the United States, for a discussion on how Mexico can strengthen its economic ties with Asia in this final panel of the Mexico Moving Forward 2014 symposium. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28129]

Mexico Looking Forward: Pacific Partnerships -- Mexico Moving Forward 2014

After welcoming remarks from Consuls General Andrew Erickson and Remedios Gomez Arnau, Mexican analysts and scholars evaluate initiatives on the reform agenda of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Speakers include IMCO CEO Juan Pardinas, Clare Seelke of the Congressional Research Service, Duncan Wood of the Wilson Center ,Edna Jaime of Mexico Evalua and David Shirk of the University of San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28128]

Mexico on the Move: Reforms for the 21st Century -- Mexico Moving Forward 2014

The UC San Diego Library announces the purchase of the Farmworker Movement Documentation Project, an online archive containing thousands of documents related to the history of the United Farm Workers’ union and related events. A short video on the historic March to Sacramento in 1966 is shown followed by a discussion with two participants in the march: Roberto Bustos and LeRoy Chatfield, key advisors to Cesar Chávez. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 28138]

Cesar Chavez and the Farmworker Movement -- The Library Channel

Latin America continues to be key to the United States. UCTV presents experts who examine the many facets of American relations with the countries to the south.