Tequila Talk with Beatriz Paredes 
Thursday, February 17, 2011  (IN  SPANISH | En Español)
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Institute of the  Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UC San Diego campuss. 
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• General public ($10 per person)
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 Beatriz Paredes is an important  figure in Mexican politics who presides over the National Executive Committee of  Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
Beatriz Paredes is an important  figure in Mexican politics who presides over the National Executive Committee of  Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
Ms. Paredes has been  a member of numerous PRI commissions, was president of the Colosio Foundation,  was the first female governor of her home state of Tlaxcala, and the second  woman in Mexico’s history to serve as a state governor. She has been a federal  congressional representative and senator during four legislative periods and  served as was president of the lower House of Congress. Read more.
Tequila Talk with Beatriz Paredes 
Thursday, February 17, 2011  (IN  SPANISH | En Español)
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Institute of the  Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UC San Diego campuss. 
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Two Conversations with Heraldo Muñoz 
Friday, February 18, 2011 
Institute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UC San  Diego campus.
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| 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The Dictator’s Shadow: Life Under Augusto Pinochet Reservations are required. Continental breakfast included. There is no cost to participate. | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Acting on the future of Latin American and the Caribbean: How to reduce inequality? How to strengthen citizen’s security? There  is no cost to participate. | 
 Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela was  appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in March 2010 to the position of  assistant secretary-general and assistant administrator and director of the  regional bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations  Development Programme (UNDP). Read more.
 Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela was  appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in March 2010 to the position of  assistant secretary-general and assistant administrator and director of the  regional bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations  Development Programme (UNDP). Read more. 
 
        