{"id":3343,"date":"2010-11-09T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T20:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.colef.mx\/elmuro\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2010-11-09T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T20:15:18","slug":"tequila-talks-in-november-casas-zamora-bersin-and-vazquez-mota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colef.mx\/elmuro\/tequila-talks-in-november-casas-zamora-bersin-and-vazquez-mota\/","title":{"rendered":"Tequila Talks in November: Casas-Zamora, Bersin and V\u00e1zquez Mota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tequila Talk Series – Upcoming Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

How to Confront Citizen Insecurity in Latin America<\/strong>
\nWednesday, November 10, 2010<\/strong>
\n6:30 p.m. \u2014 7:45 p.m.
\nInstitute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UCSD campus<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

In collaboration with the Center on Pacific Economies<\/a> at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR\/PS), UC San Diego<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>
\nThe event has no cost. PLEASE <\/strong>REGISTER<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"KevinGuest speaker: Kevin Casas-Zamora<\/strong>, Former Vice President of Costa Rica and Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution<\/p>\n

Kevin Casas-Zamora is a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. \u00a0In 2006-2007, he was Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy and Second Vice-President of Costa Rica. He holds a Law degree from the University of Costa Rica, as well as Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Political Science from the universities of Essex and Oxford, respectively. He has authored several studies on political finance, elections, citizen security and civil-military relations in Latin America. He was selected as Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n

The Border and Organized Crime in Mexico<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nFriday, November 12, 2010<\/strong>
\n6:30 p.m. \u2014 7:45 p.m.
\nInstitute of the Americas, DEUTZ Conference Room, UCSD campus<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Please<\/strong> REGISTER<\/a><\/span>
\nGeneral public: $10 per person
\nComplimentary registrations extended to:
\n\u2022 IOA current contributing members
\n\u2022 Students, Press, UCSD faculty and staff, please indicate affiliation and bring current ID to the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"AlanGuest speaker:<\/span><\/span> Alan Bersin<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama appointed Alan Bersin as the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 27, 2010. He oversees the operations of CBP\u2019s 57,000 employees and manages a budget of more than $11 billion.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Bersin’s past positions include: Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs in the Department of Homeland Security (April 2009 – March 2010); Chairman of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (December 2006 – April 2009); California\u2019s Secretary of Education (July 2005 – December 2006); Member of the State Board of Education (until 2009); Superintendent of Public Education in San Diego (1998-2005); member, later Chairman of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (2000-2003); and, appointed by Bill Clinton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of California (1993-1998, serving as the Attorney General\u2019s Southwest Border Representative responsible for coordinating federal law enforcement on the border from South Texas to Southern California).<\/p>\n

Mr. Bersin was a senior partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson,\u00a0 has been Special Counsel to the Los Angeles Police Commission, and a Visiting Professor, adjunct professor, and lecturer at several institutions of higher learning. Mr. Bersin serves as a member of the Board of Overseers for Harvard University (2004-2010) and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

This event will be in Spanish<\/strong><\/span><\/span> – En Espa\u00f1ol
\nJosefina V\u00e1zquez Mota<\/strong>, Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of the National Action Party \/ Partido Acci\u00f3n Nacional (PAN) in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico.<\/em><\/span>
\n
\nWednesday, November 17, 2010<\/strong>
\n6:30 p.m. \u2014 7:45 pm
\nInstitute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UCSD campus<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Please<\/strong> REGISTER<\/a><\/strong>
\nGeneral public: $10 per person
\nComplimentary registrations extended to:
\n\u2022 IOA current contributing members
\n\u2022 Students, Press, UCSD faculty and staff, please indicate affiliation and bring current ID to the event.<\/p>\n

\"JosefinaJosefina V\u00e1zquez Mota is one of the PAN’s leading politicians whose name is frequently mentioned as a possible residential candidate. She led a successful and distinguished carreer as a journalist and in public office. She served as a Federal Deputy twice and is now Coordinator of the PAN Parliamentary Group in the Chamber of Deputies.<\/p>\n

Between 2000 and 2006, she served as President Fox’s Secretary for Social Development (SEDESOL in Spanish), resigning from this post to join Felipe Calderon’s presidential campaign team as Chief Coordinator, and later integrating the presidential transition team as Political Liaison.<\/p>\n

In December 2006, Ms. V\u00e1zquez Mota was appointed Calder\u00f3n as his Secretary for Public Education. In this capacity, she strengthened mechanisms for evaluating public education, began the largest scholarships program for baccalaureates, signed and launched The Alliance for Quality Education, and strenghthened support for universities and other institutios of higher learning throughout the country.<\/p>\n

Ms. V\u00e1zquez Mota is a graduate of the National Polytechnic Institute and studied Economics at the Iberoamerican University. She has been a journalist, focusing on economic and social issues, a radio commentator, and the author of the best-seller book \u00abDear God, make me a widow please.\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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