The campaign platform of Mexico\u2019s President-elect Andres Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador included vows to end corruption in the Mexican government and drive out the political mafia running the country. As L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s Dec. 1 inauguration nears, his anti-corruption strategy continues to take shape. On Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the UC San Diego\u2019s School of Global Policy and Strategy Center for U.S-Mexican Studies will host a conference, discussing the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s administration.
\n“Corruption in Mexico is pervasive to a point that annoys and depresses Mexicans,” said Rafael Fern\u00e1ndez de Castro, director of the Center of U.S.-Mexican Studies. “L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s recent win with support from more than half of the electorate, along with his party\u2019s new congressional majority, gives him the mandate to deliver on his campaign promise, but he could trigger a major upheaval as he strives to tackle misconduct that has infested the country.”
\nThe\u00a0L\u00f3pez Obrador’s No. 1 Campaign Pledge: Ending Corruption\u00a0conference brings together top experts on Mexican public policy, many of whom are heavily involved in the country\u2019s anti-corruption efforts, such as Alejandro R\u00edos Rippa, the Corporate Ethics and Litigation Director at the natural gas company, IEnova. He was a lawyer in the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C., and was formerly adviser to Mexico’s Attorney General. Additional speakers include Yeidckol Polevnsky Gurwitz, president of National Regeneration Movement (or Morena), L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s political party, which already has a congressional majority. Polevnsky Gurwitz previously served as a senator from the State of Mexico from 2006 to 2012.
\n“UC San Diego\u2019s School of Global Policy and Strategy is pleased to bring together thought-leaders from the public and private sector for a substantive discussion with the aim of shaping public policy that enhance the lives of citizens on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border,” said the school\u2019s dean, Peter F. Cowhey. “Since our school\u2019s founding 30 years ago, we have continued to build on our pioneering research on the Americas, Asia and beyond.\u00a0 The efforts of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies are a prime example of our ability to impact timely public policy at home and abroad.”
\nThis is the first conference on the battles that L\u00f3pez Obrador will face fighting corruption, violence and poverty, while managing U.S.-Mexico relations, throughout his six-year term. See a detailed agenda and full list of speakers for the Oct. 19 event below:
\n10:30 a.m. \u2013 Opening Remarks
\nAlejandro R\u00edos Rippa, President, Anticorruption Committee, COPARMEX\u00a0
\nRafael Fern\u00e1ndez de Castro, Director, Center for U.S.- Mexican Studies
\n10:45 a.m. \u2013 Morena\u2019s Efforts to Fight Corruption
\nYeidckl Polevnsky Gurwitz, President, Morena
\n11:10 a.m. \u2013 Conversation with Yeidckol Polevnsky Gurwitz
\nAlejandro R\u00edos Rippa, President, Anticorruption Committee, COPARMEX\u00a0
\n12:45 p.m. \u2013 AMLO\u2019s Roadmap to End Corruption
\nMax Kaiser, Director de Anticorrupci\u00f3n, Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad (IMCO)
\nDaniel Liz\u00e1rraga, Jefe de Informaci\u00f3n, Mexicanos Contra la Corrupci\u00f3n y la Impunidad (MCCI)
\n1:45 p.m. \u2013 Identifying Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
\nAlfonso Hern\u00e1ndez Valdez, Professor, Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO)
\nFrancisco Garfias, Assistant Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
\n2:45 p.m. \u2013 Closing Remarks
\nRafael Fern\u00e1ndez de Castro, Director, Center for U.S.- Mexican Studies
\nThe\u00a0L\u00f3pez Obrador’s No. 1 Campaign Pledge: Ending Corruption\u00a0conference is sponsored by the generous support of Sempra Energy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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