Mexico in the Time of Trump

Monday, March 10, 2025 - 1:00pm
CST
Laura Carlsen

Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Meixco City-based international relations think tank, Mira: Feminisms and Democracies, and Coordinator of Political Analysis and Global Solidarity with Just Associates. She holds an interdisciplinary degree in Women’s Studies and a Masters in Latin American Studies, both from Stanford University. A dual Mexican/US citizen, she works as an international relations analyst, journalist, researcher and consultant on trade relations, immigration, regional integration, movement building and gender justice in the Western Hemisphere.

Upcoming Events

Monday, September 8, 2025 - 1:30pm
CST
Vijay Prashad
Location:
La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal

Note: This program is rescheduled from August 11.

We surely live in interesting times--from the deepening of U.S.-led militarism to existential ecological and economic crises to shifts in the world order ranging from a significant decline of the Global North along with the rise of the East and Global... Read more

Monday, September 22, 2025 - 1:00pm
CST
Rebecca Grant
Location:
La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

Award-winning author Rebecca Grant discusses her latest book--Access, Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom. Access charts the reproductive freedom movement... Read more

Monday, October 13, 2025 - 1:30pm
CST
Film Screening
Followed by discussion with Brad Rockwell
Location:
La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

2025 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary

Remarkable largely unknown footage of a dramatic turning point in world history covering events over three continents concerning a tragic coup in the Congo. Featuring: Maya Angelou, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy... Read more