Mexico's 4th Transformation

Monday, February 3, 2025 - 1:00pm
CST
José Alfredo Gutiérrez Falcón

While much of the world is shifting to the right, Mexico is moving in a progressive direction. In 2018, the electoral victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA party) initiated "The Fourth Transformation" which is working, against entrenched opposition, to abolish corruption, reduce inequality and priviledged abuses as well as to restore national sovereignity. This year's election brought MORENA back to power with a landslide victory for Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first woman president. Sheinbaum is continuing to advance MORENA's impressive social and economic programs.

José Alfredo Gutiérrez Falcón is the author of a recent book--4T-- that describes the very unique and humanistic manner of governing that characterized the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. He provides a an account of the social, political, and economic programs and projects established during his six-year term (2018-2024) that prioritize Mexico's historically excluded, marginalized, and forgotten populations.

Upcoming Events

Monday, October 20, 2025 - 1:30pm
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Bruce Hobson & Meizhu Lui
Location:
La Biblioteca, Teatro Santa Ana, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

Co-founders of the Mexico Solidarity Project, Bruce Hobson and Meizhu Lui will speak on why North American progressives should understand why Mexico is critical to advancing a vision of socialism and multiracial democracy in the United States.

 

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 12:00pm
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Organized by The Reentry Resource Program

You are invited to join a discussion with filmmaker Santiago Esteinou and Cesar Fierro about the new documentaryThe Freedom of Fierro.

César Fierro has just become a free man, and he needs to rebuild his life after being wrongly sentenced to death in Texas. César spent 40 years in prison before being released... Read more

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 1:30pm
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Joe Belden
Location:
La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende
This mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific. The lecture examines the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, racism, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest... Read more