Up Against the Wall: U.S.-Mexico Relations from NAFTA to Trump

Monday, February 19, 2018 - 6:00pm
Laura Carlsen

How did US-Mexico relations reach their current crisis? In this talk organized by San Miguel PEN, Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy in Mexico City, discusses “how we got here—facing an uncertain renegotiation of NAFTA, possible mass deportation of Mexicans in the United States, construction of the wall, and a rise in hate crdimes—an what people on both sides of the border are doing to reject racism and xenophobia and build new, people-to-people ties between our two nations.”

UPCOMING TOURS

June 15, 2025 to June 25, 2025
Join us in an exciting visit to Cuba--a country committed to building socialism. We will learn about Cuba’s stunning accomplishments such as free health care and education, its collective production in agricultural and urban cooperatives, We will dialogue with leading thinkers about their visions... Read more
March 3, 2025 to March 7, 2025

We will depart from San Miguel early in the morning to Patzcuaro, where we will spend three days. We will visit the most important buildings and churches in Patzcuaro and also visit a number of nearby indigenous villages:

Upcoming Forums & Films

Monday, February 3, 2025 - 1:00pm
CST
José Alfredo Gutiérrez Falcón
Location:
Join in person at the Hotel Quinta Loreto Community Room

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,... Read more