The Center for U.S. and Mexican Law, University of Houston Law Center
and the
Latin America Initiative, Rice University’s Baker Institute
invite you to a special briefing on U.S.-Mexico relations
THE NEW POLITICS OF MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES:
A FORECAST FOR IMPROVED BILATERAL RELATIONS
Monday, February 25, 2013
8:15 am — Breakfast
8:30-10:00 am — Briefing
Offices of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Fulbright Tower
1301 McKinney, Suite 5100
Houston, Texas
RSVP by Thursday, Feb. 21, to Carmen Cuellar
at cdcuella@central.uh.edu or 713.743.2126.
This event is open only to invited guests.
Space is limited; please respond early.
Featured Speakers
The Honorable Agustín Barrios Gómez, PRD-D.F.
Member, Mexico’s Cámara de Diputados (House of Representatives),
and Member, Foreign Relations Committee
The Honorable Henry Cuellar, D-Texas
U.S. Representative for Texas’ 28th District; and Member, House
Appropriations Committee, Homeland Security Subcommittee, and
State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee
Luis Rubio, Ph.D.
Founding Chairman, Center for Development Studies (CIDAC) in
Mexico City, and Renowned Author and Political Analyst
The 2012 Mexican elections constituted a watershed in the country’s politics when voters returned the Institutional
Revolutionary Party (PRI), which governed for 70 years in the 20th century, to power. President Enrique Peña Nieto
took immediate steps to tackle the pressing issues that Mexico faces today, including measures to reduce violence,
stimulate economic growth and reform the country’s political institutions. To succeed, the president must find
support in his country’s Congress, of which no political party holds a majority. In the United States, President Barack
Obama also faces a divided Congress and several pressing issues, including promoting economic recovery, reforming
immigration policy and reducing gun violence. The bilateral issues are no less thorny. At this briefing, congressional
leaders from Mexico and the United States will discuss the climate for legislative action in both countries, with special
attention to bilateral issues and the opportunities and constraints their respective Congresses face. In addition,
a renowned authority on Mexican politics and U.S.-Mexico relations will provide analysis based on his extensive
experience as a student of the two countries’ political and economic affairs.
This event has been generously underwritten by Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.