Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley

The U.S.-Mexico Futures Forum

Torre Mayor and Diana, Avenida de la Reforma, Mexico City.
(photo: Omar Hernández)

The United States and Mexico share a complex history, increasingly integrated economies, cultures that spill over boundaries and a 2,000 mile border. While we are inextricably bound together, the title of Alan Riding’s 1985 book about Mexico still seems apt: Distant Neighbors.

The U.S.–Mexico Futures Forum, now in its seventh year, seeks to shrink that distance.

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Forum videos, including highlights of the 2008 annual meeting-->

Spring 2008 Berkeley Review

Bachelet at Berkeley

The Spring 2008 Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies is now available online, featuring coverage of the U.S.-Mexico Futures Forum, alternative energy pioneer Stan Ovshinsky, and other recent highlights at CLAS.

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Download the issue (9.9 mb .pdf)

President Michelle Bachelet spoke on "The Transformation of Chile" in June 2008 at Berkeley. She received the university's highest honor, the Berkeley Medal, from Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau.

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Article on President Bachelet's visit from CLAS

2007-08 Highlights

Stan Ovshinsky, "Alternative Energy and the Americas"	"The Year My Parents Went on Vacation," an award-winning film in our ongoing Cine Latino series	Fernando Botero and Robert Hass "A Conversation with the Artist" -part of Botero at Berkeley

Lecture and Event Series at CLAS
	The U.S.-Mexico Futures Forum Lecture Series	Rio Branco Forum on Brazil
	Bay Area Latin American Forum	Cine Latino
	Conflict, Memory and Transitions	Contemporary Cuba
	Development, Labor Standards and Economic Integration in the Americas

PAST CONFERENCES AT CLAS


Alternatives for the Americas	Challenges for Brazil	Colombia In Context	The U.S.-Mexico Futures Forum

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