About this Event
Join the Vermont Council on World Affairs as we host Consul General Alberto Fierro Gazar of the Consulate of Mexico in Boston. In this country briefing, Consul General Fierro Gazar will brief the audience on COVID-19 in Mexico, Mexico’s current state of affairs, and US-Mexico relations. Attendees will engage in this interactive webinar through a virtual Q+A.
Meet the Panel
Consul General
Fierro
of the Consulate of Mexico in Boston
Consul General Fierro was previously the Minister for Culture and Education at the Mexican Embassy to the United States and Executive Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute. He has been a member of Mexico's Diplomatic Corps since 1993. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has served as Director General for Educational and Cultural Cooperation and Deputy Director General for North America. He was the Consul of Mexico in Orlando, FL and in St. Paul, MN. Early in his career he served as Deputy Cultural Attaché at the Mexican Embassy in Washington and as Cultural Attaché at the Mexican Embassy in Canada.
He was Director General for International Affairs at the National Council for Culture and the Arts of Mexico. He served as Director of the Social Promotion Department at Universidad Iberoamericana. He has a BA in Sociology from Universidad Iberoamericana and a Masters in Latin-American History from Georgetown University.
As Consul General, he seeks to strengthen and promote Mexico´s economic, trade, cultural, academic and scientific relations in New England. While maintaining a permanent and constant communication with the Mexicans living in the region, he will seek to provide them with assistance, consular protection and legal advice.
Dr. Caroline Beer
John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont
Caroline Beer is the John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont. She teaches courses in comparative politics, Latin American politics, and global gender equality. Her research focuses on democratization, federalism, and gender in Latin America. The National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego, and the Latin American Institute of the University of New Mexico have all funded her research. Her book, Institutional Change and Electoral Competition in Mexico, was published by the University of Notre Dame Press. She has also published in journals such as Comparative Politics, the American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Latin American Research Review, Latin American Politics and Society, Studies in Comparative International Development, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, and International Studies Quarterly.
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Event Format: Webinar
Attendee Video: Off
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Attendee Interaction: Polls, Submit Questions through Q+A, Raise Virtual Hand to Request Unmute
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