Speaker Series and Dinner
Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
Mexico and the U.S.: Immigration, Security and Trade
Co-sponsored by the Consejo Empresarial Mexicano (CEM)
February 12, 2009
6:45 p.m.
Institute of the Americas, UCSD campus
Hojel Hall of the Americas Auditorium Get Directions
$10 per person
FREE to current Institute members
FREE to Press, Teachers and Students with valid ID
Reservations required no later than February 10
A career Foreign Service Officer in the Mexican Foreign Service, Arturo Sarukhan became Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States in 2007. Sarukhan is generally regarded as the most effective and active Latin American ambassador in Washington. Last month, he scored a diplomatic coup by setting up a meeting between President Felipe Calderón and Barack Obama, the first meeting conducted by the incoming U.S. president with a foreign head of state. Sarukhan is also credited with successfully lobbying the U.S. Congress to approve the Merida Initiative, which is providing hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to Mexico’s anti-narcot! ics efforts.
Dinner with Arturo Sarukhan
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
8:15 p.m.
Institute of the Americas, UCSD campus
Weaver Conference Center Get Directions
Current Institute members $45 per person; general public $60
Paid dinner reservations required no later than February 10
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