Voices of Mexico no. 29
Our Voice
Mexico's electoral process ended on August 21, with positive results in tercos of the number of voters. The majority of people registered to vote went to the polis in unprecedented numbers. The elections were carried out in complete peace throughout the country. Now there will be a period of waiting for the fulfillment of what has been promised: the separation of the PRI and the government, separation of powers within the republic, respect for federalism and municipal autonomy. All of the parties proclaimed, or included in their programs, the importance of education and a redistribution of wealth. The future must put an end to illiteracy and the poverty in which the majority of Mexicans live.
We celebrate the National University of Mexico's first fifty years in San Antonio, Texas. Intellectual exchange between neighboring countries is more important than ever before. UNAM 's campus in the U.S. has carried out praiseworthy work: thousands of bilingual students got a head start on the movement of globalization that is currently in fashion worldwide. Getting to know each other better makes it easier to resolve problems between countries in the framework of mutual respect. The magnificent example of what has been accomplished in Texas has encouraged the rector to extend this effort to Canada.
Editorials
Our Voice
Hugo B. Margáin
Mexican-American Relations
Fifty years of UNAM in the U.S.
Shahrzad Dowlatshahi
Museums
Papalote, the Children's Museum
Miguel Angel Pichardo
Environmental Concerns
Whale sanctuary in the south Antartic Sea
Mónica Ching
The garbage crisis: technological or cultural?
Pamela Severini
Interviews
Mauricio Molina and Tiempo lunar
Víctor Weinstock
Marcos before the National Democratic Convention
Susana Albarrán
World Affairs
The UN and the world order (1945-1992)
Jorge Montaño
The OAS in the 1990s
Santiago Pérez Benítez
Towards a new spiritual globalization
Javier Esteinou Madrid
Philanthropy in Mexico
Angeles Espinosa Yglesias
Free Trade
Trade and cultural mestizaje
Mariano Alberto Fernández Real
Environmentalists' views on NAFTA:
sovereingty and sustainable development
Sofia Gallardo C.
Quincentennial
The "Black Legend" and fantasy in the New World
Luis Roberto Torres Escalona
Economic Issues
Ernesto Zedillo's economic proposals
Marybel Toro Gayol
Bits & Pieces
The Splendor of Mexico
The National Palace
Maricarmen Velasco
Angel Zárraga: Mexican painting from Paris
Mónica Ching
Ezquerra and lejanista architecture
Marybel Toro Gayol