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Meeting in Davos on Wednesday

Wednesday begins the annual World Econonic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  With the global credit crunch continuing to worsen, this year's meeting is of utmost importance.  In 2008, Mexico hosted the World Economic Foreign in Latin America in Cancun.  This year the government's senior people will be in Davos, including:

  • Agustin Carstens, Secretary of Finance
  • Felipe Calderon, President
  • Georgina Kessel, Secretary of Energy
  • Guillermo Ortiz, Governor of the Central Bank
  • Luis Téllez Kuenzler, Secretary of Communications and Transport
  • Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Secretary of Foreign Relations

Read more details about the forum here.

 

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Michael Coe

Mike is pursuing his MA in Latin American Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Washington, DC. Prior to his graduate studies, Mike completed his BA in International Affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has traveled throughout Latin America, and researched NAFTA's effects on Mexican agriculture and migration. When not reading the news Mike enjoys travelling, skiing, mountain biking, and drinking yerba maté.