Speaker Carlos Euceda
Commerce & Finance Building, Rm 209, 11:20 a.m.Carlos Euceda works with Mexico Solidarity Network to help the Mexican immigrant community in Chicago. His past projects involved working with the Lenca people for their indigenous rights, and defending the rights of indigenous and Afro-Honduran people with the Confederation of Indigenous People of Honduras (CONPAH). He has studied law at the Autonomous University of Honduras.
He will speak about the Merida Initiative, known as Plan Mexico, which is a security cooperation initiative between the US and Mexico. With its budget of $1.4 billion, the US has recently expanded its anti-terror and anti-narcotics budget tenfold. The stated goal of this initiative is to combat organized crime and drug trafficking. However, Euceda is concerned that these resources are stifling social protest in Mexico. Due to the results of the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA), people are suffering displacement, poverty, and natural resource depletion. As violence increases between the Me
These talks are free and open to the public, and are held at UDM's McNichols Campus (4001 W. McNichols at Livernois).
CLASA gratefully
acknowledges support from the Jesuit Community at UDM. For more
info call CLASA Director Dr. Gail Presbey, 313-993-1124, or write
her at presbegm@udmercy.edu
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