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The Right to Information: Challenges and Opportunities in Mexico

  • When
  • October 14, 2010
    7:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (EDT)
  • Where
  • Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
    1730 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 7th Floor
    Washington, DC 20006
    United States of America

At this event cosponsored by the Open Society Foundations, panelists discussed major developments in access to information and transparency in Mexico. Particular emphasis was given to the challenges, successes, and possibilities for future work to further advance the right to information.

Panelists

  • Miguel Pulido, Fundar
  • Guillermo Noriega, Sonora Ciudadana
  • Gabriela Morales, Article 19-México
  • Kate Doyle, senior analyst of U.S. policy in Latin America for the National Security Archive
  • Daniel Sabet, visiting professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
  • Vonda Brown, program officer for the Open Society Latin American Program (opening remarks)
  • Andrew Selee, director, Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Institute (moderator)

Location

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Flom Auditorium, 6th Floor
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004

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