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An important oil producer, Mexico’s depleting oil reserves pose significant questions for a country rich in natural resources. Energy reform and environmental and agricultural concerns are intricate cross-border issues that the Mexico Institute explores.

Mexico Portal on Energy and Natural Resources

 The Mexico Institute monitors development in Mexico's oil, agricultural, and energy sectors, updating the Mexico Portal on Energy and Natural Resources with the latest analysis, studies and news.






Publications

 Oil in Mexico: Pozo de Pasiones
Author: Rossana Fuentes Berain
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 Oil As A Strategic Resource in Mexico
Perspectives from Luis de La Calle, José Luis Alberro, Pamerla Starr; Foreword by Roger W. Wallace

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U.S.-Mexico Agricultural Trade and Rural Poverty in Mexico
Author: John Burstein
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Other Resources

Mexico Energy Analysis Brief

U.S. Energy Information Administration

US-Mexico Border 2012 Program
U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program (Border 2012) is a collaboration between the United States and Mexico to improve the environment and protect the health of the nearly 12 million people living along the border., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Evaluación Comparativa de las Iniciativas en Materia Energética

Report from Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias

News
Oil Security and Friendly Suppliers: Where Are We Now?
A panel of experts assessed the potential effects of the United States and Canada shifting North American oil supplies in light of Mexico’s projected decline in oil production. At the conference, hosted by the Wilson Center’s Canada, Mexico, and Brazil Institutes, they also examined the prospects of Brazil emerging as a major oil supplier.

Report Launch of U.S.-Mexico Agricultural Trade and Rural Poverty in Mexico
On November 12, 2007, El Colegio de Mexico hosted the release of the Mexico Institute/Fundación IDEA publication, "U.S.-Mexico Agricultural Trade and Rural Poverty in Mexico."




Events
Energy and Oil Reform in the Americas
Tuesday, July 07 2009, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Chris Garman, Eurasia Group; Ana Maria Sanjuan, Universidad Central de Venezuela; Roger Tissot, PFC Energy; Duncan Wood, ITAM
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Renewing the Partnership between the United States and Mexico: Shared Responsibility and Shared Strategies
Monday, June 08 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico; José Antonio Fernández, Chair and CEO, FEMSA; Roger Wallace, Vice President, Pioneer Natural Resources; Maria Echaveste, President, Nueva Vista and former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Clinton; Carlos Heredia, Researcher, CIDE and former Congressman; Jim Kolbe, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates and former Congressman; Jim Jones, President, Manatt Jones and former Ambassador to Mexico; Andrés Rozental, President, Rozental y Asociados & former Deputy Foreign Minister; Javier Treviño, Vice President, Cemex and former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Philip Bennett, Senior Advisor, Washington Post Group and former Managing Editor, Washington Post; Roderic Ai Camp, McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim, Claremont McKenna College; Luís de la Calle, Founding Partner of De la Calle, Madrazo, Mancera, S.C. (CMM); Rossana Fuentes-Berain, Vice President, Grupo Editorial Expansión; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Diana Negroponte, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Peter Smith, Simon Bolívar Professor of Latin American Studies, UCSD; Raúl Rodríguez Barocio, Chair, North American Center for Transborder Studies, Arizona State University and former Director, NADBank
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Trends and Best Practices in Environmental Dispute Resolution in Latin America
Wednesday, June 03 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Pablo Lumerman, Director, Fundacion Cambio Democrático; Mara Hernández, Director, Centro de Colaboración Cívica, A.C.–México; Carlos Salazar, Director, Socios Peru: Centro de Colaboración Cívica
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Oil Security and Friendly Suppliers: Where Are We Now?
Thursday, May 14 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Joseph Dukert, Independent Energy Consultant; Duncan Wood, Director, Canadian Studies Program and Undergraduate International Relations Program, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; Otavio Cintra, Senior Vice President, Downstream, Petrobras America, Inc.
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U.S. Policy Towards Mexico: Opportunities and Challenges
Tuesday, February 24 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
with Harriet C. Babbitt, Attorney, Jennings, Strouss and Salmon, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States; James Jones, Chairman, Manatt Jones Global Strategies, and former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Member of Congress; and Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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