1st Edition
Regional Voices in the Geo-Politics of Mexico and Central America, 1959-2019
Introduction: Moìnica Toussaint and Guillermo Fernaìndez Ampieì
- The Mexican embassy’s perspective: Some notes about events in Costa Rica, 1959-1961: Germaìn Chacoìn Araya
- Mexico’s shift in foreign policy toward Central America: President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz’s 1966 trip to the region: Rolando Sierra Fonseca
- The United States, Mexico and El Salvador: Diplomatic tensions in the context of global geopolitical change, 1979-1982: Jorge A. Juaìrez Aìvila
- From San José to Tuxtla: The complex relations between Mexico and Central America: Miguel Aìngel Sandoval
- Geopolitics, migration and humanitarian crisis in relations between the United States, Mexico and Central America in the 21st century: Rauìl Beniìtez Manaut
- Beyond the Rancho Grande: Nicaragua, Mexican geocultural space and Nicaraguan consumption of Mexican entertainment industry products, 1960-2018: Guillermo Fernaìndez Ampieì
Biography
Mónica Toussaint, doctorate in Latin American Studies from UNAM. Full-time research professor and instructor in the postgraduate programs of the Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora. Postgraduate tutor in Latin American studies at UNAM. Research areas include history of Mexico–Central America–United States relations, 19th and 20th centuries; history of Mexican foreign policy; history of the southern border and oral history of Mexican diplomacy. Member of the National System of Researchers and the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
Guillermo Fernández Ampié, doctorate in Latin American Studies from UNAM. Adjunct professor at the Colegio de Estudios Latinoamericanos de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UNAM. Adjunct researcher (by project) at the Instituto Mora. Tutor for postgraduate students in Latin American Studies at UNAM and in History at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua. His areas of research include historiography and the teaching of history in Central America; cultural constructs of nation and writing of memory and the history of the Central American wars of the late 20th century.
