His
Excellency Vicente Fox Quesada, President of Mexico visits
Oakland University
Oakland
University is proud to welcome and hear a special address
from His Excellency Vicente Fox Quesada, President
of Mexico on Friday, June 18, 2004 at the
OU Recreation
and Athletics Center. This
is an invitation only event. The event will
open at 9:00
a.m.
For security reasons,
admittance will not be permitted
after 10:00 a.m. Please allow yourself plenty of time to
park and pass through security at the Recreation and Athletics
Center entrance. No bags of any kind will be allowed in the
arena. Cameras will be allowed, however. The program will
begin at 10:15 a.m.and end at 11:30 a.m. Some
lots near the
Athletics
Center
will be closed. Guest parking will be
available in the main lot (Lot 1) on the west side of campus
. A special Web site has been set up at www.oakland.edu/fox
for
more information and late-breaking details.
Information about President Fox:
- More information about President Fox's visit to Oakland
- Brief
biographical information from the President of Mexico's
web site.
- Recent
profile of President Fox by the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation (March 27, 2004)
Background Information on Mexico:
- CIA World Fact Book entry for Mexico
- Library of Congress Country Study for Mexico
- Library of Congress Portals to the World entry for Mexico
A Full-Text Article by President Fox*:
- Fox, Vicente. My
Dream for Mexico: What Can Mexico Become--and What Can
it Cease to be--As it Moves Into the 21st Century? Time
International v158 n15 (October 15, 2001) p80
Selected Full-Text Articles about President
Fox and Mexico*:
- Castaneda, Jorge G. A
Leader Foiled By an Old System.
Newsweek International, Jan 19, 2004 p35
- Contreras, Joseph Can
He Do the Job? Newsweek International,
June 23, 2003 p27
- Baer, M. Delal. Mexico
at an Impasse. Foreign Affairs
v83 n1 (January 2004) p101-13
- Katel, Peter. Fox's
Game Plan. Time v158 n9 (September 3
2001) p38-40
- Klesner, Joseph L. The
End of Mexico's One-Party Regime.
PS v34 n1 (March 2001), p107
- Lawson, Chappell H. Fox's
Mexico at Midterm. Journal of Democracy v15 n1
(January 2004). p139-153
- Shirk, David A. Vicente
Fox and the Rise of the PAN.
Journal of Democracy v11 n4 (October 2000).
p25-32
Books at Kresge Library about President Fox:
- (2001) Grayson,
George W. Mexico
: Changing of the Guard.