Kresge Library

His Excellency Vicente Fox Quesada, President of Mexico visits Oakland University

Picutre of President FoxOakland 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.

Created on 12/12/06 by 6/14/04 by Robert Slater, et al. / Last updated on 5/1/19 by Robert Slater
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