Tag: mexico

The last faculty lecture of the semester was held May 1 in the Howell Board Room, where Alessandro Morosin, assistant professor of sociology and criminology, presented “The Death of Neoliberalism in Mexico?”

Zaib Shaikh, Canada's consul general, gave a lecture detailing the stress that tariffs imposed by the United States on Canada and Mexico, and the reciprocal tariffs on the U.S., will cause all three countries.

At 11 a.m. on Nov. 3, Mariachi Plaza was flooded with a wave of Dodger blue. A 52-foot tall mural of Fernando Valenzuela gazed down on the city of Los Angeles. An ofrenda for El Toro sat just beneath the mural, celebrating his life. The smell of incense was strong throughout First Street.

Author and photographer Antonio Turok hosted the presentation “Mexico Resistance” on Indigenous People’s Day Monday in the University of La Verne’s Sacred Space.

This month, Mexico’s supreme court voted to decriminalize abortion in the country. This historic decision revokes a law that punished women with up to three years in prison for having an abortion including cases that involve rape. 

University of La Verne students were able to learn about different countries and add to their travel bucket list at the Language and Culture Club's Virtual World Tour, last week on Zoom.