Javier Urbina, UCLA
“Today’s Neoliberalism and the Future”

Education is the only known mechanism that does work at the beginning of the XXI century in a media, which is always looking for the truth. Interest groups have a huge influence on all levels of US and Mexican government. In addition, education and democracy go by the hand go by the hand in all Latin American countries. In the last few years there has been a constant sttruggle between the Mexican government and several major interest groups: PEMEX and CFE are two of the major field player, in which a great deal of controversy has been raised. Mexican political leaders must deal with the PEMEX problem in which the Mexican citizen must triumph, always oriented for the people to obtain a better standard of living from the petroleum national economical gains. Historically, Mexican Neoliberalism is considered a success and today the control of PEMEX is in the center of attention of the Mexican government administration. Moreover, Mexico develops the great vision for the future in all its academic, economical and social sectors, and within the energy arena the “Mexican energy sovereignty” within the Gulf of Mexico will be defended. Mexico City, “the City of Hope” has a huge compromise in which Education must win over any interest issues.