Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico

Vicente Fox, the former President of Mexico, addressed the Darden School of Business and the greater Charlottesville community on April 28, 2009. Fox was the keynote speaker of the Latin American Student Association Conference, co-sponsored by the Darden Leadership Speaker Series. To Darden's packed Abbott Center Auditorium, Fox described his evolution as a leader and his views on the most pressing global challenges. He was raised on a ranch in Guanajuato, Mexico, became President of Coca-Cola in Mexico and then launched his political career, rising from Governor of Guanajuato to President of Mexico, an office he held from 2000 to 2006. Since leaving office, President Fox and his wife, Marta Fox, who also attended the event, have launched the Fox Center in Guanajuato, Mexico, a research center, think-tank and presidential library whose goals are to promote freedom, democracy, market economies, responsibility and gender equity.

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[Chapulinazuladomx]

VIVA MEXICO!

[ytkuezpallin]

Sabia que no podia ser Mexicano este francés/irlandés con razón vendio nuestra patria......

[GringoHunter]

@MrHenribourassa Dont be a victim of media, problems every country faces the specially wen change is occurring,I see drug lords put in jail every week and tons and tons of drugs confiscated in the past you would never see this and everything looked peace full but it was an illusion, Poverty my country middle class is growing very quickly we have more ppl of middle class now that all of Canada but many millions remain poor,corruption dose not even compare what it was 12 years ago.

[TheJuniorRodriguez]

Presidente Fox has offered some very good insight here into some of the terrible governments that we had in South and Latin America. We still have some of the dictators he warns about in Venezuela now and as he rightly says, in Cuba.

But even Castro is starting to realize his system cannot sustain itself there.

Viva Democracy!

[rodriguez4632]

The book was great in my opinion. Makes me proud to be Mexicano. Where is the anti Fox sentiment coming from? What is the difference between AMLO and Calderon? Is a a socialist vs capitalist issue between them? What is your take on President Fox? What is your take on the ten fold growth of per capita income in Ireland and do you think Mexico can mirror such growth in a ten year period as Vicente Fox wanted to do?

[ciniminis888]

@rodriguez4632

i can give you any information you want, objective information

[ciniminis888]

vicente fox was excellent with economics... but bad with politics.

[rodriguez4632]

@tabbed74

Ha, I would love to hear you insights so I can be objective. I'm about to begin reading his book and I would love to hear what you have to say.. Thanks tabbed

[tabbed74]

Poor Darden guys, you dont even know what kind of rats are that couple.

[tabbed74]

Vicente Fox was a huge step back in the weak mexican democracy.