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Manuel Pérez-Rocha in “New York Times”

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After appearing in a recent IPA news release, Manuel Pérez-Rocha, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, was quoted in the article “Trump and Mexico’s New Leader, Both Headstrong, Begin With a ‘Good Conversation’.”

From the article: “Manuel Pérez-Rocha said Mr. López Obrador believed that failed economic policies championed by the United States but also Mexican elites were one of the main causes of Mexicans being pushed off farms and on the path to immigration to the United States.

“’He really doesn’t want to criticize Nafta too much, because that would put him at odds with the business community and investors,’ Mr. Pérez-Rocha said. ‘But what he’s all about is strengthening the internal economy to focus on Mexico’s jobs and the countryside.’”

Manuel studied International Relations at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), has a diploma on European Studies from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and holds a M.A. on Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, Netherlands. Some of his last publications include op-eds in The Nation and The New York Times.