Former Mexico President Vicente Fox to Speak at Furman University April 18
April 11, 2012
GREENVILLE, SC – April 11, 2012 – Former Mexico President Vicente Fox will talk aboutrelations between the United States and Mexico when he speaks on theFurman University campus Wednesday, April 18 at 7 p.m. in McAlisterAuditorium.
His talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by theuniversity’s Hispanic Organization of Learning and Awareness, CollegeDemocrats, College Republicans, The Cicero Society, FUSAB, SGA, and theDepartment of Political Science.
Fox served as President of Mexico from 2000 to 2006 and currentlyserves as co-president of the Centrist Democrat International, aninternational organization of Christian democratic political parties.
He was elected Mexico’s President in the 2000 election, ahistorically significant election that made him the first presidentelected from an opposition party since 1910 and the first one in 71years to defeat the then-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party(PRI).
After serving as president of Mexico for six years, Fox returned tohis home state of Guanajuato, where he resides with his wife and family. Since leaving the presidency, he has been involved in public speakingand the construction of the Vicente Fox Center of Studies, Library andMuseum.
For more information, contact Furman student Kayla Lattimore at 678-477-6404.
