Jose I Lobo Carrillo

Jose I Lobo Carrillo is a second year Master of International Development Policy student at the McCourt School of Public Policy. He has worked for the federal government of Mexico on security and development issues. He is currently interning at the National Strategy Information Center.

OP-ED: Why Latin America? Complexity in the World’s Most Violent Region

By Jose I Lobo Carrillo Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank, noted in a recent speech, “Latin America has 8% of the population, but contributes 20% of the world’s homicides […] each day, around 350 homicides are committed in this region.” This is not new information. In a recent meeting at the […]

The Return of the Old Guard: What Does the New PRI Presidency Mean for Mexico?

By Jose Lobo Carrillo On December 1, 2012, a new presidential term will begin in Mexico. After just 12 years out of power, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which governed the country for most of the 20th century, is returning to the executive office. What does the return of the party that Nobel laureate Mario […]