alfredo corchado, you are the mexico bureau chief for the dallas morning news. as such, you spend a lot of your time covering drug dealers, the traficantes, the narcos, the kidnappings. this was not the mexico that you would have been reporting on 20 years ago. it's a whole new mexico. >> well, i actually ca to mexico, and my real passion back then was covering immigration, covering the us-mexico relations. and when i left mexico in 2000, i left mexico for washington, because i thought the story had died in mexico, you know? >> hinojosa: the immigration story. >> the immigration story, but also, you know, mexico now had democracy in the year 2000. and so i figured that maybe the story was going to be washington and mexico city. so i moved to washington. three years later, september 11 comes around, there's no mexico story. i mean, there's no real us policy to mexico. and i returned to mexico, and my first assignment was to cover the women of juarez-- you know, who was killing the women of juarez? >> hinojosa: and right now we're talking about, in terms of the wo

currently a resident of mexico city where he works sometimes as an assistant news gatherer at the mexico city bureau of the los angeles times. he's a resident of mexico city which is a whole story that i'd like to hear. and our final panelist is someone familiar to all of us who have worked at the l.a. times, miriam pawel, who is an award winning poet and editor. oh, i'm sorry, and daniel's book is called "down and delirious in mexico city." it's a beautifully-written book, has a beautiful cover, and i highly recommend it. and our final panelist, i'm sorry, is miriam pawel who spent 25 years working for newsday and the los angeles times where she was an assistant macking editor -- managing editor. and she recently was a john jacobs fellow at the berkeley institute of studies and her book is an amazing journey that follows the story of eight people who were close to cesar chavez, inspired by him and all of them, many of them eventually disillusioned somewhat with the way their careers and that movement ended. but it's an amazing story that sort of takes on a couple of decades of, actually, critical c

the development of common standards for deepwater operations in the gulf of mexico is a priority from my bureau and for the department of the interior and did ministration as it is for the government of mexico. as a result of the government to government engagements, we have embraced the opportunities to establish long-term working relationships and promote sound energy governance. it is my hope we will continue to collaborate with their foreign counterparts for bilateral government assistance programs and corporate multilateral channels in developing safer and more environmentally drilling in the world's oceans. we have recognized that there is no escaping the central fact that offshore drilling not only will continue but that it will expand into ever more challenging areas around the world including deeper waters and specifically in the arctic. the world demands energy and the oceans are where we find it. we need the global institutions and standards necessary to meet these challenges and insure safe and responsible development offshore resources are around the world. offshore drilling in the

the development of common standards in our shared waters of the gulf of mexico is a priority for my bureau and the department of interior as well as the administration and for the government of mexico as well. as a result of these engagements, we have increased the opportunities to establish long-term working relationships and promote sound energy government -- sound energy governance. it's my hope we will continue to collaborate with our foreign counterparts in developing safer, more environmentally responsible drilling in the world's oceans. we have recognize there is no escaping the central fact that offshore drilling not only will continue, but that it will expand into ever more challenging areas of around the world, including deepwater and the arctic. the world demands energy and to increasing extent, the ocean is where we find it. we need global institutions and standards necessary to meet these challenges and insure safe, responsible resources around the world. offshore drilling in bed u.s. and around the world will never be the same as it was one year ago. that much is clear. the c

common standards for major deepwater operations in our shared waters of the gulf of mexico is a priority for my bureau and for the department of the interior as well as the administration and it is for the government of mexico as well. as a result of these government to government engagements we have embraced the opportunity to establish long-term working relationships and promote sound energy governance. going forward it's my hope that we will continue to collaborate with our foreign coterparts through bilateral government to government assistance programs and through appropriate multilateral channels in developing safer, more environmentally responsible drilling in the world's oceans. we have recognized that there is no escaping the central fact that offshore drilling not only will continue but that it will expand into ever more challenging areas around the world, including deeper waters and specifically in the arctic. the world demands energy and to an increing extent the oceans are where we find it. we need the global institutions and standards necessary to meet these challenges and to ensure safe

of common standards for major deepwater operation are shared waters in the gulf of mexico is a priority for my bureau and department of the interior as will his administration and it is for the government of mexico as well. as a result of this government to government engagements, we've embraced the opportunities to establish long-term working relationships and promote sound energy government. going forward, it is i hope will continue to collaborate with foreign counterparts both through bilateral government to government assistance programs enter appropriate multilateral channels and developing safer, more environmentally responsible drilling in the world solutions. we have recognized that there was no escaping the essential fact that offshore drilling not only will continue, but that it will expand in ever more challenging areas around the world, including deeper waters, specifically in the arctic. the world demands energy into an increasing extent the ocean is where we find it. we meet the global institutions and standards necessary to meet these challenges and to ensure safe and responsible devel

bureau chief for the associated press. in fact, you opened the office there. prior to that you lived for several years in mexico. but let's talk about havana. rare opportunity that we get to talk with somebody who's lived in havana for ten years. so, hard to sum up ten years, but what was it like? >> well, i think it was the most interesting period of my career, and challenging, and ultimately satisfying, but it was really the hardest for many different for many different... >> hinojosa: because? >> well, to open the bureau there was quite a challenge. the ap hadn't been... hadn't had a permanent presence in cuba for almost three decades. so basically it was my job to find an office space, furnish it... >> hinojosa: hire the people. >> hire the people. and you had to hire them through the cuban government employment agency. >> hinojosa: how long did the whole process take? >> about two years. >> hinojosa: just to open the office? >> well, no. i mean, we opened the office, but it took... probably took about two years until it was all outfitted. >> hinojosa: okay, so your biggest misconception about... because you