(Mexico, 1955) Rector of the Universidad Veracruzana from 2005 to August 2013, this economist and academicis ex-chairman of the Interamerican University Organisation (OUI) and belongsto the Mexican Academy of Political Economy. He has received a number of honours, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Le Havre in France. He specialises in: macroeconomic analysis, international economy, economic development, ecological economy, sustainable regional development and the causes of marginalisation and poverty as well as, of course, matters related to higher education.