Edmundo Hernández-Vela

Edmundo Hernández-Vela Salgado (born December 19, 1940, in Mexico City) is professor emeritus of international relations at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and co-founder of UNAM's Center for International Relations.

Studies
He studied medicine, graduating as a surgeon in 1963, as a rheumatologist in 1964 and as an anatomist in 1965. He also made contributions in the field of medicine such as the development of the laboratory method Ra-test for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.

In the field of international relations, he obtained a licence in diplomatic sciences from the then National School of Political and Social Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1967.

He traveled to Geneva, where he obtained a diploma in international relations from the University of Geneva in 1968; and a doctorate in political science with a specialization in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in 1970.

Work
He is known for being the author of the Enciclopedia de Relaciones Internacionales, which is in its ninth edition.

Writings

 * Edmundo Hernández-Vela Salgado, Enciclopedia De Relaciones Internacionales 1 - 4, 9th Edition, Mexico City: Editorial Porrúa, 2018
 * "La Doctrina Carranza en el umbral de una nueva sociedad internacional," Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior (1993)