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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Mexico
05/08/2008
The global food crisis is unraveling economic advances made in recent years by large sections of the poor working classes of Latin America, reports a U.S.-based ethnic media organization.
Read moreFrom: New America Media Related: [Brazil] Image: Protesting the rising cost of tortillas (made from corn) in Mexico. © Prometeo Lucero [aka Prom] (flickr)
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05/08/2008
Innovative local initiatives are strengthening rural regions throughout Mexico, which have been losing both people and their competitive edge in agriculture since Mexico opened its markets to free trade.
Read moreFrom: Global Exchange Image: A Mexican farmer protests the rising cost of tortillas (made of corn). © Prometeo Lucero [aka Prom] (flickr)
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05/07/2008
Jesus León Santos, the leader of a democratic farmer-to-farmer network, recently received a prestigious environmental award for promoting sustainability through traditional agriculture in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Read moreFrom: Grassroots International Image: Learning organic farming in Coahuila, Mexico. © Harry Mostaza (flickr)
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04/29/2008
In the wake of World Malaria Day, an anti-pesticide advocacy organization discusses the danger of spraying DDT to kill mosquitoes carrying the disease and promotes malaria prevention alternatives.
Read moreFrom: Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) Image: Malaria sign, Kenya. © Peter Armstrong
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04/24/2008
This week's closed-door meeting of leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States is likely to produce changes that "will favor narrow corporate interests over the public good," write trade analysts Sarah Anderson and Manuel Pérez Rocha.
Read moreFrom: Institute of Policy Studies Related: [United States] [Canada] Image: U.S. President Bush and Mexican President Calderon shake hands at an Aug. 2007 summit. © Eric Draper - White House
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04/11/2008
The recent economic downturn in the United States is causing a dramatic decrease in remittances -- the amount of money migrant workers send home to support their families.
Read moreFrom: New America Media Related: [India] [United States] Image: With nearly 40 million immigrants, U.S. global remittances exceed $300 billion per year. © American Friends Service Committee
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04/11/2008
The world's leading mobile telephone producer Nokia admitted that "the union leaders" at Nokia's plant in Reynosa in Mexico are appointed by the company itself. Thus the principle of free organising of labour, approved by Nokia in its code of conduct, does not materialise in practise at its very own plant.
Read moreFrom: Trade Union News from Finland Related: [Corporations] [Labor] Image: © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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04/09/2008
Meksikolaisen työelämän tutkimuslaitoksen CILASin tutkimusraportti moittii Nokiaa omien eettisten sääntöjensä rikkomisesta Reynosan-tehtaalla.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related: [Corporations] Image: © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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03/27/2008
North American environmental leaders recently issued a report calling for a greater commitment to green buildings in the region, where commercial and residential structures currently consume an average of 30 percent of total energy needs.
Read moreFrom: Worldwatch Institute Related: [United States] [Canada] Image: Environmentally friendly construction reduces carbon emissions, on average, by 35 percent, say experts. © Center for Rural Strategies
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03/25/2008
Despite the government's military measures, Mexican drug violence is gaining force -- much thanks to the cartels' 'imported' North American firepower, which now rivals even that of the regular Mexican army, writes Bill Weinberg.
Read moreFrom: North American Congress on Latin America Related: [United States] Image: © barjack (flickr)
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03/18/2008
Ihmisoikeusjärjestön mukaan yli 4 000 ihmistä on kuollut viimeisen 12 vuoden aikana pyrkiessään Meksikon ja Yhdysvaltain välisen rajan yli.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld España Related: [Central America] [United States] [Migration] [Human Rights] |
02/12/2008
Meksikon jalkineteollisuus elää pelonsekaisissa tunnelmissa, kun sitä kiinalaiselta tuotannolta suojannut tullisopimus raukesi vuoden vaihtuessa.
Read moreFrom: Trade Union News from Finland Related: [Labor] [Trade] Image: © Peter Armstrong
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01/30/2008
Vuoden 2007 alusta lähtien Meksikon hallitus on kiihdyttänyt toimiaan Chiapasin maakunnan itsehallintoa tavoittelevia zapatistiyhteisöjä kohtaan. Hyökkäykset, uhkaukset ja maiden ryöstö kuuluvat hallituksen tukemien puolisotilaallisten joukkojen keinovalikoimaan.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Indigenous Rights] [Conflict] Image: © Independent Media Center
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01/28/2008
Since early 2007, dozens of the autonomous, indigenous Zapatista communities in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas have endured near-daily attacks, land invasions, and death threats, primarily from government-endorsed paramilitary groups.
Read moreFrom: In These Times Image: Zapatista activists, 2006. © Independent Media Center
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01/23/2008
Chiapasin kansannousun myötä intiaaninaiset ovat löytäneet äänensä ja paikkansa liikkeessä ja intiaaniyhteisössä.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld España Related: [Gender] [Indigenous Rights] Image: Comandante Ramona
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01/21/2008
Sosiaalifoorumin agendalla ovat vahvasti Väli- ja Etelä-Amerikan maiden solmimat vapaakauppasopimukset. Foorumiin liittyen järjestetään 26. tammikuuta maailmanlaajuinen toimintapäivä.
Read moreFrom: UnMundo América Latina Related: [Civil Society] [Globalization] |
01/16/2008
This March, Mexico will introduce immigration cards digitally embedded with migrants' information, a 'characteristically progressive' move that will allow hundreds of thousands of temporary workers and visitors to come and go at their will, writes Louis E. V. Nevaer.
Read moreFrom: New America Media |
01/02/2008
Viimeisetkin rajoitukset Meksikon ja Yhdysvaltain väliseltä maataloustuotteiden kaupalta poistuivat vuodenvaihteessa. Kaupan vapautuminen hirvittää Meksikon pienviljelijöitä. Heidän mielestään epäsuhta on kohtuuton.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [United States] [Agriculture] [Trade] Image: - © freg
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12/05/2007
After a hard fought battle filled with intimidation and retaliation from management, Mexican workers at a factory that produces name brand garments for the U.S. market have won legitimate union representation.
Read moreFrom: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee |
11/20/2007
Arizonan osavaltio on takavarikoinut meksikolaissiirtolaisten kotiinsa lähettämiä varoja 14 miljoonan dollarin verran. Viranomaiset väittävät rahojen menevän ihmissalakuljettajille, vaikka tutkimuksia yksittäisten lähetysten kohteista ei ole tehty.
Read moreFrom: UnMundo América Latina Related: [United States] [Migration] Image: Meksikon ja Yhdysvaltojen välinen raja-aita. © Independent Media Center
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