Posted on December 15, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
La Jornada, 12/10/2008
Mexico is the country that has the most exposure to the global economic crisis in terms of employment and poverty due to its close relationship with the United States and the impact of the reduction in remittances, exports and tourism, according to a report, Social Panorama of Latin America 2008, by the Economic [...]
Filed under: Economic Integration, Migration and Migrants | Tagged: CEPAL, ECLAC, Economic downturn, Exports, Immigrants, Immigration, Latin America, Mexican economy, Mexico, PAN, Panorama Social de America Latina, Remittances, Social Panorama of Latin America, Tourism, trade | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 15, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Los Angeles Times, La Plaza, 12/15/08
The Mexican cities of San Miguel de Allende and Oaxaca have been chosen as two of the top 10 cities to visit in the Americas by Conde Nast Traveler’s readers choice awards. San Miguel de Allende, which has a large expatriate community, was praised by the survey for its “beautiful [...]
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Posted on December 15, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
The New York Times, 12/15/08
There is a better long-term solution. It’s AgJobs, a federal bill that died with previous efforts at comprehensive immigration reform. It would give undocumented farmworkers a chance to legalize and the right to change jobs, a crucial means of discouraging abuse by employers. Its goal is to bolster workers’ rights and [...]
Filed under: Migration and Migrants | Tagged: AgJobs, Bush Administration, H-2A visa, Hiring Practices, Temporary Farmworkers, U.S. Labor Department, Wages | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 15, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Associated Press, 12/15/2008
After going months without a full-time job, Daniel Ramirez has decided it’s time to return to family in Mexico. Vicenta Rodriguez Lopez says she can’t afford to live in Colorado any more because her husband was deported. Roberto Espinoza is going back, too. After 18 years as a mechanic for a General Motors [...]
Filed under: Security and the Rule of Law | Tagged: Colorado, Economic downturn, Economy, financial crisis, Immigrants, Immigration, Mexico, Migrants, Migration | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 15, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
New York Times, 12/15/2008
An American security consultant who has helped negotiate the release of scores of kidnapping victims in Latin America was himself kidnapped last week in northern Mexico after delivering a seminar there on how to avoid that fate, officials said Monday. The F.B.I. and Mexican law enforcement officials are investigating the abduction, which [...]
Filed under: Security and the Rule of Law | Tagged: ASI Global, Coahuila, Consulting, Felix Batista, Kidnapping, Mexico, Rule of Law, Saltillo, Security | Leave a Comment »
