The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada –...
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A TWO-DAY FORUM TUESDAY, April 10th, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Film Screening and Discussion Maquiladora Worker on the Mexican Border. Photo by Mary Jordan, Washington Post Moderated by Professor Gil Gott, Int’l Studies DePaul University 2320 N. Kenmore Ave....
LOOKING OUT FROM A CARDBOARD BOX: WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE MAQUILADORA INDUSTRY IN CIUDAD ACUÑA, COAHUILA by Elvia Rosales Arriola, J.D., M.A. It was late morning when I parked outside the home of Rosa María Ramos Rivas, “Rossy, ” 34 years old and...
