Maquiladora

environmental mess resulting from the law, Mexico still faces harsh conditions today. Right now cities, like aforementioned Mexico City, remain fogged in polluted air. The many inhabitants of Mexico must inhale toxic chemicals in their lungs because of the maquiladora program imprint that has been left on the

The Role of Mexican-American Border Relations in the Political Process Throughout the 1990’s up until the present, Mexican-American political relations have been very inconsistent in their endeavors to define what the relationship should and will be between the two different countries. The massive influx of Mexican immigrants has commanded attention from the governments of both countries. This has resulted in attempts to make a working partnership acknowledging the fact that the peoples of

Latin America is doing both positive and negative changes to their economy. In my opinion, I think that latin is making more positive changes than negative changes. I gathered many of my facts and supporting evidence from the textbook Geography and History of the World. A lot of the information was located in section one of chapter ten. Many of the many positive things Latin America is doing for its economy is Improving communication and transportation. This will cause the infrastructure to grow

model of the maquiladora industry can be ethical. That idea is not guaranteed—the hierarchal structure of the factories is a strong force. They provide jobs to those who are in need; “maquiladoras changed everything because they paid better wages than the rest of Mexico” (De La Torre & Funari, 2006, 1:48). By accumulating workers and treating them like commodities, maquiladoras continue the cycle of abuse and degradation of their workers. The ideology and hierarchy that surrounds maquiladoras is a long

The Rio Grande River is currently on the 303(d) list of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The lower Sub-Basin from International Falcon Reservoir downstream to the Gulf of Mexico is lacking infrastructure to adequately handle the environmental consequences of human and industrial waste generation and disposal on the U. S side in locations such as Harlingen, TX. The Rio Grande is mostly affected by the high volumes of dissolved solids, such as salinity and bacteria. The U.S is working to introduce a common

We have been seeing in class about the neoliberalism reform in Latin America through out the years and some of its implications it has had in this region. For my paper, I will go further into the effects that neoliberalism reform had in Mexico. My paper will focus on the effects the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) had specifically on Mexican workers, which will provide further information and understanding as to what has been presented in class. In January 1994

313). A maquiladora is a Mexican Corporation located in central Mexico or the US/Mexico border that receives imported goods such as machinery and electronics to assemble in factories by workers. These imported goods are then exported back to the United States in addition to other countries. Women are preferred to work in maquiladoras as they are less likely to report workplace abuse, have little to no education, and own no phone or car (Navarro 2). In maquiladoras, these women are exposed

with hundreds of workers in the Mexico heat. Imagine sewing all day and developing sore wrists which can lead to tendonitis. Imagine after nine grueling hours of work not getting paid enough to purchase food and other necessities for your family. Maquiladoras are very well known among the Mexico and US border. They conduct under tariff free materials which are imported to the companies. The North American Free Trade Agreement has a huge advancement and have grown by employing tons of Mexican workers

Corrupt factories and injustices made the life of people in Juarez, Mexico especially the young women who works at maquiladora a living hell. The movie Bordertown directed by Gregory Nava depicts the story of how young women are being rape, torture, and murder because the company does not provide the workers the security they need whenever they are traveling from work to home late at night. Director Gregory Nava’s main message in the movie is that the dysfunctional factories system put the young

Americans are losing many jobs to this outside sources that employ with very low wages and benefits. It’s a big plus for big companies, mainly due to cheap labor and avoidable safety protocols for dispose of dangerous toxic wastes. Some examples that maquiladoras benefit the U.S., increase in investments and exports create jobs, and number of small U.S. companies are saved due to lower costs of merchandise. Another benefit is the factories and stores that are line up by the Mexican border will rather purchase