On the Line: Life on the US-Mexican BorderThe US-Mexican border is a unique meeting point of the first and third worlds. Every day thousands of Mexicans run the gauntlet of the US Border Patrol to reach the promised lands of California and Texas. On the Mexican side half a million people, mainly young women, earn a dollar an hour or less, toiling for US companies in the assembly plants. In On The Line, Augusta Dwyer journeys through the crowded, dirty cities of the border, uncovering the stories of dozens of ordinary Mexicans - workers, illegal migrants, environmental activists. She reveals the hidden costs of free trade, and shows how Mexicans are resisting exploitation and the destruction of their environment. |
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... manufacturing increased profitability for all kinds of US companies . For the developers of the industrial parks the prizes were equally handsome . Urban land could be bought for a song , paved and developed with municipal funds , then ...
... manufacturing increased profitability for all kinds of US companies . For the developers of the industrial parks the prizes were equally handsome . Urban land could be bought for a song , paved and developed with municipal funds , then ...
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... industrial activity , with over 20 per cent of the total . Textiles had recovered to a close second , with 411 ... parks dotting the city . Three of those parks belong to Grupo Bermúdez and boast paved roads , drainage , electricity and ...
... industrial activity , with over 20 per cent of the total . Textiles had recovered to a close second , with 411 ... parks dotting the city . Three of those parks belong to Grupo Bermúdez and boast paved roads , drainage , electricity and ...
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... Industrial Park and Grupo Bermúdez , which comprises 36 companies , are worth over US $ 100 million , all of it ... parks throughout the state of Chihuahua , carry out contract manufacturing and own a construction company which has so far ...
... Industrial Park and Grupo Bermúdez , which comprises 36 companies , are worth over US $ 100 million , all of it ... parks throughout the state of Chihuahua , carry out contract manufacturing and own a construction company which has so far ...
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Don Jaimes Domain | 15 |
Womens Work | 31 |
The Way the Wind Blows | 49 |
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