Behind Mexico's economic miracle
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Mexico Pres Salinas faced corruption, inflation, unemployment and a large foreign debt when he took office in 1987. His immediate privatization scheme gave Mexico the financial capacity for domestic debt management and social development. He advocates a free trade agreement with Canada and the US.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1992
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Rebels with a veil
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Twenty years after the Iranian revolution women are subject to severely repressive laws. However, this repression is leading to almost daily acts of defiance that highlight the very problems that the governing clerics wish to suppress.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 2000
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Behind the veil debate
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Renewed interest in the wearing of veils has been sparked by a resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism. However, the practice remains a matter of individual preference among Muslim women.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1992
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