The perfect dictatorship: U.S. support props up Mexico's corrupt politicians
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Elections and human rights are bogus signs of a sham democracy in Mexico. Just to preserve the one-party rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the ruling elite will do anything abusive or summarilly violent. The citizenry is beginning to be aware, however, and movements are on the rise.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1993
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A 2,000-mile love canal: people on both sides lose with the free-trade agreement
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Environmental activists are finally gaining some ground in their protest against the foreign-owned factories in Mexico. More Mexicans are becoming aware of the dangers the factory facilities are posing to their environment and eventually to their health.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1993
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Don't count labor out: with labor laws stacked against them, union activists seize new tactics to fight back
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Organized labor suffered a decline in membership and political influence as a result of legal constraints and the economic slowdown. However, labor unions are devising alternative tactics to confront business and to promote workers' welfare.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1992
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