Mexico

Magazine articles on politics and society in Mexico.

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BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Geri Smith	South Of The Border And To The Left A leftist could become Mexico's President this summer.
BusinessWeek May 22, 2006 Geri Smith	Mexico: Pumping Out Engineers The headlines are about low-wage illegals, but Mexico is swiftly upgrading its workforce, especially in engineering, and changing the way multinationals view the country.
Smithsonian April 2006 John Fox	Students of the Game When the Aztec and Maya played it 500 to 1,000 years ago, the losers sometimes lost their heads -- literally. Today scholars are visiting remote Mexican villages to study the oldest sport in the Americas, ulama, now on the verge of extinction.
IDB America February 2006 Roger Hamilton	A Quiet Revolution in Chiapas Indigenous women in southern Mexico use credit to boost handicraft production and win new respect.
IDB America February 2006 Roger Hamilton	Clay Doves Take Flight Ancient craft traditions help indigenous women in southern Mexico preserve their cultural identities while entering the modern world.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006	Don't Fence Me In Mexico's President is opposed to the U.S. House of Representatives' approved plan to build 700 miles of high-tech fences along its southern border to keep out illegal migrants.
IDB America December 2005	IDB Makes First Disbursement in Mexican Pesos Under Local Currency Option The disbursement of 202,255,248 Mexican pesos (equivalent to US$19,047,620) was made from a loan to support decentralization by helping subnational governments modernize their administration and improve their financial standing.
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Geri Smith	Mexico's Elite Has A Message For Politicians Can Mexican economic reform be reinvigorated?
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005	New Rules For Mexican Voters For the first time, some of the 10 million Mexicans in the U.S. will be allowed to vote by absentee ballot in next July's Mexican presidential election.
BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 Geri Smith	A Border Transformed Since 9/11, officials at the Laredo crossing have had two conflicting goals: Stop terrorists and keep trade flowing.
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