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 CD. JUAREZ & CHIHUAHUA NEWS
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Located at the Ciudad Juárez base of the Santa Fe international bridge, this cross was erected in memory of the city's nearly 90 serial-killing victims that have died since 1993. Attached to each nail is the name of one of the victims. Photo courtesy of Patty Lamson

Do Maquiladoras Herald Economic Recovery?

Almost like shakes before the quake, changes in the production dynamic of border assembly plants can signal shifts in the economic landscape. Intimately tied to the US and global markets, the state of the maquiladora industry is frequently an indicator of things to come. For example, the downturn in maquila employment at the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008 preceded the economic crisis Continued..

MATAMOROS, REYNOSA &
NUEVO LAREDO NEWS

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The plaza in downtown Matamoros.
 

A Border City’s High Risk Pregnancies

Despite seeing some gains in adolescent pregnancy rates, a Mexican border physician is concerned about what he considers an elevated number of high risk pregnancies and deliveries. Dr. Humberto Tanguma, assistant director of the Nuevo Laredo Women’s Hospital, said teenagers comprise a high percentage of cesarean section births attended by his institution.. . .Continued . . . 


 MEXICALI & SAN LUIS RIO NEWS
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La Rumorosa, a mountain range near Méxicali, where many migrants have died in harsh weather conditions.
 

Femicide in Baja California

One day in May, passerby spot a woman’s body in an irrigation ditch next to a wheat field on the outskirts of Mexicali, Baja California. Though no one seems to know the identity of the murdered woman, the half-clothed victim is quickly assumed to a prostitute because of the manner of her
dress............Continued . .

 TIJUANA NEWS
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Downtown Tijuana viewed from Ecoparque, an alternative waste water treatment center.

The Mothers of Plaza Tijuana

Taking a cue from Argentina’s Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, relatives of disappeared persons staged a loud demonstration in Tijuana on Friday, September 25. Banging pots and pans, protesters gathered outside the Baja California state government building to demand answers about the whereabouts of 320 people forcibly disappeared or kidnapped. In an action that attracted public attention, relatives of the disappeared plastered pictures of their loved ones ... Continued...

 

Border Facts & Maps
Population, Politics, Maquiladoras, etc.

Facts

Maps

FEATURE ARTICLE

Deindustrialization, Drugs and Recovery

Editor's Note

The following story is the second and last report on the US War on Drugs conference held in El Paso, Texas, on September 21 and 22 of this year. The event was initiated ....

The struggling corn fields of northern Chihuahua and the shuttered textile plants of North Philadelphia might seem worlds apart. Although nationhood, language and culture separate

..... ...Continued...

  BORDER STUDIES CURRICULUM
The Center for Latin American and Border Studies at NMSU has created a free Border Studies Curriculum for junior high and high school students complete with lesson plans, materials and activities.

PASO DEL NORTE PUBLICATION SERIES
The Center for Latin American and Border Studies at New Mexico State University (NMSU), the Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Colef) and the
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), under the auspices of the Hewlett Foundation, have undertaken the creation of the Paso del Norte: Integrating the Region publication series. 

The goal of the series is to publish and distribute works of the highest quality that deal with topics related to the Las Cruces, NM; El Paso, TX; and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua border region and its inhabitants, covering the arts and humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. 





 Volume 13, Number 118
Last updated:  July, 2007

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