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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..
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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 . . .
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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 . .
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TIJUANA
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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...
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Border
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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
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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. |
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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. |
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