Maquiladora

American manufacturers”*, just “south of the United States border, where maquiladoras- plants be marketed in the United States”*. In Rio Grande, lies “a flat industrial city of perhaps 300,000 people”* . With all the booming business one may assume that life there must be amazing, but that is not the case. In the areas surrounding the Maquiladoras, “the shacks are made of scraps discarded from the factories”* , but Maquiladoras were considered to have the highest wages in Mexico(Latin America),…

selected from a larger pool of 300 families based on the fact that their families had 2 or more children, and in 8 families there was at least one parent who was employed in a maquiladora, while in the other 8 families none of the parent were employed in a maquiladora (this distinction was mainly done because maquiladoras…

As an inhabitant of this world, we may be asked the question; “To what extent does globalization contribute to sustainable prosperity for all people.” This is a question that not many people can answer, while some will provide a vague definition of either globalization or sustainability that is off topic. This just shows how naïve we are to the world around us. As global citizens, I believe we should be more knowledgeable and have a broader understanding of events happening around the world. If…

The United States ascended as one of the most powerful and influential nations in our world despite being established only less than three hundred years ago. Starting with the thirteen colonies, it gradually grew under the principle of settler colonialism expanding from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Lauded for its rapid growth and massive influence in both the western and eastern hemisphere, it can be recognized that the ascension of the United States can be mainly attributed to the ongoing…

In this video we do not only see that but also the high risk that those women are targets of because the number of women that were kidnapped, sexually assaulted and assassinated increased dramatically after the maquiladoras started to function. The majority of the testimonies of these videos helps the audience in making a connection that the global economy and capitalism are things that were expanding uncontrollably generating more money to the United States companies…

Tariff is the tax or duty between an exported or imported good. People wouldn’t be employed decreasing the countries social system’s rank. Canada has gained a lot from this agreement. The cons are Mexicans fall short on this deal. There are maquiladoras, factors with cheap labors. Even though Asian labor is the cheapest not…

This is exemplified in the film Maquilapolis, where the American corporations relocate their factories to Tijuana for cheaper labor, allowing them to reduce the costs of production at the expense of Maquiladora workers, who are treated as “units of human capital” rather than individuals with families and aspirations (Funari, 2006). Furthermore, this lack of consideration, coupled with the enforcement of the Washington Consensus Strategy as the sole developmental…

While reading the novel Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders, recurring issues appeared including family conflicts and most of all hate crime against women also known as femicide. The family issues were the most interesting aspects of the book. Ivon’s mother blames her for so many occurrences. Latino homophobia still exists, but new generations are coming to be accepting. Latino’s strong religious background is one of the main reasons for homophobia. The LGBT community have always been discriminated…

NAFTA is North American Free Trade Agreement and it stands for the free trade between Canada, United States of America and Mexico. NAFTA is the largest free trade area in the world. As any agreement, it has its own advantages and disadvantages. Whenever NAFTA was formed, the number of trades increased by a lot because there were no restrictions about it. When there is increased number of trades, there is a huge economic growth. Another benefit that people gain was that because of no tariffs,…

car sold in North America must come from one of the three NAFTA countries (Amadeo). Finally, Trump has asked Mexico to end the Maquiladora program. This program allows American companies to set up low-cost manufactory across the border of Mexico to assemble finished products (Amadeo). Then, they export the goods back to the United States. As an outcome, the Maquiladora factories are responsible for the 65 percent of Mexico's exports and employ 30 percent of its workforce (Offshore…