A maquiladora (Spanish: [makilaˈðoɾa]), or maquila (IPA: [maˈkila]), is a word that refers to factories that are largely duty free and tariff-free. These...
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Femicides in Ciudad Juárez (redirect from Maquiladora murders)
lower than in most cities evaluated. They also find that the thesis that maquiladora industries, international trade and the NAFTA are among the main drivers...
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expanded throughout the 20th century, owing to the proliferation of maquiladoras in the city, making the Mexicali economy more interconnected with businesses...
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CD1 No. Title Length 1. "High and Dry" 4:17 2. "Planet Telex" 4:18 3. "Maquiladora" 3:27 4. "Planet Telex" (Hexidecimal Mix) 6:44 Total length: 18:46...
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NAFTA, in that real income in the maquiladora sector has increased 15.5% since 1994, though from the non-maquiladora sector has grown much faster. Contrary...
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Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA has encouraged the formation of maquiladoras on the Texas–Mexico border. Historically, Texas culture comes from a...
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Strike in Matamoros, Tamaulipas is a strike of tens of thousands of Maquiladora workers that began in January, 2019 and is ongoing. The workers, whose...
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promising industrial sectors in Mexico, mainly due to the presence of maquiladoras. In Matamoros, the automotive industry hosts the assembly and accessories...
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However, maquiladoras peaked in 2001, and now many United States companies are moving production facilities to China. The number of maquiladoras has declined...
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growing industrial center, which in large part is made up by more than 300 maquiladoras (assembly plants) located in and around the city. According to a 2007...
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Goldstein. The film follows Ana, a fake Mayan art smuggler, and Aurelia, a maquiladora worker, flee from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua in Northern Mexico and those...
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also located here as well as many maquiladoras. This is the borough with the largest number of factories and maquiladoras. Its largest colony is Ciudad Industrial...
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Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long...
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factories/maquiladoras in Juarez are U.S. owned. NAFTA helped create 1.2 million jobs in Mexico, and over 25% of those opportunities were in the maquiladoras of...
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the late 1970s, towns in the north began industrial production through maquiladoras, especially in San Pedro Sula and Puerto Cortés. Honduras has extensive...
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Coahuila's economy has a strong focus on export oriented manufacturing (i.e. maquiladora / INMEX). As of 2005, 221,273 people are employed in the manufacturing...
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includes the maquiladora industry in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico where poor women make up the majority of the labor force. Women in the maquiladora industry have...
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approximately half the country's dairy farms, still supports supply management. Maquiladoras (Mexican assembly plants that take in imported components and produce...
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institutions have partly ruined agriculture, favouring the emergence of maquiladoras. This sector accounts for 42 per cent of total exports from El Salvador...
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in the 21st century in the metropolitan area. The introduction of the maquiladora economy and the North American Free Trade Association led to an increase...
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Committee for Worker (1998). Cross Border Blues: A Call for Justice for Maquiladora Workers in Tehuacán. National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice...
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(NAFTA) to overcome the challenges faced by international factories (maquiladoras)) in Mexico resulting from NAFTA article 3. Article 3 states that no...
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increase foreign investment targeted at manufacturing low-cost garments in maquiladoras. Intimate partner femicide is the most common form of femicide, and high...
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growth in all industrial sectors. This region is home to many of the maquiladoras, factories owned by foreign companies but worked by Mexicans, primarily...
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economy has a strong focus on tariff-free export oriented manufacturing (maquiladora). As of 2005, 284,255 people are employed in the manufacturing sector...
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environmental destruction in the border region resulting from the rise of the maquiladora industries, those who migrated to northern Mexico to work in the industries...
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zone), free economic zone, free-trade zone, export processing zone and maquiladora. Most commonly a free port is a special customs area or small customs...
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the State of Texas. Over the last several decades, the emergence of maquiladoras (factories or fabrication plants) has caused a surge of industrial development...
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(Achisa), a construction rebar factory in the city of Chihuahua, and the maquiladora Falcón de Juárez, a manufacturer of table bases. It is estimated that...
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many instances on Special Economic Zones in developing countries or on maquiladoras just across the national boundaries of industrialized states. Further...
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