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New Article from SSRN on NAFTA’s Impacts on Immigration

Tomas — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:43:10 +0000

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Mexico’s Union Bust Reveals Flaws in NAFTA

Tomas — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:39:51 +0000

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New Book: Ethical Borders: NAFTA, Globalization and Mexican Migration

Tomas — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:29:59 +0000

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More than 500 members of San Antonio’s business and political communities gathered in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Thursday to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Tomas — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:10:47 +0000

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Many Mexican workers still struggling under NAFTA

Tomas — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:57:11 +0000

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Obama Reverses Campaign Pledge To Renegotiate NAFTA

Tomas — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:22:09 +0000

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Rethinking Hazardous Waste under NAFTA

Tomas — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:28:28 +0000

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After 15 Years, Nafta’s Promise Still Unfulfilled in Mexico

Tomas — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:31:28 +0000

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NAFTA’s Dangerous Security Agenda

Tomas — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:37:35 +0000

President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, got a warm welcome Thursday during a visit to Mexico, where government officials said they doubted Obama would follow through on a campaign pledge to re-negotiate NAFTA.

Tomas — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:38:44 +0000

Op-Ed: The importance of McCain’s Latin America trip – Alex Burgos

Tomas — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:17:29 +0000

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Blogante News Summary for Tuesday – July 15th, 2008

Tomas — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:35:40 +0000

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For many in Colombia, hostage nightmare goes on - While the nation celebrates the recent rescue of 15 captives, families of 700 others taken by the same rebel group are left waiting.

U.S. Mercenary Company Implicated in Mexican Torture Videos

Puerto Rico-Mexico rivalry packs a real punch - When boxers from the Latin American lands face each other, representing their homeland well is paramount.

Migrants see lives improve in U.S. - Sun Valley, California - (kind of a strange headline for the content but worth reading)

More Illegal Immigrants Putting Affairs in Order - Deportation Risk Prompts Preparation

Picture of McCain praying stolen at La Raza convention

Latinos’ invite to the NJ political party must have gotten lost in the mail - “Not one call from the Democratic party asking if perchance there’s any interest in switching allegiance to the Obama camp”

Hispanics mixed on McCain’s compassion for migrants

Reward offered for arrest in anti-Hispanic graffiti case - Suffolk, Virginia - (photo of: “Latinos Go Home”)

Pelosi Announces Jaime Zapata as Reading Clerk for the House of Representatives - First Hispanic Ever in This Role

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Woman receives top LULAC honor - Martha Chavarria - LULAC’s California Woman of the Year

Class Targets Spanish-Speaking Preschoolers - !Listo! Summer School in Columbia, Missouri

Charles Rice-Gonzalez aims to boost Bronx in art

“La Raza” defined

Program at Gainesville State offers English language learners high school credit - Georgia

Newspaper series reveals rampant abuse of power under Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s watch (Latina Lista)

The 700-year-old Mexican Mummy With A Tummy Ache

Senator Plans Run as Democrat — and Republican - New York State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr

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McCain and Obama court Latinos, carefully

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U.S. Army tests mobile for Hispanic housing, business

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Terra Networks names Jim McCabe as Vice President of Sales for Terra Networks USA

Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine Opens Second Franchised Restaurant - NYC

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Hispanic TV Update: Q&A With Luca Bentivoglio - Vice President, Programming, LATV

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Plano-based Bennigan’s offers menu in Spanish - Texas

A Green Bay pizza crust maker will pay $188,000 to Hispanic job applicants to resolve a discrimination case.

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In frank interview, A.B. Quintanilla III says he’s a nice guy

Premia Micky Mouse a Juan Luis Guerra

The band La Oreja de Van Gogh has a new vocalist - Leire Martínez

Stephanie Salas hopes Luis Miguel will have 15 more kids!

Gabriela Bo confesses to abused by Cristian Castro - (his x-wife)

Ex vocalista de Bacilos regresa como solista

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U.S. national baseball team beats Cuba for title

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Arpaio launches another sweep in Mesa

Dodger legend Fernando Valenzuela to be honored at inaugural “Premios Deportes” sports awards today - “Premios Deportes” will air nationally on Univision Sunday, July 20 at 3 p.m. ET/PT

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Hispanic candidate criticized for name change - John (Juan) Vazquez Valdez - Phoenix

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Blogante Essentials for Tuesday – July 15th, 2008

Tomas — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:27:02 +0000

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McCain touts support for NAFTA to Hispanic group

Tomas — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:21:29 +0000

"Republican presidential candidate John McCain, in one of his strongest endorsements of free trade, called himself "an unapologetic supporter of NAFTA," an agreement some Americans feel has cost them jobs.

"Lowering barriers to trade creates more and better jobs, and higher wages," he told the National Council of La Raza, a major Hispanic organization, Monday. "It makes goods more affordable for low- and middle-income consumers.""

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Siempre Mujer to Increase Frequency to Eight Times a Year

Tomas — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:58:58 +0000

"Siempre Mujer magazine announced today that it will increase its frequency from six to eight times a year by 2010. The increase will come gradually, with the magazine splitting its October/November issue in 2009 and its April/May issue in 2010.

This month, Siempre Mujer also launches a partnership with Americatel, the first regional telecommunications carrier for Latin America and the Caribbean, for special subscription offers with the purchase of select monthly calling plans to Mexico. Americatel generates more than 100,000 new Hispanic customers with their monthly plans each year.

"Our growth reflects the overall growth of Hispanic women in this country," commented Ruth Gaviria, executive director of Meredith Hispanic Ventures. "Few magazines have our depth of penetration against its target audience and that will only grow as we increase our rate base to 450,000 next year, add issues and reach more Hispanic women with creative and targeted partnerships."

About Americatel
Born of NAFTA, Americatel is the first regional telecommunications carrier focused on the needs of multinational companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean regions. Founded in 1993 as a dial-around long-distance provider, the company expanded in 1998 to offer residential domestic and international long-distance services throughout the continental United States, targeting primarily Hispanic customers.

About Siempre Mujer
Launched in September 2005, Siempre Mujer is a Spanish-language lifestyle and service publication for Hispanic women living in the United States. Published by Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP), Siempre Mujer helps women navigate a new American culture by covering the worlds of: fashion and beauty; food and entertaining; family and parenting; culture and entertainment; relationships and self-development; health and fitness; and finance. The bi-monthly national magazine has a rate base of 375,000, which will jump to 450,000 in 2009. "

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Mexican investments plentiful on US side of border

Tomas — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:05:47 +0000

"While poor Mexicans cross the border to take advantage of higher wages and a social safety net, their wealthy countrymen are seizing on the slowing U.S. economy to achieve their own American corporate dream.

Anyone unfamiliar with the U.S.-Mexico border region might expect that private investment only flows from north to south. The Mexican side of the border in south Texas is loaded with factories that American companies have opened since NAFTA cleared the way for them to take advantage of inexpensive labor.

But between the two countries, billions of dollars are moving in both directions each year. In South Texas' Rio Grande Valley, Mexicans and their corporations are pouring their money into real estate, businesses and retail shopping on the U.S. side."

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Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News

tomasz — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:25:33 +0000

"EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

There are many problems facing the United States today: a faltering economy, a health-care crisis, and the continuing war in Iraq, to name a few. But viewers of some of the most prominent cable news programs are presented a different reality, one in which one issue stands above all others: illegal immigration.

Media Matters Action Network undertook this study in order to document the rhetoric surrounding immigration that is heard on cable news. When it comes to this issue, cable news overflows not just with vitriol, but also with a series of myths that feed viewers' resentment and fears, seemingly geared toward creating anti-immigrant hysteria.

There are two types of myths we discuss in this report. The first type is the large and most common myths, about crime and undocumented immigrants, and the costs of illegal immigration in social services and taxes. These topics are complex, and there are sometimes legitimate points buried within the arguments immigration opponents make. The second type of myth is the urban legend: that there is a conspiracy to take back the Southwest United States for Mexico; that there is a secret plan to construct a "NAFTA Superhighway" running from Canada to Mexico; that the U.S. is well on its way to surrendering its sovereignty to a "North American Union" (NAU); that Mexican immigrants are infecting Americans with leprosy; and that undocumented immigrants are responsible for a wave of election fraud. These myths are discussed less often, but are notable for their sheer ludicrousness. The North American Union and NAFTA Superhighway are closely related, and indeed are often discussed in tandem (the building of the Superhighway being posited as a step on the road to the creation of the NAU), but since each is also often discussed alone, we examine these two myths separately."

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U.S.-Mexican trucking experiment in slow lane

Tomas — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:33:43 +0000

"For 25 years, the system has worked that way, seeming to satisfy truckers and safety officials on both sides of the border.

But in 2001, seven years after the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect, the Department of Transportation and a NAFTA tribunal persuaded Congress to approve a pilot program that would allow specially registered U.S. and Mexican trucks to travel deep into each other's countries. Twenty-nine trucking firms – 21 Mexican and eight U.S., including two from Texas – now take part in the program.

It was a gesture toward fulfilling NAFTA's open-border requirement."

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Work is Criminal for Mississippi Undocumented

Tomas — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:19:35 +0000

"The Mississippi bill, SB 2988, requires employers to use an electronic system to verify immigration status, called E-Verify. It will become a felony for an undocumented worker to hold a job. David Bacon is the author of "The Children of NAFTA" (University of California Press, 2004). He sits on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Committee of the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition."

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Bush, Calderon, Harper Reject Renegotiating Nafta

Tomas — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:03:28 +0000

"President George W. Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico rejected Democrats' demands that the North American Free Trade Agreement be renegotiated, saying the move would undercut economic growth in each nation.

``Now is not the time to renegotiate Nafta or to walk away from Nafta,'' Bush said at a joint press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper today. ``I'm concerned about protectionism in America,'' Bush said."

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