NAFTA

February 27, 2024
David Bacon

A relationship between a U.S. and a Mexican union, forged in the face of NAFTA, has borne fruit over decades of struggle. Two leaders reflect on the importance of international solidarity.

September 8, 2020
Emilio Godoy

Por su territorio extenso, riqueza hídrica y puerto de salida hacia los mercados de Estados Unidos y Asia, el sudoriental estado de Yucatán se ha convertido en el foco de expansión de la industria porcícola.

September 8, 2020
Emilio Godoy

Extensive territory, water resources, and port access have made the southeastern state of Yucatán a major player in Mexico's pork industry.

October 11, 2019
Nina Ebner and Mateo Crossa

Anti-migrant policies and the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border are integral to maintaining a low-wage labor force in northern Mexican border cities, which is only increasing. 

August 28, 2019
Laura Weiss

Read the editor's intro to our latest print issue, "We Are All Workers," which focuses on Labor in the Americas. 

January 18, 2019
Hilary Klein

What are the lessons of the EZLN's revolutionary struggle for Indigenous autonomy, a quarter-century after declaring war on Mexico and global capitalism?

November 26, 2018
Javier Porras Madero

In a popular consultation, Mexico overwhelmingly rejected the ongoing construction of a controversial airport. The backlash by Mexican elites reveals dark truths about what “modernization” really means in the country. 

October 25, 2018
Nicholas Cunningham

Ahead of his inauguration, president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has warmed up to NAFTA as he eyes fossil fuel expansion.

July 3, 2018
Steve Ellner

It took Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) 12 years to become president-elect of Mexico, making history for Mexico’s Left as his party’s coalition also achieves a legislative majority. But the struggle has only just begun.

September 5, 2017
Simon Schatzberg

Mexican social movements reject a NAFTA renegotiation that will deepen the already-disastrous impacts of the 1994 agreement.

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