Mexico and the Crisis of a Dependent Economy

November 25, 2009

New Content from the Americas Program

By Laura Carlsen

This year Mexico will be one of the worst-hit countries due to the crisis that began in the United States and quickly spread all over the world. The cost of Mexican economic dependence on the United States is being paid by the poor, in clear violation of their social and economic rights. The question is: to what point will the people tolerate this and what has to happen to make the government change its course...

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