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23Aug

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NAFTA Is 23 Years Old – Here Are 20 Facts That Show How It Is Destroying The Economy

NOVANEWS By Michael Snyder The Economic Collapse So if NAFTA is so bad for American workers, then why don’t our politicians just repeal it? Well, unfortunately most of them are not willing to do this because it is part of a larger agenda. For decades, politicians from both major political parties have been working to slowly integrate North America. The eventual goal is to turn North America into another version of the European Union. Just check out what former general and CIA chief David Petraeus had to say about this… “After America comes North America,” Petraeus said confidently in answering the question about what comes after the United States, the theme of the panel discussion. “Are we on the threshold of the North American decade, question mark? I threw that away — thre...

23Aug

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Trumping NAFTA: Free Trade versus Democratic Planning

NOVANEWS By Socialist Project Socialist Project First published by Global Research on July 20, 2017 Opposition to ‘free trade’ is in the air again, though not in the way most of us expected or hoped. Three decades ago, the move to guarantee, extend and deepen Canada’s economic integration with the United States by way of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two states mobilized an impressive though ultimately unsuccessful opposition. This opposition continued, though with less intensity, when that agreement was later extended to include Mexico via the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Since then, however, with so many other free trade agreements (taking these first ones as their foundational model) deployed as key political levers in fostering neo...

17Aug

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Mexican Workers March in Protest at NAFTA Renegotiations

NOVANEWS NAFTA has frequently been criticized by labor activists for reportedly lowering wages, hurting agriculture profits and eliminating workplace protections across North America. | Photo: EFE Trade unions believe they have a right to know the terms and conditions of the NAFTA renegotiations, which they claim are inaccessible. Mexican workers representing broad sections of their country’s labor force are marching in Mexico City against renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA. RELATED: NAFTA Renegotiation Talks Arrive Amid Diverging Interests, Neoliberal Goals The National Association of Farmers Marketing Companies called on all social sectors to participate, labeling diplomatic sessions held in Washington this week to change ...

26Jul

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Mexican Oligarchs And Other Nations Need To Fix Own Economy And Stop Dumping People On USA

NOVANEWS By Rahul Manchanda Americans must demand that the super wealthy oligarchs of foreign nations like Mexico dumping their people illegally into the USA must be held accountable for the destruction that they wreak, not just the poor people who have no choice but to flee. The very sad news emanating out of San Antonio Texas today relates to a semi-tractor trailer filled to the brim with scores of illegal aliens from Mexico who literally died from heat exposure where their heart rates were reported to be over 130 beats per minute and their bodies were “hot to the touch” as reported by Texas law enforcement. How is this possible? Why do we read stories countless times per year about countries such as China, Vietnam, Mexico, or other nations having people who would literally risk d...

28May

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Update: New Mexico rape kit crisis gets worse

NOVANEWS By Kate Barr Six months ago Liberation News reported that New Mexico had the greatest number of untested rape kits in the country. Since then despite a statewide audit, the crisis has worsened not improved. With over 6,000 kits left untested over the course of 30+ years, justice for victims of sexual assault continues to be blatantly disregarded by state officials. Despite the so-called efforts made to decrease the number of untested kits, the problem is worsening. Tim Keller, state auditor, reported that the backlog of untested kits is growing bigger—some decades old, while new ones are added each day. Over 20 new kits are admitted to the Albuquerque Police Department each month with only four being processed every 30 days. This means 16 new kits are being added to the backl...

11Apr

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Under NAFTA, Diabetes Became Leading Cause of Death in Mexico

NOVANEWS teleSUR Diabetes has become the leading cause of death in Mexico, according to a new study released by the World Health Organization, WHO. The United Nations agency claims diabetes rates in the Latin American country began surging just over two decades ago, around the time the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, came into force. An estimated 80,000 people die each year in Mexico from diabetes, WHO also reports, adding that nearly 14 percent of adults there suffer from the disease. “Diabetes is one of the biggest problems in the health system in Mexico,” Dr. Carlos Aguilar Salinas told NPR during a recent interview. “It’s the first cause of death. It’s the first cause of disability. It’s the main cost for the health system.” Why has diabetes become such an issue in M...

22Feb

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US Supreme Court to Hear Case of Slain Mexican Teen at Border

NOVANEWS A U.S. border patrol agent walks along the border fence separating Mexico from the United States near Calexico, California, Feb. 8, 2017. | Photo: Reuters His parents wonder whether he died in "a unique no man's land — a law-free zone in which U.S. agents can kill innocent civilians with impunity." The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Tuesday the case of the death of a 15-year-old Mexican boy shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in 2010, to decide whether the family can sue for his death. Legally, the case is particularly tricky as the shooting took place across the U.S.-Mexico border. RELATED: Eight People Flee U.S. Border Patrol to Seek Asylum in Canada Sergio Hernandez was shot more than six years ago by U.S. Border Patrol agent Jesus Mesa. Hernandez's family...

9Feb

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What’s behind the crisis in U.S.-Mexico relations?

NOVANEWS By Frank Lara On Jan. 26, Enrique Peña Nieto, stated in video message on Twitter, “I regret and disapprove of the decision by the United States to continue the construction of the wall which for years, far from uniting us, has divided us. Mexico does not believe in walls.” He further stated, “I have asked the Foreign Affairs Ministry to strengthen measures to protect our nationals.” The statement led several days later to the cancelling of the scheduled meeting between Enrique Peña Nieto and Donald Trump. The Trump Agenda is an extreme manifestation of white supremacy, bigotry, imperial arrogance and anti-worker politics. It is so extreme that even the most comprador bourgeoisie of Mexico, represented by a president who has a 12% approval rating, had to say something. U.S....

7Jan

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At Least 4 Killed, 700 Arrested in Mexico Gas Protests

NOVANEWS Demonstrators hold up placards during a protest against the rising prices of gasoline enforced by the Mexican government at the Macroplaza in Monterrey, Mexico, Jan. 5, 2017. | Photo: Reuters Mexicans continue to rage against the president's neoliberal reforms and high gas prices. Protests over a double-digit hike in gasoline prices in Mexico continue in at least 22 states of the country, officials said on Friday, as they confirmed that the wave of violent lootings and blockades has left three people dead and at least 700 arrested. RELATED: Gasoline Hikes Lead to Food Shortages in Mexico Business leaders estimate that some 1,000 shops and companies have been looted or vandalized this week as others closed over fears of being robbed. Protesters argue that th...

2Jan

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The Zapatistas Are Building The World We Ask For

NOVANEWS By: Ann Deslandes Zapatista women arrive at an information session. | Photo: Ann Deslandes The Zapatista experiment in resisting without bullets and instead building the world we ask for - an experiment conducted under erasure, in conditions no university laboratory would authorize. “If we had spent those 23 years exchanging gunshots,” says Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in an evening address to the many gathered for “The Zapatistas and ConSciences for Humanity” encounter currently taking place in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, “would we have been able to build this?” RELATED: International Women’s Day in Zapatista Territory The Subcomandante was referring to the flourishing infrastructures of self-organized Zapatista life, lived ...