United Fruit is Not Chiquita
During a visit to Trinidad and Tobago in June, I had the privilege of spending time with Gordon Rohlehr, the ...
In the Name of Fashion: Exploitation in the Garment Industry
As you read this article, there is a good chance that you or someone close to you is wearing clothing ...
Mexico: The Wages of Trade
Until its recent embrace of free trade and market-oriented reform, Mexico was a paragon of nationalism and inward-oriented development. The ...
Clinton, NAFTA and the Politics of U.S. Trade
Clinton has taken some small steps to mollify trade unionists and environmentalists, but the primary focus of his trade policy ...
Why Immigration?
Years of work and ardous debate went into the writing of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, a vast ...
The De Facto Powers Behind Fujimori’s Regime
Fujimori takes great pride in not being beholden to the interests of any particular group. He did not, for example, ...
LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS?
Hosted in a new luxury hotel on the ecologically fragile outskirts of Belize City-the construction of which ne- cessitated stripping ...
The Mechanics of Brazil’s Auto Industry
In April, 1994, the vice-president of General Motors of Brazil (GMB) made a special appearance on prime-time television. Instead of ...
