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Some of the unresolved issues include the upgrade of infrastructure, the modernization of the tax system and labor laws, and the reduction of income inequality. Tax revenues, 19.6 percent of GDP in 2013, were the lowest among the 34 OECD countries. [26] The main problems Mexico faces are poverty rates and regional inequalities remaining high.
The Matamoros Strike in Matamoros, Tamaulipas is a strike of tens of thousands of Maquiladora workers that began in January, 2019 and is ongoing. The workers, whose manufacturing activity on the Mexico–United States border is tightly linked to the American manufacturing economy, have low wages relative to local living costs and have demanded 20% pay increases and bonuses.
Latin Americans are also often pictured as not strongly inclined to work hard, despite the conflicting stereotype of working manual labor jobs. [3] Today, negative stereotypes against certain ethnic groups about low cognitive abilities exist in many world regions, including stereotypes about people with a Latino background in the United States.
He overstayed his six month work visa and continued working to save money to bring Laura to join him. Paying about $1,000 to a coyote made it possible (now coyotes charge up to $14,000).
A former Mexican president had some tough words when asked about GOP candidate Donald Trump's much-touted plan to build a border wall that he says will be paid for by Mexico. SEE MORE: COMPLETE ...
Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican front-runner, revealed in a memo obtained by The Washington Post how he would force the Mexican government to pay for the proposed 1,000-mile border wall he's ...
An important achievement of the Cárdenas presidency was "the restoration of social peace" [119] achieved in part by not exacerbating the long simmering post-revolutionary conflict between the Mexican state and the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico, extensive redistribution of land to the peasantry, and re-organizing the party originally created ...
The lack of work opportunities in small villages drives people to migrate to large cities, rather than to the U.S. with almost 80% of the Mexican population living in urban zones in Mexico. [70] Urban violence and crime, stunted growth, malnutrition, poor elementary education, poor hygiene and inadequate sanitation are just some of the ...