World News Report: Next week, the George W. Bush Institute, the public policy arm of the former president’s library in Dallas, will launch a North America Scorecard with an assessment that the North American Free Trade Agreement has been a boon to the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Gerardo Esquivel offers up a slightly different point of view, specifically that Mexico has not done as well as the other nations.
The MexicoBlog of the CIP Americas Program monitors and analyzes international press on Mexico with a focus on the US-backed War on Drugs in Mexico and the struggle in Mexico to strengthen the rule of law, justice and protection of human rights. Relevant political developments in both countries are also covered.
Showing posts with label Mexico poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico poverty. Show all posts
Nov 3, 2015
Aug 10, 2015
One jarring stat reveals just how vast Mexico's wealth gap has become
Business Insider: Carlos Slim is the richest man in Mexico, with a reported fortune of nearly $70 billion.
Slim's wealth is so immense that it equals 6.3% of Mexico's gross domestic product, a percentage greater than the combined income of the poorest 20% of Mexicans — nearly 25 million people — who account for just 4.9% of the country’s GDP, according to a report from El Daily Post. Read more.
Slim's wealth is so immense that it equals 6.3% of Mexico's gross domestic product, a percentage greater than the combined income of the poorest 20% of Mexicans — nearly 25 million people — who account for just 4.9% of the country’s GDP, according to a report from El Daily Post. Read more.
Jul 27, 2015
More Than 46% of Mexicans Live in Poverty
Latin American Herald Tribune: The poverty rate in Mexico increased from 45.5 percent in 2012 to 46.2 percent in 2014, representing 55.3 million people, the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy, known as Coneval, says in a new report.
At the same time, the number of people living in extreme poverty fell from 11.5 million to 11.4 million over a two-year period that saw Mexico’s population grow from 117.3 million to 119.9 million. Read more.
At the same time, the number of people living in extreme poverty fell from 11.5 million to 11.4 million over a two-year period that saw Mexico’s population grow from 117.3 million to 119.9 million. Read more.
Apr 24, 2015
Mexico almost dead last in impunity index
Mexico News Daily: The numbers confirm what most people already know: impunity in Mexico is about as bad as it can get.
With 75.7 points, Mexico trails behind only the Philippines, at 80. To determine a country’s level on the impunity index the study analyzed 14 indicators, including the number of police and judges per 100,000 inhabitants, the incidence of extrajudicial executions and kidnappings and the percentage of people incarcerated without sentences.A new analysis called the Global Impunity Index 2015 (IGI) ranked Mexico at second from the bottom on an international scale. It also found that a country’s wealth does not favorably impact its impunity index, nor does increasing police funding without ensuring effective judicial processes. Read more.
With 75.7 points, Mexico trails behind only the Philippines, at 80. To determine a country’s level on the impunity index the study analyzed 14 indicators, including the number of police and judges per 100,000 inhabitants, the incidence of extrajudicial executions and kidnappings and the percentage of people incarcerated without sentences.A new analysis called the Global Impunity Index 2015 (IGI) ranked Mexico at second from the bottom on an international scale. It also found that a country’s wealth does not favorably impact its impunity index, nor does increasing police funding without ensuring effective judicial processes. Read more.
Nov 26, 2014
The untold story of Ayotzinapa and Rural Normal
Forbes Mexico: "Most of our rural communities offers, among numerous shortcomings, the almost total disorganization, which places them in the broader underdevelopment. Their economic, social and cultural levels are barely noticeable. Many lack of arable land, water and other communications in almost all. The causes are scattered, "said Raúl Isidro Burgos generation students 1964-1970 Normal Teachers Ayotzinapa an afternoon of August 1970.
The reality portrayed academic, which gives its name to the Rural Normal of Guerrero, closely resembles the conditions that still prevail in most of the country. More than 46% of the Mexican population lives in poverty, while 11% live in extreme poverty, according to the latest data from the National Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval). Read more.
The reality portrayed academic, which gives its name to the Rural Normal of Guerrero, closely resembles the conditions that still prevail in most of the country. More than 46% of the Mexican population lives in poverty, while 11% live in extreme poverty, according to the latest data from the National Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval). Read more.
Oct 29, 2012
Case of blonde girl beggar strikes nerve in Mexico
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | Associated Press – Oct 27, 2012
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At a busy intersection, a girl with a high half ponytail looks at you as she begs for coins. There is dirt beneath her fingernails and her pink shirt looks unwashed. The image in the photo could fit thousands of impoverished Mexican children who sell gum or beg for money in the streets, but for one thing: The girl in this picture is blonde.
The flurry of internet attention to the photo, and the quick way officials reacted, has renewed a debate about racism in Mexico, a nation that is proud of its mestizo heritage but where millions of indigenous people live in poverty and passers-by often barely notice the dark-skinned children begging in the street.
It started last week when a Facebook user posted a photo of the girl standing next to a rearview mirror on a Guadalajara street. He apparently suspected she might have been stolen because "her parents are brown," and said he had already contacted a welfare agency and state prosecutors.
"Let's spread this photo around," he wrote. Read more.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At a busy intersection, a girl with a high half ponytail looks at you as she begs for coins. There is dirt beneath her fingernails and her pink shirt looks unwashed. The image in the photo could fit thousands of impoverished Mexican children who sell gum or beg for money in the streets, but for one thing: The girl in this picture is blonde.
The flurry of internet attention to the photo, and the quick way officials reacted, has renewed a debate about racism in Mexico, a nation that is proud of its mestizo heritage but where millions of indigenous people live in poverty and passers-by often barely notice the dark-skinned children begging in the street.
It started last week when a Facebook user posted a photo of the girl standing next to a rearview mirror on a Guadalajara street. He apparently suspected she might have been stolen because "her parents are brown," and said he had already contacted a welfare agency and state prosecutors.
"Let's spread this photo around," he wrote. Read more.
Jun 18, 2012
Monopolies hold back Mexico's economy with high prices, poor service
The Miami Herald: MEXICO CITY -- Enter a store in Mexico, and you're likely to find only two brands of fresh milk, Lala and Alpura. The two companies control the market. The same goes for beer. Two conglomerates have a lock.
In fresh bread, most brands belong to Bimbo, a massive company.
Pick up the cellphone on the way home, and you'll probably be enriching the world's wealthiest man, Carlos Slim Helu, who controls Telcel, Mexico's biggest cellular network. Another company Slim owns, Telmex, operates nearly all of Mexico's fixed-line telephones. Read more.
In fresh bread, most brands belong to Bimbo, a massive company.
Pick up the cellphone on the way home, and you'll probably be enriching the world's wealthiest man, Carlos Slim Helu, who controls Telcel, Mexico's biggest cellular network. Another company Slim owns, Telmex, operates nearly all of Mexico's fixed-line telephones. Read more.
Jan 30, 2012
Drought and Cold Snap Cause Food Crisis in Northern Mexico
NYTimes.com: "A drought that a government official called the most severe Mexico had ever faced has left two million people without access to water and, coupled with a cold snap, has devastated cropland in nearly half of the country.
The government in the past week has authorized $2.63 billion in aid, including potable water, food and temporary jobs for the most affected areas, rural communities in 19 of Mexico’s 31 states. But officials warned that no serious relief was expected for at least another five months, when the rainy season typically begins in earnest." read more
Jan 24, 2012
The Rarámuri Crisis: Extreme Poverty (Briefly) to the Fore in Mexico
A clear look at the crisis brought on by the combination of drought and poverty for the Rarámuri indigenous peoples of Chihuahua. See also AMB's translation of an interview with a local priest.
upsidedownworld.org: "In the midst of Mexico’s senseless “Drug War” and the erroneous belief that drug-trafficking is the root of the country’s evils, Mexicans were given a powerful reminder last week of the deeper crisis affecting their fellow citizens. A video posted on social media sites concerning a severe drought in the state of Chihuahua saw the extreme poverty and malnutrition afflicting the region’s indigenous population highlighted in the media for a brief few days.
Chihuahua, a vast, dry and mountainous state bordering Texas and New Mexico, is home to several indigenous groups, the largest of which, the Rarámuri (or Tarahumara), inhabit the region surrounding one of Mexico’s most spectacular natural wonders, the Barranca del Cobre, or Copper Canyon. " read more
upsidedownworld.org: "In the midst of Mexico’s senseless “Drug War” and the erroneous belief that drug-trafficking is the root of the country’s evils, Mexicans were given a powerful reminder last week of the deeper crisis affecting their fellow citizens. A video posted on social media sites concerning a severe drought in the state of Chihuahua saw the extreme poverty and malnutrition afflicting the region’s indigenous population highlighted in the media for a brief few days.
Chihuahua, a vast, dry and mountainous state bordering Texas and New Mexico, is home to several indigenous groups, the largest of which, the Rarámuri (or Tarahumara), inhabit the region surrounding one of Mexico’s most spectacular natural wonders, the Barranca del Cobre, or Copper Canyon. " read more
Jan 11, 2012
Mexico Economy: The number of poor in Mexico increased to 52 million between 2008 and 2010
La Jornada: The lack of adequate food and the difficulty of 28 million Mexicans to purchase the basic food basket was the factor that most influenced the increase in poverty, which increased to 52 million people between 2008 and 2010. This is despite the fact that one out of two pesos that the government spends in this area is allocated to food support programs." Spanish original
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