Poverty is rampant in Mexico. As the country rapidly urbanizes, large corporations take over many sources of income for the average citizen, leaving them with no way to support their families. Rural farmers (called Campesinos) take the biggest hit from this method of industrialization as corporations start large farms and put them out of business. (worldsavvy) Masses of penniless Campesinos migrate to the city in search of better opportunities. The cities do not have the resources to support the large number of Campesinos and their families flooding into them, and the workers end up in a situation worse than the one they left. (uleth) Large corporate farms are causing Mexico’s economic disparity and forcing many families to be stuck in a cycle of poverty and substandard living conditions. (Edmonds-Poli, Shirk 269)
In recent years Mexico has begun to urbanize rapidly, and corporations have started to take over the farming industry. For much of Mexico’s history most of its citizens supported themselves through farming. (worldbank) As Mexico City began to industrialize, many rural farmers migrated to the city with hopes of starting a new life. Rural farmers were not the only ones to move to the city; many European immigrants settled there to take advantage of the new opportunities too. The Mexican government did not have to resources to support the masses of migrants, so they enacted new land policies in hopes of deterring farmers from migrating. These policies made it easier to buy and own land. (uleth) Many corporations and wealthy landowners took advantage of the new policies and quickly bought up much of the rural land. Now having to compete with large corporate farms, small farmers were no longer able to support themselves. Many...
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...ccessful starting a business. This has led many Mexicans to leaving the country in search of better business opportunities, which, in turn has worsened the situation by causing a lack of motivated and skilled workers in Mexico. Mexico has sought investment opportunities but any foreign investors are scared away from Mexico because of its corrupt government and rampant crime. (worldsavvy)
As Mexico is rapidly urbanizing, many of its citizens are being very negatively affected. The lives of many rural farmers are being uprooted as a result of faulty policies and poorly thought out laws. Monopolist industries make it impossible for these poor workers to get back on their feet, and they are forced into inhumane living conditions. Mexico will continue to be in a perpetual state of disparity until corporations are able to let go of their greed for the sake of the country.
The documentary El Contrato follows the exploits of Mexican migrant workers as they find themselves being exploited. In particular, it follows one man, Teodoro Martinez, a father of 4 who has worked many seasons in Canada. Teodoro returns year after year. He does not return because he enjoys it, he returns for the pay. The migrant workers are chosen with certain criteria in mind. These ‘desirable’ traits are that they have minimal, if any, education and a family in Mexico. The workers chosen are typically quite poor, many not owning a house. The pay is better than what they could get in Mexico, so they must make the decision to desert their families for two thirds of the year to support their loved ones. They are brought to a town where most
Farmers’ incomes were low, and in order to make a profit on what they produced, they begun to expand the regions in which they sold their products in. This was facilitated through the railroads, by which through a series of grants from the government as...
Mexicans have faced problems ever since 1492, when the expansion of the Spanish took on full force. Ever since, they have continued to encounter many more, which involve discrimination and oppression. Their history concerning Spanish conquest and colonization, and their migration into the United States was very troublesome, and it has not improved that much either.
The lengths the drug cartels go to are insane and radical. They will do nearly anything to stay out of trouble and gain as much money as possible. Some people think that the United States are in trouble if we legalize marijuana, they have come to the conclusion that the cartels will do anything to take out the stores. Believe it or not there are some positives that the cartel brings to Mexico but you would have to be delusional to think that they outweigh the negatives. In conclusion violence, business industries, and political corruption brought by the Drug Cartels have all been effects on the economy of Mexico.
As people immigrated to the United States, legally and illegally, particularly Hispanic workers, they began to look for jobs to provide for their families. They took jobs that Americans did not want: they accepted the low-paying, physically-demanding, and temporal agriculture jobs. Since many did not speak English and were uneducated, some even illiterate, they were easy targets for farm owners to exploit. Immigrant workers were often not paid, had low wages, and because of such conditions, some even died. In addition, they also lived and worked in appalling conditions, some workplaces did not even have suitab...
...erms but as a way of integrating into society. Because the economy is so poor in Mexico the only apparent chance of becoming someone in Mexico is by getting involved in organized crime. From this article, I got valuable information which shows that drugs are taking over Mexico through corruption and money, which apparently is more important than education and providing jobs for the people. I believe this source will provide me with an insight as to how drugs run Mexico. It also shows me how the economy plays and important role in recruiting of the youth into organized crime, which will be a good addition to add into my project. This article comes from a respected site so the credibility checks out, it is also within my time frame pertaining to my project. The author was biased in believing that the education system was to blame for the current state of Mexico.
Kehoe, Timothy J. (November 2010). Why Economic Reforms Have Not Generated Economic Growth in Mexico. Kim J. Ruhl Department of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business. Retrieved from http://www.kimjruhl.com/storage/data/KehoeRuhlJEL.pdf
De Cordoba, José & Lunhow, David. “The Perilous State of Mexico.” The Wall Street Journal. Dow
The Mexican government is known to be corrupt- reinforcement coming from the people interviewed in the film. Various federalist and centralist politicians in the Mexican history have been known to bribe for votes, made apparent by the film to occur even at the local level with municipal presidents. Contributing to the push factor to the U.S., corrupt government bodies push the natives towards leaving by providing no benefits that were promised, such as “lotteries” for those who fill out documentation proving that welfare was properly disbursed when no welfare was given. It was said that the Mexican people depend more on their relatives in the United States than they do on the government (e.g. money sent back to fund patron saints and festivals or just for family support). This is an amazing example given by the film about exploitation- a common occurrence in the political history of
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