Mexico

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<strong>Frontera NorteSur</strong></p>
<p>The two high-tech workers laughed when asked if they could afford the smartphones made by their colleagues on Mexican production lines. “No, no, no,” chuckled Maria and Alma, two Guadalajara workers who have labored for years in Mexico’s Silicon Valley. A cheap $20 cell phone has to make do for Maria, while Alma uses a similarly low-priced contraption she won on a five-dollar raffle ticket. “It’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity, especially when you have kids,” Alma said.</p>

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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p><strong>MERIDA, Mex.</strong> – Despite relentless coverage of the Mexican drug war by U.S. news media over the last several years, tourism to Mexico is rebounding strongly.</p>

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Occupy movement finds its roots in Mexico

By David Bacon

<p><strong>New America Media</strong></p>
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