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Can Campesinos Tough It Out?

Written by ALLYN HUNT
Saturday, 16 February 2008
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is being opposed by small farmers here on a purely ideological basis, according to author and commentator Sergio Sarmiento in a recent column published in Guadalajara daily Mural. This argument seems disingenuous to those familiar with the plight of Mexican family farmers.
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Hard Numbers Vs. Hard Reality? Protesting Farmers And Their Critics

Written by ALLYN HUNT
Saturday, 09 February 2008
Crowds of tractors, trucks and livestock packing the Zocalo in the center of Mexico City have prompted academics, pundits, bureaucrats and politicians to analyze the effect on family farmers of the January 1 elimination of tariffs on U.S. corn, beans, sugar and milk flowing into Mexico.
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Will Mexico's Small Farmers Be Saved By Global Ethanol Fuel Surge?

Written by ALLYN HUNT
Saturday, 26 January 2008
Recent news stories trumpeting "Mexican Farmers Celebrate Price Rise in 'Ethanol Corn'" prompted rough comments from many of the 60 percent of Mexico's corn growers who cultivate rain-fed mountainside fields.
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Businesses Hit As Fewer Norteños Return For Local Pueblo's Saint's Day Festival

Written by ALLYN HUNT
Saturday, 19 January 2008
Despite the attractions of Jocotepec's biggest annual fiesta (see story this page), many merchants, cantineros and vendors of streetside food, carnival rides, games, novelties, toys and arrays of merchandise that defy inventory are complaining that the normal inflow of north-of-the-border compatriotas has not yet appeared.
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The Global Orgasm--Intimate Satisfaction Aimed At World Peace

Written by GR Staff
Saturday, 05 January 2008
Whether or not it works may remain a matter of debate, but the activists of the Global Orgasm movement almost certainly enjoyed themselves in their second annual event on the winter solstice, December 22, 2007 at 6:08 GMT.
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