In 1942, the U.S. and Mexico jointly createdthe bracero, or laborer, program, which encouraged Mexicans to come to the U.S. as contract workers. Braceros were generally paid very low wages, and often worked under conditions that most U.S. citizens were unwilling to accept. Why did the ...
In terms of educational attainment, Indigenous Mexicans have completed an average of 6 years of schooling and approximately 23% are illiterate; comparatively, the non-Indigenous Mexican population has completed an average of 9 years of education and 5.5% are illiterate [66]. While Indigenous Mexicans...
Early Central Americans and Mexicans used the seeds of cacao trees to make a drink that tasted bitter, not sweet. Later on, this drink was made into a sweet drink, known as hot chocolate today. Why does chocolate taste sweet? That’s because a lot of sugar is added. This means that ...
only to be disappointed in what I have found upon arrival. The very first day I visited my home of Guanajuato, however, I called my wife and said, “I think I’ve found the place where we should live.” (We did a one-month trial run and decided I was right. Now we own a home...
I will admit, that when Emma was attending Piedmont College in Demorost, Ga., I did consider going up there and handing out flyers with the web address. I guess that’s still an idea. Anyone want to take a road trip to Frisco, Texas? We could visit Emma’s swanky apartment complex ...
“[If] you have a significant percentage of Mexicans or Americans living in Mexico driving connected Chinese cars, that eventually becomes a significant concern for the US,”he said. “Many of the concerns that the US raised about Huawei would kind of go on steroids down the road if massive...
and then the Mexicans live on the west side,” he said. “And even to this day, you could still feel that mentality here.” Despite that, he still feels that his home city is a more liberal island in a conservative state. He feels uncomfortable traveling elsewhere in Texas, like when ...
“We very much enjoy spending time with the Mexicans as opposed to just being in that expat community who does not speak Spanish,” she adds. Skouras describes their first few years in Merida as “magical,” explaining that the city attracted creative people from all over the w...
Trump also highlighted the tactics of “Operation Wetback” – which drew its name from an offensive racial term used to describe Mexicans who swam across the Rio Grande to enter the U.S. – during the Fox Business debate in November when he refuted a rival’s assertion that it would be...
At 4.1% in December 2017, theunemployment ratewas lower than it was at the end of 1993 (6.3%). It fell steadily from 1994 to 2001, and while it picked up following thetech bubble'sburst, it did not reach its pre-NAFTA level again until October 2008. The fallout from thefinancial cri...