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Looking for tech innovators in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 20, 2017
One-third of Ciudad Juarez residents live in poverty. A city tech incubator is working to generate higher paid employment.
Santiago Martinez, (left) and Manuel Rangel, (right) show off the virtual reality equipment they're using to develop their start up: VR Tech . 
Simon Thompson/ for Marketplace
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Migrant workers keep carnivals running

by Carrie Barber
Oct 6, 2017
The documentary “Farewell Ferris Wheel” looks at the world of Mexican migrant workers at carnivals.
"Farewell Ferris Wheel" follows a group of migrant workers from Mexico who come to the U.S. on H-2B visas to work.
Jamie Sisley & Miguel "M.i.G." Martinez
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Amazon's building a mega warehouse — in Mexico

by Amy Scott
Sep 14, 2017
Amazon is reportedly opening a million square-foot warehouse in Mexico. It’s been selling physical goods there for only two years, but it’s seen fast growth in that time and is now the third biggest online retailer there. So what is the potential for the growth that it’s banking on in Mexico, and what are the […]
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Not it: No one wants to pay for Trump’s border wall

by Jana Kasperkevic
Aug 24, 2017
Not the Sun. Not Mexico. Not Americans.
Volunteers look over the US-Mexico border fence to see how illegal border crossers may jump the fence before going on the nightly patrol. 
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U.S. automakers and the Trump administration disagree on this part of NAFTA

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 21, 2017
The U.S. wants a new rule that would require that a set percentage of each car or auto part come exclusively from the U.S.
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A tale of two border businesses

by Paulina Velasco
Aug 18, 2017
We spoke to two businesses that depend on trade across the border — with Mexico and with Canada — about what NAFTA negotiations mean to them.
Dancers dressed in traditional costumes protest against NAFTA in Mexico City on August 16. 2017, the first day of NAFTA re-negotiations between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
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How NAFTA negotiations might affect the tequila business

by Robert Garrova
Aug 15, 2017
Javier Martinez, CEO of Martinez Brands, said NAFTA negotiators need to be "firm" in discussions.
Patron Distillery employees put labels and check bottles of tequila during the process of production in Atotonilco, Jalisco State, Mexico.
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Mexico is writing rules for medical marijuana

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 7, 2017
Regulators have until the end of the year figure out a definition of medical marijuana, who can produce it and who can buy it.
Marijuana extract
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World Bank offers lifeline to developing countries hit by catastrophes

by Mitchell Hartman
Aug 7, 2017
The World Bank has just issued $360 million in so-called “catastrophe bonds” in collaboration with Mexico. Global investors snapped up the bonds — the first issued directly by the World Bank — which will help Mexico cover emergency relief costs in the event of a major hurricane or earthquake, should one hit. 
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How a business tycoon cashed in on the Mexican Revolution

by Kai Ryssdal and Emily Henderson
Jul 26, 2017
You may not have heard of him, but the Tennessee farm boy was once the richest man in Mexico.
Mexico City in 1912.
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