The town of Silao, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, has seen its manufacturing base grow under NAFTA. General Motors built a plant there soon after NAFTA came into effect, and the plant is still running strong.
Mexico’s New President Peña Nieto Set for Inauguration
Grant Fuller reports from southern Mexico on disillusioned Zapatista youths who are ready to give up the movement’s anti-capitalist ideals to try and make some money for themselves as laborers in upscale beach resorts like Cancun.
African music and culture live on in parts of Mexico, in communities where the descendants of African slaves live. But it’s disappearing as older community members die. Myles Estey and Grant Fuller begin our story in the Costa Chica town of Lo de Soto.
