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Flabbergasted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-28-06 06:23 PM
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Boycott proposal takes Latin America by storm
http://spectrum.buffalo.edu/article.php?id=27644


It began as a series of e-mails bouncing around Mexico and Central America, the kind of chain letter a lot of people think of as a nuisance.

Spreading now by word of mouth as well as in cyberspace, the campaign calls for a 24-hour boycott Monday of American businesses in Mexico and other Latin American countries. The idea is to show solidarity with the protests scheduled for the same day by immigrant-rights groups in several U.S. cities.

This week, a growing number of business, trade-union groups and political leaders in Mexico have said they will join the boycott, which will take place during the traditional May Day holiday here.

Despite the fact that the Internet remains a luxury to many in Mexico (only nine percent of households have Internet access), word is quickly reaching many ordinary working people.

Many Mexicans have closely followed the immigration debate in the United States. There is a growing sense among Mexicans that reform proposals currently being debated by the U.S. Congress could jeopardize millions of their countrymen who emigrated north, crossing the border illegally.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-28-06 06:29 PM
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1. How do you say "solidarity" in Spanish?
Because I feel participatory.
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mshasta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-28-06 06:41 PM
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2. solidaridad
:-)
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-28-06 06:53 PM
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3. good thing the USA does not have Mexico's immigration laws eh?
since Mexico DOES defend its borders quite successfully.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm
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mr.alleycat Donating Member (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-28-06 06:54 PM
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4. Being as how...
In their eyes we are the IMF, and World Bank.
Who can blame them?
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Peace Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-28-06 07:00 PM
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5. Big leftist revolution sweeping Latin America--in Brazil, Argentina, Chile
Bolivia, Uruguay, Venezuela, soon Peru--and sweeping north right into Mexico, where the leftist mayor of Mexico City will likely be elected president this year. The Latin Americans have done a lot of hard work on TRANSPARENT elections* and civic organization. It shows.

*(U.S. voters, take note!)
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