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The decline of Mexican agriculture began with the economic liberalization process and accelerated with the entry into effect of NAFTA. However, the trade agreement did not produce the catastrophic results foreseen for various reasons: the prices of several products (corn, beans) were already falling, the growing volume of remittances sent by emigrants compensated for budget cuts, while some agricultural areas succeeded in entering the North American market, concealing the lag of the rest. Nevertheless, there is a growing gap between the regions that have succeeded in adapting to the change (north and west of the country) and those that live increasingly from poverty reduction and social welfare policies (part of the center and south of the territory). Adapted from the source document.

Globalization of trade, financial globalization, the dissemination of technical progress and the intensity of conflicts over distribution do not produce the same effects on income distribution in the decade between 1990 and 2000 in Latin American economies. The reasons for the decline in the salary proportion of income in the nineties seem clear, but those fueling the maintenance or improvement of salaries in income seem "surprising" and a "reproach to economic theory" in 2000. Based on a critical reading of the Cambridge theses of income distribution, this article will analyze the evolution of relative shares in income. Adapted from the source document.

Three models of the linkage between time & space -- cyclical-ideological, structural, & transformative -- are described to understand how the different views affect the conception of globalization. Globalization is the conjunction of complex multidimensional & dialectical processes in time & space that produce changing scenarios involving actors, forces, opportunities, & risks. The result is unequal, authoritarian, & unjust. This is certainly the situation within Latin America; future alternative scenarios for full & partial political & economic integration, such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas & Mercosur are examined. The difficulty in grasping the complexity & interdependence of problems is a barrier to forming an appropriate vision for Latin American's political & economic development. 1 Appendix, 11 References. Adapted from the source document.

The crisis of Lula's government is not simply a problem of corruption. It is rooted in a conception of the State as an apparatus that can be adjusted and in the transformation of the Workers' Party (PT) into an electoral machine dedicated exclusively to winning the Presidency. Within the context of a late and peripheral modernity, the disorganization of the labor market produces a disarticulation of the traditional classes and groups as references, and is adversely affecting parties, trade-unions and the political institutions. As a result, what is at stake is not simply the fate of the government, but a way of exercising politics, of conceiving the State and of thinking about social change. (Nueva Soc/GIGA)

The case of Mexico is used to illustrate contemporary problems relating to international migration. Mexico produces the third highest level of international migration in the world, behind Turkey & Morocco. Because of the migratory flow from Mexico to the US, bilateral relations are tense, & there is uncertainty about the migratory phenomenon, as evidenced by more secure border operations & the passage of Proposition 187 in CA limiting social services for illegal immigrants. For a number of reasons, the North American Free Trade Agreement will probably not diminish the flow of migrants across the Mexico-US border in the near future. Such a change would require a new equilibrium in access to resources & material goods in Mexico. 1 Table. Adapted from the source document.