Mexican Government

Citizen Lab Exposes Mexican Government Targeting of Journalists and Activists with Pegasus

2017-06-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Citizen Lab publishes “Reckless Exploit,” documenting that at least 22 members of Mexican civil society were targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between 2015-2017, including lawyers, journalists, human rights defenders, politicians, anti-corruption advocates, and public …

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Clinton Signs NAFTA Creating Corporate Tribunals to Override National Laws

1993-12-08 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Bill Clinton signs the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law, creating the first major free trade agreement to include Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions binding developed nations. NAFTA’s Chapter 11 establishes corporate tribunals that allow …

Bill Clinton Al Gore Robert Rubin NAFTA Corporate Lobbies Mexican Government +1 more nafta free-trade corporate-tribunals isds investor-state-disputes +3 more

$25 Million Corporate Lobbying Blitz Drives NAFTA Passage Despite Labor Opposition

1993-06-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

U.S. businesses and the Mexican government launch a $25 million coordinated lobbying and public relations campaign to secure Congressional approval of NAFTA, overcoming fierce opposition from labor unions and environmental groups. The Business Roundtable, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and National …

Business Roundtable U.S. Chamber of Commerce National Association of Manufacturers American Express Mexican Government +2 more nafta corporate-lobbying trade-policy labor-opposition business-roundtable +2 more

Bracero Program Begins 22-Year Guest Worker Exploitation System

1942-08-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The United States and Mexico sign the Mexican Farm Labor Program agreement, launching the Bracero Program to import temporary agricultural workers during World War II labor shortages. The program, which operates from 1942 to 1964, becomes the largest guest worker program in U.S. history with 4.6 …

U.S. Department of Labor Mexican government Agricultural employers Railroad companies immigration-policy labor-exploitation wage-suppression corporate-capture human-rights

Bracero Program Wage Theft - Wells Fargo Transfers $32 Million That Disappears in Mexico

1942-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Between 1942 and 1949, U.S. employers withhold 10% of bracero workers’ wages—totaling at least $32 million—depositing the funds with Wells Fargo Bank and Union Trust Company of San Francisco for transfer to Mexican savings accounts through the Bank of Mexico and Banco de Credito Agricola. The …

Wells Fargo Bank Bank of Mexico Banco de Credito Agricola Mexican government U.S. agricultural employers wage-theft financial-fraud labor-exploitation corporate-complicity institutional-corruption