The Best Kept Secret in North America

Industrial video of Ciudad Juarez regarding its competitive advantages.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Ciudad
• Juarez
• Maquiladoras
• Industries
• Industry
• Maquila
• Economy

[AtomicVHPunk]

If this is the best kept secret in North America than your schoolbooks must be censored because I already knew that from my geography lessons in high school in Holland, we had a whole chapter about Mexico with this kind of information

[aquilachrysaetos]

@AtomicVHPunk Don't understand your point; the titel "Best Kept Secret..." was an argument made by the CEO of an Asian company that visited Juarez. The objective of the video is to show industrial capabilities to attract more FDI. Why do you relate it to school books?

[mrpumas900]

These factories did very little or nothing to help Mexico. I see no change 15yr later, people still living in the same hole.

[aquilachrysaetos]

@mrpumas900 Lie; there are clear advances, and still more to do! But throw a whole set of statistics here is unreasonable; make your research on formal sites like Global Insight, The Conference Board, and other entities making studies; yes, there are bad things as a result, but a lot of good things, like improvements in quality of living, in income and knowledge. We could be doing a lot better, but we are still trying to.

[aquilachrysaetos]

Come on! I watched Superman and don't believe there is actually a guy flying over us like him.

Use a reasonable argument to debate, don't use a BS movie to debate... please!

[CindyJolie]

STOP THE MURDERS IN JUAREZ!

[aquilachrysaetos]

@CindyJolie That's what we wish, but not good results; I imagine that all is part of a market and legal failure.

[0Leaves]

Juarez is also where 500 + women have been brutally murdered after walking home from work from these American factories. What are the factories doing to protect their women workers - nothing. The people of Juarez have been brutalized overall by NAFTA and "free trade". I say keep business as local as possible and empower people in their communities.

[nagrom355]

This sounds like an excerpt from the Warren Commission. They are trying so hard to cover the stench of death, perhaps to make you so distracted by whatever that you don't even think about it. And yes, if you take into account the unrelated killing by gang violence and then add it to the equation, yes perhaps Juarez is the new Detroit. Ok I'm going to hit post now. Should I tho? Hmmmm. I don't think that's appropriate tho. Hmmmm.

[ElleAgnes]

My favorite part: "Juarez is the new Detroit." PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT!

[thc2468]

@AtomicVHPunk quit bitching you dumbass

[AtomicVHPunk]

@aquilachrysaetos oh wait I'm sorry! I'm totally off topic here.. never mind the bullocks ;) pretend like I never said a word :P

[AtomicVHPunk]

@aquilachrysaetos my point is that it seemed like Northern Americans didn't know what is shown in this video and that it therefore seemed to be censored at your schools and media which is in my opinion almost never a good thing with a few exceptions

I just wanted to point that out, and partly I wanted to share my disappointment after viewing a part of this video, I expected something more exciting then something I already knew