Southern Border Of Mexico Research Articles

The Colour of the Earth: Indigenous women ‘before the law’

Marisa Belausteguigoitia analyses the relation between the notions of place and justice which offers specific scenarios where we may appreciate the complexities of the meaning of place when related to the administration of justice within different and sometimes contradictory systems of jurisprudence inside a nation. She focuses on the collision of national, international and regional conceptions of law regimes administrated in a place: Mexico's southern border, the state of Chiapas. This journey makes visible the meaning of justice in a place that rubs with the notions of modernity and cultural rights.

HIV prevention among truck drivers on Mexico's southern border

Mobile populations present particular challenges for the delivery of health services. This paper focuses on a highly mobile population-truck drivers who cross the Mexico-Guatemala border through Ciudad Hidalgo in Chiapas-and examines the impact of an intervention that provided information regarding STD/HIV/AIDS, and promoted condom use. Following an ethnographic study to identify key actors, interaction sites and sexual practices, a baseline questionnaire survey was administered to 307 truck drivers. Information gathered in both the ethnographic study and the survey was used to design a series of interventions to promote condom use and provide information about STD/HIV transmission. Perceptions of risk for HIV/AIDS were lower for truck drivers in the intervention group compared with the baseline survey, an effect associated with greater reported condom use by truck drivers in this group. Border crossings are strategic setting for prevention interventions regarding STD/HIV/AIDS. Strategies must be developed to capitalize upon this as part of broader health promotion efforts.

Higher education along the Northern Border of Mexico: A historical approximation

The development of institutions of higher education along the northern border of Mexico reflects the growth of the border region as a whole. Traditionally, higher education in Mexico was concentrated in Mexico City. The settlement and rapid growth of the border region, however, increased the demand for higher education. Its expansion, then, has allowed students to stay within their home region to be educated and later employed there, contributing to the development of the region. In recent decades, northern Mexico has experienced the accelerated development of higher education and its diversification. Although studies within the border region have traditionally focused on issues relating specifically to the Mexican side, the study of binational issues is on the rise. In contrast, Mexico's southern border has endured a quite different trend in the expansion of higher education. Its few institutions were founded much later and have been greatly neglected by the central government. The relative abundance of institutions along the northern border can be attributed to its economic importance to the central government. This study looks at the extension of higher education to the northern border in terms of national regional development and policies, social and political movements, and the move to understand the complexities of this border region.

La frontera sur y las migraciones internacionales ante la perspectiva del Tratado de Libre Comercio

"Constitution of a trade bloc between Mexico, the United States and Canada through the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in this decade has called attention to...the role of Mexico's southern border, Central American conflicts and migrations from that era. Relevant adjustments have been made to Mexico's policy in approaching problems regarding its southern neighbors. These changes respond largely to the perception held by larger economic blocs and migration generated by unequal development levels within these regions and countries." (SUMMARY IN ENG)

Población y migración internacional en la frontera sur de México: evolución y cambios

The author investigates trends in international migration along the southern border of Mexico, using data on the characteristics of temporary workers who provide labor for annual coffee harvests in Soconusco. Aspects considered include mechanisms of recruitment of human resources and the volume of labor migration. Data are from a survey of migrant workers employed in the coffee harvest in 1986 and 1987.