The lives of Mexico’s maquiladora workers are being put at risk by lax COVID-19 rules and the demands of international trade

Encarnación López, María (2020) The lives of Mexico’s maquiladora workers are being put at risk by lax COVID-19 rules and the demands of international trade. LSE Latin America and Caribbean Blog (25 May 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

President López Obrador’s plan to reactivate the economy despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis leaves maquiladora workers facing an awful dilemma: isolate at home without a peso in their pockets or show up at work and risk losing their lives. The vast majority are forced to risk death, writes María Encarnación López (London Metropolitan University).

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States)
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2020 14:15
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 12:42
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104862

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