Only the maquilas are benefiting from our demographic dividend
2015 Julio Nicaragua
The information shared here was obtained in meetings, forums and focus groups held by the María Elena cuadra Movement of Employed and Unem¬ployed Women...
Maquilas, Fast Food, Casinos, Cells: Serpents in Paradise
2006 Marzo Nicaragua
Over a century ago, in his novel Hard Times, Charles Dickens described the thoughts of the businessman Bounderby: “Now, you have heard a lot of...
Clean Up Your Computer
2005 Enero Internacional
Computers are an integral part of everyday life. Thirty years ago, it would have been hard to imagine their centrality in everyday life. Now, it’s...
Sébaco’s Sweatshop: Dreams, Realities and Frustrations
2004 Abril Nicaragua
The only thing that makes maquilas different than the sweatshops producing for their home market in any country is that maquilas are offshore....
Maquilas Are Like Aspirin: Temporary Pain Relief but No Cure
2003 Junio Nicaragua
Although it is generally thought that Nicaragua’s maquila sector started up under Violeta Chamorro’s government, these sweatshops, which essentially...
Twelve Days In a Concentration Camp
2002 Octubre Nicaragua
Is pent 12 days working in one of the export assembly plants—known as maquiladoras or maquilas—in Managua’s Las Mercedes industrial park....
Maquila Workers: A New Breed of Women?
1999 Septiembre Honduras
The Honduran Maquiladoras Association has 200 official maquiladoras—cross-border assembly plants for re-export—on its rolls. It also acknowledges...
Maquila*: The Swallow That Lays Golden Eggs
1997 Septiembre Honduras
Maquila*: refers to the type of foreign-owned assembly plants set up in low-wage third world countries that put together products, mostly clothing,...
Welcome to the Free Trade Zone
1994 Enero Nicaragua
Leaving the Managua airport, visitors are immediately greeted by a huge sign in English declaring "Las Mercedes Industrial Free Zone Welcomes You to...