[Marxism] Laura Carlsen - Mexico's Swine Flu and the Globalization of Disease

[Dennis Brasky]

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> Mexico's Swine Flu and the Globalization of Disease
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> Laura Carlsen
> Americas MexicoBlog
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> Mexico has long been considered the laboratory of
> globalization. Now a potentially deadly virus has
> germinated in that laboratory, finding ideal conditions
> to move quickly along a path toward global pandemic.
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> Those conditions include: a rapid transition from small
> livestock production to industrial meat farms after
> NAFTA established incentives for foreign investment,
> the failed decentralization of Mexico's health system
> along lines established by multilateral lending banks,
> lax and non-enforced environmental and health
> regulations as the Mexican government was forced to
> downsize, the increased flow of goods and persons
> across borders, and restricted access to life-saving
> medicines due to NAFTA intellectual property monopolies
> for pharmaceutical companies.
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