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This is a political cartoon in regards to ex-braceros and the banks that took the back wages. This cartoon was published on February 12, 2004.
Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero
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There are three newspaper photographs with captions. The top one states that ex-braceros were misled. This photograph was published November 29, 2005. The middle one states that ex-braceros were about to block the border to protest the incarceration…
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This article clipping lists the amount of money the government offered to pay ex-braceros in back wages. It was published in "La Cronica" (Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico) on December 28, 2005.
Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero
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This newspaper photograph states that ex-braceros wait for their money. It was published on January 30, 2006.
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This article clipping states that ex-braceros blocked the U.S.-Mexico border entry way for more than an hour.
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This article clipping states that Mexican officials have decided to give ex-braceros 100,000 pesos and not 38,000 as originally stated. The article was printed in "La Voz de la Frontera" on April 28, 2006.
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There are two article clippings. The first discusses the construction of a facility to help ex-braceros who are still owed their back wages. This article was published February 18, 2004. The other article is about braceros who protested outside of…
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This article clipping pertains to the San Luis Potosi Senator, Yolanda Eugenia Gonzalez Hernandez. The Senator states that she strongly believes that more people should be allowed to pursue their backwages. There should also be an extension so that…
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The photo's caption states that members of the organization, Alianza Bracero Proa, once again, gather in protest at Government Center. They are fighting for the money that was taken from their salary in the United States. The United States government…
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This article clipping is about a protest Alianza Bracero Proa held in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. The article was published on April 22, 2006.
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This article clipping explains that even though a year has passed since the ex-braceros began to organize, there has been no movement forward for them to receive any compensation. It also states that braceros from Puebla remember the Battle of Puebla…
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This newspaper clipping states that braceros did not wish many government officials a Merry Christmas. They are disappointed with the fact that Mexican federal government only offered the braceros 38,000 pesos in compensation for back wages. They say…
Tags: 000 pesos, 10%, 100, 2005, 38, back wages, Baja California, Mexicali, Mexico, newspaper article, protests, Quintero
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This newspaper clipping is of ex-braceros marching down the streets of Mexicali asking to receive $100,000 per capita because of back wages.
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This newspaper clipping is a continuation about the rights ex-braceros have for their labor during their time in the Bracero Program. The article was published January 23, 2006.
Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, U.S.-Mexico border
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This article clipping refers to the rights ex-braceros have for their labor during their time in the Bracero Program. The article was published January 23, 2006.
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This newspaper clipping is a continuation about the protests sponsored by Alianza Bracero-proa members who blocked the U.S.-Mexico border. They wanted to bring attention to the fact that they were still owed back wages. These protests took place…
Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, U.S.-Mexico border
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This newspaper clipping is about a protests sponsored by Alianza Bracero-proa members who blocked the U.S.-Mexico border. They wanted to bring attention to the fact that they were still owed back wages. These protests took place during January 2006.
Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, U.S.-Mexico border
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Enriqueta Quintero's newspaper clippings look at the injustices ex-braceros have endured. They also talk about the protests they've organized to try and bring attention to the fact that they are owed money. For instance, a group went to Mexican…
Tags: article, Enriqueta Quintero, injustice, lobbying, newspaper, protests, Vicente Fox
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El Paso Times wrote an article about the bracero program and Mr. de Santiago on Friday, Jan 14. 2005.
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Nereo Heredia López
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Nereo Heredia Lopez was born on May 12, 1924, in Villa Escobedo, Chihuahua, México; he was the fifth of nine brothers; his father owned livestock and a number of ranches; he learned how to work on a ranch and…
Nemencio Meza
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Nemencio Meza was born on October 31, 1931, in Molcaxac, Puebla, México; he has two brothers and two sisters; his parents worked in the fields planting barley, beans, corn, and wheat; he was formally educated…
Natibidad Mancinas
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Natibidad Mancinas was born in Nieves, Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1929 [in 1995, the Mexican Congress changed the name of Nieves, Zacatecas to General Francisco R. Murguia]; he helped his dad work the fields as a…