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Viri Rios

Viri Rios is a Mexican political analyst and activist. She holds a Government Ph.D. from Harvard University and teaches U.S.-Mexico politics at Harvard Summer School.

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A worker wearing a protective mask operates machinery at the Standex Electronics manufacturing facility in Agua Prieta, Sonora state, Mexico, on Monday, April 27, 2020. Standex Electronics Inc., which designs parts for medical equipment such as CT scanners and x-ray machines, as well as components used in the utility grid and the defense industry, reopened its Sonora facility at roughly one-third of its capacity and with strict social-distancing rules in place. Photographer: Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Coronavirus Has Mexico's Workers Pinned Between U.S. Business Interests and Their President's Obsessive Austerity

Viri Rios

- May 1, 2020

The pandemic has been used to restrict immigration, violate labor rights, protect defense contractors, and double down on dangerous political rhetoric.

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