Daytona Community

Mexico's workers poorer

Re "NAFTA not a panacea," letter, Aug. 10:

To say that the North American Free Trade Agreement is not a panacea may be the understatement of the century!

Having just spent time in Mexico traveling with a Unitarian Universalist group that goes there each year to check up on the state of human rights in that country, I can say from my observations that NAFTA has not done anything positive for the workers. As in the United States, the rich are getting richer, but the poor are getting much poorer. Anyone interested in this devastating topic might want to read "Confronting Globalization: Economic Integration and Popular Resistance in Mexico." It tells what is going on from the people's point of view, not from the standpoint of what is politically correct!

MARTI KING, Ormond Beach