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DESCRIPTION:PLACA presents: Veronica Leyva "US/Mexico Border Dynamics: A Sp
 eaker from the front lines of one of Mexico’s most dynamic social movement
 s" Ciudad Juarez is at the center of a failed neoliberal experiment based 
 on low-paid jobs in maquiladoras.&nbsp\; In March\, President Calderon sen
 t nearly 10\,000 army troops and federal police to Juarez\, removing over 
 half of the local police force for links with drug cartels.&nbsp\; Veronic
 a will speak about the state of security in this border city that has been
  at the center of drug-related violence.&nbsp\; She will also discuss the 
 failed neoliberal project that led to hundreds of femicides and massive mi
 gration. Veronica Leyva is a native of Ciudad Juarez.&nbsp\; She worked fo
 r seven years in maquiladoras and six years as a labor/community organizer
  before joining the Mexico Solidarity Network staff in 2004. Refreshments 
 will be served.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:PLACA presents: Veronica Leyva
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:PLACA presents: Veronica Leyva "US/Mexico Bord
 er Dynamics: A Speaker from the front lines of one of Mexico’s most dynami
 c social movements" Ciudad Juarez is at the center of a failed neoliberal 
 experiment based on low-paid jobs in maquiladoras.&nbsp\; In March\, Presi
 dent Calderon sent nearly 10\,000 army troops and federal police to Juarez
 \, removing over half of the local police force for links with drug cartel
 s.&nbsp\; Veronica will speak about the state of security in this border c
 ity that has been at the center of drug-related violence.&nbsp\; She will 
 also discuss the failed neoliberal project that led to hundreds of femicid
 es and massive migration. Veronica Leyva is a native of Ciudad Juarez.&nbs
 p\; She worked for seven years in maquiladoras and six years as a labor/co
 mmunity organizer before joining the Mexico Solidarity Network staff in 20
 04. Refreshments will be served.&nbsp\;
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