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		Hundreds of poor villagers from the state of Veracruz are currently stranded in Ciudad Juárez after falling victim to a scam in which they left their homes for the promise of jobs paying "800 to 1,000 pesos per week" in the border city.
		With the exception of the boom cities in the industrial north, most of México is in economic crisis.
		Veracruz villagers who four years ago might have scraped by doing manual agricultural work in sugar cane fields are now in desperate straits, and are coming to Juárez at the rate of 300 to 400 persons per day.
	www.nmsu.edu /~frontera/feb00/feat5.html (1421 words)

	dowjones052901.html - Printer Friendly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Fleeing the crisis in Mexico's second largest producing state of Veracruz, six of the 14 dead were identified as small coffee farmers, some of the thousands who have been heading to the U.S. to try their luck as illegal immigrants.
		Veracruz state produced about 1.56 million 60-kilogram bags of coffee in the 1999/2000 record harvest cycle, or roughly 25% of Mexico's total output in that harvest cycle, according to figures from the Mexican Coffee Council.
		Of the Veracruz group, at least seven were identified as producers from the small coffee villages of El Equimite and San Pedro Altepan in the northern part of the state.
	globalexchange.org /campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/dowjones052901.html.pf (609 words)

	Mexico farmers abandon coffee for forests
		In the first five months of the 2001/02 crop year, Veracruz's coffee exports were worth $105 million, sharply down from $307 million in the same year-ago period.
		Veracruz aims to destroy a third of its coffee area to try to encourage farmers to plant more remunerative alternatives, improve the environment and the quality of beans.
		The Veracruz programme aimed to compensate farmers by paying them between $500 and $1,000 per hectare of destroyed coffee area for nine years - the time they estimate it will take for the forestry project to start earning money, Munoz said.
	www.organicconsumers.org /Starbucks/0530fair_trade_coffee.cfm (586 words)

	Worldandnation: Waking up to world coffee crisis
		The coffee crisis "is an economic and social disaster," according to Martin Raine, head of the World Bank's Sustainable Development Office for Latin America.
		Now on the slopes of the Orizaba volcano in Veracruz, rows of corn and sugar cane are replacing coffee shrubs and their protective forests.
		In Veracruz's once profitable coffee regions of Coatepec and Huatusco, smuggler trucks loaded with 40 to 50 passengers leave for the border once a month.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/08/11/Worldandnation/Waking_up_to_world_co.shtml (2460 words)

	Coffee Crisis
		But the crisis is likely to transform landscapes of tin-roofed homes tucked amid coffee bushes, banana trees and jungle.
		A rural exodus, provoked by a crisis in the coffee industry, now threatens to overwhelm urban centers in northwestern Nicaragua.Hundreds of unemployed coffee workers and their families live in provisional housing, and at least six children have died from hunger in recent weeks, according to local press reports.
		Although the department of Matagalpa has suffered the worst during the current crisis, the neighboring department of Jinotega also has high rates of unemployment, hunger and delinquency, said Eduardo Rizo, a deputy in the National Assembly who also is a coffee producer.
	www.purefood.org /starbucks/cr.cfm (5982 words)

	IRC Americas Program \| Migration and Coffee in Mexico and Central America
		In 1992 Veracruz was in 30th place, by 1997 it had risen to 27th, in 2000 it held 14th, and by 2002 it had become the fourth-largest sending state in the nation.
		The small farmers found dead in Yuma are another figure in the macabre statistics of migration and an indicator of the hardships born of the coffee crisis.
		The crisis of overproduction and speculation on the commodities trading floor seems to be permanent.
	americas.irc-online.org /am/959 (8268 words)

	Bus crash kills at least 63
		Read more for an every day take on the crisis in the Middle East.
		Veracruz - At least 63 people died on Monday after a bus they were riding veered off a mountain road in central Mexico and fell down a ravine, authorities said.
		The accident occurred near the town of Maltrata, 230km east of the Mexican capital on a winding highway between Mexico City and the port of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1918016,00.html (298 words)

	USS West Virginia (ACR-5) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During 1911 and 1912, she made a cruise with the Fleet to Hawaiian waters and in 1914 steamed on special duty off the west coast of Mexico for the protection of American interests.
		She remained off Mexico during the Veracruz crisis, and returned to Bremerton, Washington, to become a part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
		West Virginia remained at Bremerton until 20 September 1916 when she again sailed to Mexico for the protection of American lives and property and to back up U.S. diplomacy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_West_Virginia_(ACR-5) (813 words)

	Ecologist crucifies self in Veracruz \| World War 4 Report
		An eldrely sympathizer of the ecologist organization Greenpeace crucified himself in the historic center of this city to protest the "silent complicity" of the three levels of government before the destruction of the forests and mangroves in Veracruz [state] and the contamination of the rivers and lagoon systems.
		This act, he said, has the objective of reproaching the federal government, the state governor Fidel Herrera Beltran, and the Veracruz mayors, principally those of the port city and Boca del Rio, the PANistas Julen Rementeria y Francisco Gutierrez de Velasco, respectively, for their apathy in attending to environmental problems.
		He said that while Veracruz is rich in ecological reserves, they are being devastated while "the politicians maintain a complicit silenmce.
	www.ww4report.com /node/2056 (356 words)

	El Andar: Summer 2003
		The worldwide coffee crisis of the last three years has brought us tragic stories of farmers, hunger and the difficulties of navigating the free market — but there is a surprising and inspiring revolution in the works
		Growers like those in Veracruz, who have historically sold on the regular commercial market, also need to learn how to manage their coffee plants for quality, not just quantity.
		Oxfam argues that getting 25 million families through the coffee crisis will be a test of international commitment to making globalization work for the poor as well as the rich.
	www.elandar.com /online_stories/06_01_01/story_mejia.html (2470 words)

	What Were the Primary Roots/Origins of President Woodrow Wilson’s “Missionary Diplomacy
		Wilson is perhaps chiefly remembered for his conduct of World War I and for his part in the failure of the League of Nations, but the former president of Princeton University did not find his attention immediately drawn to Europe’s affairs.
		On April 18 the American consul in Veracruz: William W. Canada, reported to Washington that a German ship carrying a large consignment of arms was headed for the Mexican port of Veracruz, south of Tampico on the Gulf Coast.
		In the time between the evacuation of Veracruz and the recognition of Carranza Wilson attempted to influence Mexico’s affairs by maintaining a balance of power between the revolutionary factions.
	members.cox.net /elmagnifico/Wilson.htm (3901 words)

	¡Goal Veracruz! - Veracruz, Mexico - BootsnAll.com
		It's the kind of humid, sultry, sweaty atmosphere that hits you in the face the moment you step off the air-conditioned bus that brought you there, reminding you that this is a city totally unlike the rest of Mexico.
		Today, Veracruz is still one of Mexico's most important ports, and its harbour is dotted with vessels from Piraeus, Singapore and other places.
		On a Saturday night, Veracruz's central plaza, the zócalo, is the sort of place for which the word 'cacophony' was invented.
	www.bootsnall.com /travelstories/na/oct04vera.shtml (843 words)

	Fellowships/Prizes
		This project explores patterns of consumption and crisis as they are reflected in urban form.
		The 1906 earthquake and fire and the rebuilding period proceeding it the 1940s-70s, when civic leaders and powerful organizations fell into the national fervor for redevelopment and a recent (mid-late 1990’s) wave of gentrification.
		In each of these distinct eras I shall demonstrate how crisis, manufactured or otherwise, led to an attempted seizure of space, both by elite’s and the masses.
	bancroft.berkeley.edu /info/fellowslist.html (4463 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Mexico -- Mayor of Mexican city among five killed in shootout
		VERACRUZ, Mexico – The mayor of a southern Mexican town was one of five people killed Friday during a highway shootout in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz that could have been drug-related, officials said.
		Escobar said Negib Tadeo Manriquez, mayor of Ciudad Ixtepec in Oaxaca state, which borders Veracruz to the south, was among those killed by fire from machine guns and automatic rifles.
		Escobar said that on Monday, state authorities from Veracruz and Oaxaca would hold an emergency meeting to discuss how best to react to a recent rash of killings in the area.
	signonsandiego.com /news/mexico/20060113-1833-mexico-mayorkilled.html (606 words)

	Snapper Veracruz Recipe - Healthy Diabetic Recipes
		If you are unsure whether this Snapper Veracruz recipe is suitable for your personal diabetic diet, please consult your doctor or a qualified nutritionalist.
		Important Note: This Snapper Veracruz recipe was located in the public domain.It is suitable' for diabetics and low carb diets solely because someone, somewhere, decided to publish them as such.
		This Snapper Veracruz Recipe may also be ideal for anyone following the Atkins diet, or seeking to reduce their carbohydrate intake for other reasons.
	www.healthy-diabetic-recipes.co.uk /Snapper_Veracruz.html (455 words)

	Mexican Sugar and Trade
		Today's crisis has come to a reached unprecedented levels and the government had to step in before the entire national sugar production was at risk.
		An exogenous factor of the crisis is increase in high fructose corn syrup used by industries that used to rely on sugar as their major inputs.
		With the industry's crisis, some of the most affected have been those small farmers who depend on their harvest income to feed their family.
	www.american.edu /TED/mexico-sugar.htm (3241 words)

	HISTORY OF MEXICO 3
		In response to the crisis the congress levied a forced loan on church properties.
		Santa Anna then arrived at Veracruz and led his troops to the attack and in the street fighting lost his leg.
		In the attack on Veracruz hundreds of innocent civilians were killed by the merciless bombardment of the city.
	www.emayzine.com /lectures/mex3.html (4641 words)

	Dangerous Coffee/Planeta.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Every year between November and April, untreated waste from coffee processing plants floods into Mexican rivers in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
		Veracruz produces 40 percent of the nation's coffee supply.
		The state's humid climate does not accommodate the traditional method of drying coffee beans in the sun.
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/ag/coffee/0294coffee.html (401 words)

	Mexico: guerilla suspects arrested in Veracruz \| World War 4 Report
		An alleged commander of a Mexico's clandestine Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) and two other suspected guerillas were arrested in the state of Veracruz, officials announced Jan. 12.
		Gustavo Robles Lopez, 29, and two others were arrested when authorities approached their car which had suffered a breakdown along a rural highway, said federal police Capt. Camilo Castané.
		As we noted at the time, a previously unknown group, the "Fatherland is First" Popular Revolutionary Command, claimed responsibility for the assassination of Robles.
	www.ww4report.com /node/1506 (297 words)

	Zedillo government spurns victims of Mexico storm and mud slides
		Similarly, in Veracruz state it was reported that the National Indian Institute is hoarding 50 tons of corn in one of its regional centers, allegedly to hand out during the November 7 PRI primaries.
		Oaxaca state, one of the poorest in Mexico, was already reeling from the impact of the September 30 earthquake, which left many people homeless.
		Making matters worse is the destruction of 240 thousand hectares (600,000 acres) of cropland and 10,000 animals in Puebla, Veracruz and Hidalgo, according to preliminary estimates.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/oct1999/mex-o16_prn.shtml (1255 words)

	Editoriales México - Mexico Editorials - Seasonal laborer ¿second civil war in the USA?
		The main operator of the crisis for the Pakistan orphans was not the defense department, the CIA or the national security advisor or the vice-president., but the owner of a public relations agency.
		In Idaho, the governor had won because of a campaign motto against the migrants and the defense of the nationality; nevertheless, he had got involved with a Mexican reporter, the governor was continuously trying to reconciliate with his lover and the country was crumbling by then.
		When the order of getting into the state is received, there is a great crisis within the military troops: foreign soldiers deny themselves to obey orders and shoot their superiors.
	esp.mexico.com /lapalabra/una.php?idarticulo=18426 (651 words)

	Glut in coffee prices threatens Latin America stability
		"This is the worst crisis in the history of the coffee industry - not just in Mexico, but in the whole world," said Roberto Giesemann, executive president of the Mexican Coffee Council, a government agency that looks after that nation's 280,000 coffee growers.
		Pedro Castro, a 52-year-old grower in El ParaÃso, Veracruz, reported that many of his neighbors have moved to Texas, Colorado and California.
		Gustavo Luna said he is one of the few men left in the hamlet of La Charca, Veracruz.
	www.organicconsumers.org /Starbucks/gluprices.cfm (1281 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Mexico Situation Report No. 1
		The area affected is vast, including the low plains and flooded areas on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, particularly in the South of Veracruz as well as the Cordilleran zone and hills in the Central-South part of the country, affecting the mountainous zones of Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, and Oaxaca.
		Later, due to the intensity of the rains combined with the storm in the Pacific, the coasts and low lying parts of the South of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas, were affected, as it crossed into Guatemala and followed south to El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
		The extension of the crisis has provoked a continuous state of alert, especially as the rains are predicted to continue for three or four more days.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6H38UR?OpenDocument (823 words)

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		The current crisis in the coffee industry dates back to 2001, when surplus production from Vietnam began to enter the market, causing a sharp downturn in prices (see SourceMex, 2001-07-25 and 2001-10-03).
		One study by federal legislators from Veracruz indicates that more than 12,000 coffee growers in the state have abandoned their plots to emigrate to the US.
		CNOC president Celis said, however, that expatriates from coffee-growing regions are sending funds back to their communities, which in turn are helping sustain coffee production among small-scale growers.
	retanet.unm.edu /LADB-articles/25803.html (1564 words)

	CBC News: Hurricane Stan kills 46 people in Central America
		Hurricane Stan slammed into the port city of Veracruz, Mexico on Tuesday with winds of 128 km per hour.
		Mid-afternoon Tuesday found the storm centred 136 km southeast of Veracruz, population 425,000 people and was moving southwest at 11 km per hour.
		Veracruz's busy port was closed, schools cancelled classes and officials at a nearby nuclear power plant prepared the facility for the hurricane's arrival.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2005/10/04/Hurricane-Stan1004.html (930 words)

	ABC News: Stan's Storms Kill 65 in Central America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A man looks at a tree that was knocked down by Hurricane Stan in the community of Curazao, Veracruz, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005.
		Stan, which whipped up maximum sustained winds of 80 mph before weakening to a tropical storm, came ashore along a sparsely populated stretch of coastline south of Veracruz, a major port 185 miles east of Mexico City.
		SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Oct 5, 2005 (AP)— Hurricane Stan knocked down trees, ripped roofs off homes and washed out bridges in southeastern Mexico, but it was the storms it helped spawn that were far more destructive, killing more than 65 people in Central America.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1185713&page=2 (439 words)

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		A woman walks on a flooded street at a neighborhood in Veracruz port, Mexico October 5, 2005.
		A total of 309 shelters are housing some of the thousands of people who have had to leave their homes after torrential rains have brought flooding and mudslides to El Salvador.
		A man uses a bucket to remove water from his home at a neighborhood in Veracruz port, Mexico October 5, 2005.
	www.alertnet.org /thenews/photoalbum/1128676451.htm (743 words)

	Amphibious Warfare: First World War
		Arriving on 9 March on the transport Prairie, Lieutenant Colonel Wendell Neville's unit came under the control of the naval commander off Vera Cruz, Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher.
		The deployment process quickened after Wilson's cabinet met on 14 April to discuss the continuing Mexican "crisis." Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels ordered the commander of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Charles Badger, to proceed to Mexican waters with all of his available battleships.
		In the ensuing three days, seven of these warships sortied from east coast ports and the Caribbean.
	www.exwar.org /Htm/8000PopC4.htm (1627 words)

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		604 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt a global strategy to respond to the current coffee crisis, and for other purposes.
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 13, 2002 Mr.
		DELAHUNT) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt a global strategy to respond to the current coffee crisis, and for other purposes.
	home.earthlink.net /~frelkins/604.doc (92 words)

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