mexico hrts/rule of law human rights current administration, big push for reestablishing rule of law weed out corruption break hold of drug cartels war on drugs chiapas rebellion in mid-1990s, lots of attention, less sympathy since 9/11 agreements signed, but not followed up on continued occupation rebels still exist human rights abuses oil/energy reform strong dependence on US b/c of border and proximity want to take parts of PEMEX (national oil company) and reinvigorate it modernize system oppurtunities for foreign investment looks like privatization sense of national identity, nationalized on 1930s, sense of pride lots of grassroots resistance like to call it "reform" and "modernization" 8 years since transition of control to a center right party NAFTA caused chiapas revolt in 1994 between at least 3 countries, most have negotiated protectionism w/in 30 years, remove all financial barriers to trade such as tarrifs small farmers can not remain competitive moving to jobs in unskilled sectors, northern mexico, USA weaker impact in US, because of minor gap between financial classes factories have moved to mexico and china from USA displacement from countryside, movement to cities immigration huge issue mexico wants to see regularization huge source of $$ for mexico tension over jobs gets more attention in times of hardship Nigeria in west africa most populous country in sub saharan africa biggest city is lagos, b/c of trade capital is abuja history contact in late 1400s european exploration tech of time allows stronger trade routes starts out with interest and friendly relations with economic exchange start trade relationships slave trade begin capturing slaves for labor in the americas for plantation economies remains for several centuries eventually banned and condemned by most of the world scramble want to formalize political claims on colonies late 1800s want to be able to make larger claims on land and resources colonization begins continent divided among the european powers germany hosts Berlin Conference for the dividing no direct african participation british considered to be one of the most benign colonizers, begin indirect rule, educate and train locals in that case, the country also has a small copy of the british gov't and isn't far off from ruling itself other engaged in direct rule where lots of europeans were sent to rule, and left nothing on decolonization belgians were worst about direct rule and messed up places like rwanda some places were never colonized, but most was decolonization mostly right after WWII, would be hypocritical if they fought against germany and japan's colonization attempts and held their own most are decolonized by 1960 a few decolonize in the late 60s and 70s