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Agriculture in U.S. Free Trade Agreements: Trade with Current and Prospective Partners, Impact, and Issues (open access)

Agriculture in U.S. Free Trade Agreements: Trade with Current and Prospective Partners, Impact, and Issues

This report discusses the trade in agricultural products, which is one of the difficult issues negotiators face in concluding free trade agreements (FTAs). The report also deals with food safety and animal/plant health matters.
Date: January 30, 2008
Creator: Jurenas, Remy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comfort Women in Comfort History (open access)

Comfort Women in Comfort History

Book about the history of notable women in Comfort, Texas. The book discusses female school teachers, journalists, religious leaders, free thinkers, artists, authors, and other women who made significant contributions to the establishment of the city of Comfort.
Date: 2008
Creator: Stewart, Mike & Stewart, Anne
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Photo in Saltillo, Mexico]

Photograph of a group assembled for Gigantes en Miniatura in Saltillo, Mexico. Many wear white polo shirts. They stand in a garden.
Date: [2008-07-24..2008-08-24]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group in Monterrey, Mexico]

Photograph of a group in front of a statue at the entrance of the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Monterrey, Mexico.
Date: [2008-07-24..2008-08-24]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Speaking to Group in Saltillo, Mexico]

Photograph of a man speaking to a group in honor of Gigantes en Miniatura in Saltillo, Mexico. Paintings of men hang on the walls of the room. Flags are set up behind the speaker. Audience members are seated at tables.
Date: [2008-07-24..2008-08-24]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sylvia Orozco and Others in Saltillo, Mexico]

Photograph of four individuals assembled in honor of Gigantes en Miniatura in Saltillo, Mexico. Sylvia Orozco stands second from the left. She wears a black and white patterned blouse. A young woman stands leftmost. On the right side stands a man who wears a suit and a woman who wears a leopard print shawl. A Mexican flag is displayed behind them.
Date: [2008-07-24..2008-08-24]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sylvia Orozco at Lunch]

Photograph of three individuals assembled in honor of Gigantes en Miniatura in Saltillo, Mexico. Sylvia Orozco sits farthest to the left. Two women sit next to her. A selection of wines appear behind them.
Date: [2008-07-24..2008-08-24]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sylvia Orozco Cutting Ribbon for Gigantes en Miniatura]

Photograph of three individuals cutting a ribbon in honor of Gigantes en Miniatura in Saltillo, Mexico. Sylvia Orozco stands in the center. An older man stands on the left. A woman stands on the right. Individuals applaud in the background.
Date: [2008-07-24..2008-08-24]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group with Title Wall for Gigantes e Miniatura]

Photograph of four individuals assembled in honor of Gigantes en Miniatura in Saltillo, Mexico. Sylvia Orozco stands second from the right. They stand in front of a title wall, which reads: "Gigantes en miniatura. Hermanados en el arte."
Date: [2008-07-24..2008-08-24]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exhibition Space for Gigantes en Miniatura]

Photograph of a title wall at Gigantes en Miniatura, an exhibition of artwork in Saltillo, Mexico. Patrons stand in the gallery. A woman standing on the right points to a title wall. The title wall reads: "Gigantes en miniatura. Hermanados en el arte."
Date: [2008-07-24..2008-08-24]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group in Front of Statue]

Photograph of a group assembled for Gigantes en Miniatura in Saltillo, Mexico. The group poses in front of a metal statue of three musicians. Sylvia Orozco stands second from the left. The photograph was taken outdoors.
Date: [2008-07-24..2008-08-24]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Applauds in Front of Statue]

Photograph of a group assembled for Gigantes en Miniatura in Saltillo, Mexico. Members of the group applaud in front of a metal statue of three musicians. The photograph was taken outdoors.
Date: [2008-07-24..2008-08-24]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

This report covers the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and U.S.-Mexico drug trafficking. It also looks at migration, environmental issues, legislation in the 110th Congress, and the relationship between the Bush Administration and Mexico.
Date: December 18, 2008
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.; Cook, Colleen W. & Durand, Alessandra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2008 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2008

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on the environmental effects of natural disasters that occur along the border.
Date: March 2008
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications (open access)

U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications

This report provides an overview of U.S.-Mexico economic relations, trade trends, the Mexican economy, NAFTA, and trade issues between the United States and Mexico.
Date: June 3, 2008
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NAFTA and the Mexican Economy (open access)

NAFTA and the Mexican Economy

This report provides an overview of Mexico's motivations for entering the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Mexican economy, the economic effects of NAFTA in Mexico, and the views of NAFTA within Mexico. It also provides information on NAFTA's effect on Mexico's agricultural sector because this has been one of the more controversial issues surrounding NAFTA in Mexico.
Date: November 4, 2008
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles & Cid, Marisabel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNEP Year Book 2008: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

UNEP Year Book 2008: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication is an overview of global and regional environmental issues and policy decisions actions during 2008.
Date: 2008
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mad Cow Disease and U.S. Beef Trade (open access)

Mad Cow Disease and U.S. Beef Trade

This report discusses the international beef market and U.S. efforts to regain foreign markets that banned U.S. beef when a Canadian-born cow in Washington state tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in December 2003.
Date: June 4, 2008
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E. & Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Desastres Naturales Y El Medio Ambiente EN LA Frontera Mexico (open access)

Desastres Naturales Y El Medio Ambiente EN LA Frontera Mexico

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Date: March 2008
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

This report covers the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and U.S.-Mexico drug trafficking. It also looks at migration, environmental issues, legislation in the 110th Congress, and the relationship between the Bush Administration and Mexico.
Date: November 14, 2008
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.; Cook, Colleen W. & Durand, Alessandra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

This report covers the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and U.S.-Mexico drug trafficking. It also looks at migration, environmental issues, legislation in the 111th Congress, and the relationship between the Obama Administration and Mexico.
Date: July 3, 2008
Creator: Cook, Colleen W. & Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections

This fact sheet tracks the current heads of government in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, and provides the dates of the last and next election for head of government. It also provides the national independence date for each country.
Date: June 2, 2008
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P. & Gomez-Granger, Julissa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capability and cost assessment of the major forest nations to measure and monitor their forest carbon (open access)

Capability and cost assessment of the major forest nations to measure and monitor their forest carbon

According to the Executive Summary, the aims and objective of this report are to provide an assessment of national capacity and capability in 25 tropical countries for measuring and monitoring forest as a requirement for reporting on REDD under IPCC guidelines. This paper was commissioned by the United Kingdom Office of Climate Change as background work to its report 'Climate Change: Financing Global Forests' (the Eliasch Review).
Date: April 7, 2008
Creator: Harcastle, P. D.; Baird, David & Harden, Virginia
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

This report explores the relationship between the United States and Mexico in terms of trade, drug trafficking, and cooperative disease control and management. Specifically, the report discusses the Mérida Initiative, the trade dispute involving the implementation of NAFTA trucking provisions, Secretary of State Clinton's March 2009 visit to Mexico, and the April 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 "swine flu" virus.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Cook, Colleen W.; Rush, Rebecca G. & Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library