Introduction to Central America and Mexico: Efforts and Obstacles in Creating Ethical Organizations and an Ethical Economy

摘要

Central America and Mexico are important economic and cultural regions. Although plagued by ongoing civil wars, government corruption, shadow economies, and extreme poverty, the region is also rich in indigenous traditions and languages, natural beauty and resources, art and music. Increasingly, it is also the site of global commerce and investment. The liberalizing trade agreements signed between Mexico/Central American countries and more prosperous countries, like the U.S. and Canada, have facilitated foreign investment and a dramatic increase in commercial imports and exports. Mexico, in fact, now boasts one of the most open economies in the world, with its prime trade partner immediately to its north.