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No, the Conquistadors Are Not Back. It's Just Wal-Mart.
by k at 12:29 pm EDT, Oct 4, 2004 |
] Archaeologists at the federal institute also defend their
] decision to let the project go ahead. True, a small
] pre-Hispanic altar of clay and stone was discovered under
] what will be an expansive parking lot, along with a few
] other artifacts, said Sánchez Nava, an official with the
] institute.
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] But most of the artifacts have already been recovered
] from the area where the supermarket is being built.
] Besides, he said, teams of archaeologists from the
] institute are at the site each day, watching over the
] work. "I don't feel there is a risk," he said. [ The WalMartization of Mexico is fully underway now. -k] |
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RE: No, the Conquistadors Are Not Back. It's Just Wal-Mart.
by noteworthy at 9:46 pm EDT, Oct 4, 2004 |
k wrote:
] [ The WalMartization of Mexico is fully underway now. -k] Underway? It's done! The only company that employs more people is ... well, there is no such company! Aside from the Mexican government and its nationalized infrastructure businesses, more Mexicans work for Wal-Mart than for any other company in the country. And it didn't get to be that way without having Mexicans shop there. |
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No, the Conquistadors Are Not Back. It's Just Wal-Mart.
by noteworthy at 9:33 am EDT, Oct 4, 2004 |
Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in Mexico, and the company has built a new 72,000 square foot superstore in the shadow of the Pyramids of Teotihuacán on farmland supposedly protected under Mexican law as an archaeological site. This was a truly beautiful site, and it's a shame to see it used this way. Something significant has been lost when you climb all the way to the summit of the Pyramid of the Sun, only to find yourself staring down at a Wal-Mart parking lot. |
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