![]() ![]() Part 2 Media Spectacles and the Production of Neoliberal Citizen-Subjectsĥ Organ Transplants and the Privileges of CitizenshipĦ The Minuteman Project’s Spectacle of Surveillance on the Arizona-Mexico Borderħ The Immigrant Marches of 2006 and the Struggle for Inclusion ![]() ![]() Part 1 Constructing and Challenging MythsĢ Cultural Contradictions of Citizenship and Belongingģ Latina Sexuality, Reproduction, and Fertility as Threats to the NationĤ Latina Fertility and Reproduction Reconsidered And for my wife, Cathy, and my children, Koji and Andrea- for fulfilling all my dreams. PN4888.H57C43 2013 305.868′073-dc23 2012040902 Typeset by Newgen in 10/14 Minionįor those generations who came before and made my life possible, and the generations to come-may their dreams be fulfilled. United States-Emigration and immigration. Emigration and immigration law-United States. Mexican Americans-Press coverage-United States. Hispanic Americans-Press coverage-United States. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. The Latino threat: constructing immigrants, citizens, and the nation / Leo R. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chavez, Leo R. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2008, 2013 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. Stanford University Press Stanford, California The Latino Threat Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation Second Edition Leo R. The Immigrant Marches of 2006 and the Struggle for Inclusion The Minuteman Project’s Spectacle of Surveillance on the Arizona-Mexico Borderħ. Organ Transplants and the Privileges of CitizenshipĦ. Media Spectacles and the Production of Neoliberal Citizen-Subjectsĥ. Latina Fertility and Reproduction Reconsidered Latina Sexuality, Reproduction, and Fertility as Threats to the NationĤ. Cultural Contradictions of Citizenship and Belongingģ. At the same time, we recognize that liquidity remains “adequate” under our criteria, particularly taking account of the 2018 maturity of the bond issue and the flexibility that Befesa Zinc has to adapt its 2012-2013 capex program to financial circumstances.Part 1. Although we do not factor in further dividend payments being upstreamed over the next two years, this remains a risk factor. It also reflects the absence of any committed bank credit facilities following the EUR300 million bond issue in April 2011. Our view of Befesa Zinc’s “aggressive” financial risk profile takes into account the company’s meaningful leverage and our expectation of minimal free operating cash flow in 2012, on account of Befesa Zinc’s good flexibility to adapt its capital expenditures (capex) program to match internal sources. This is reflected in healthy and quite stable EBITDA margins at about 35% over the last four years. That said, Befesa Zinc’s service-oriented business model benefits from European environmental regulations governing the disposal of hazardous steel dust, multiyear customer contracts, and a systematic commodity hedging program the latter limits risks relating to the final sale of the recycled zinc product for the important crude steel segment. ![]() We also note the limited diversity of operations by product, geography, and customer, as well as the execution challenges associated with Befesa Zinc’s ambitious strategy to expand into the Turkish market, which it did in the last quarter of 2010. (B+/Stable/-), reflects Standard & Poor’s Rating Services’ assessment of the company’s “weak” business risk profile and its “aggressive” financial risk profile.Ĭonstraining the rating is the niche, fragmented, and competitive nature of the market in which Befesa Zinc operates, which is inevitably exposed to the underlying cyclicality of steel production of key suppliers. The rating on Befesa Zinc S.A.U., a European steel dust recycler headquarteredin Spain and an indirect subsidiary of Abengoa S.A. ![]()
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