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Sunday, March 7, 2021

Stories by Jack Gooderidge

  • kids buying junk food

    Oaxaca junk food ban a good start in deconstructing candy culture

    A combination of decades-long complacency and a rising Covid death tally forced the government to take bold steps toward a healthier future.

    August 15
  • empty classroom

    Remote learning may be good long-term goal but at present it means exclusivity

    Access to adequate learning resources becomes contingent on various factors that all, at their root, come down to economic security.

    July 30
  • jo tuckman

    Jo Tuckman embodied the social responsibility of a foreign journalist

    She embodied a style of journalism that had been falling out of fashion, one that is anthropological and explores complex truth through personal stories.

    July 17
  • The human rights abuses of renewable energy companies in Mexico

    The abuse of vulnerable communities and protected land is not a phenomenon exclusive to non-renewable energy giants.

    July 6
  • Coronavirus has put thousands of workers out of a job.

    Could the coronavirus pandemic mean a turning point for tourism industry?

    Through the shutdown we have not only seen how tourism affects wildlife and the environment, but we’ve observed the influence it has over communities.

    July 1
  • Luis Antonio Góngora is 'the animal guy' in Seybaplaya, Campeche.

    What Seybaplaya, Campeche, teaches us about community activism

    Small-scale operations affecting positive action at a community level are often the ones displaying the most effective model for widespread, global change.

    June 20
  • police

    Now is the time to shine a light on police brutality in Mexico

    Human rights groups regularly identify Mexico as one of the countries with the most corrupt and unmonitored police forces in the world.

    June 11
  • Arte en Casa: artistic and cultural content through social networks.

    Mérida continues to champion art and artists throughout the pandemic

    Mérida has opted to propel its campaign of cultural programs through the crisis, giving them a chance of surviving and emerging on the other side.

    June 1
  • Clean energy initiatives thwarted by unexpected roadblock in Yucatán

    New policy limiting the participation of renewable energy plants in the private sector is a major setback for the development of green projects.

    May 23
  • Biolumninescence at an Acapulco beach last month.

    The south’s natural environment flourishes amid coronavirus lockdown

    Since lockdown was imposed over a month ago, some extraordinary features of Mexico’s south have been revealing themselves once again.

    May 18
  • For AMLO, it's all aboard and full steam ahead.

    Maya Train doesn’t slow down for coronavirus. On the contrary, it’s gaining speed

    It seems possible that before long the opposition will summon the kind of cross-cultural, bipartisan support capable of toppling the Maya Train project.

    May 8
  • Espita was the scene of a clash this week between residents and 'thugs from Cancún.'

    Virus threat leaves Yucatán tempers rising with the temperatures

    The manner in which former employees of the tourism industry are forced into moving from the cities and back to small towns is aggravating tensions.

    April 25
  • protesting women

    Coronavirus lockdown is exacerbating domestic abuse

    While the monotony of quarantine is innocuous enough in most households, certain women around the country are becoming more assured of their danger.

    April 18
  • amlo

    Mexico’s government needs to understand that sacrifice will be necessary

    The government is caught: either it protects the poor by shutting down their communities or it endangers them by cutting off their ability to earn a living.

    April 11
  • Lineups at Cancún airport as travelers attempt to flee.

    Travelers’ woes symptomatic of government’s tepid response to virus

    Cancún airport mayhem and woefully unprepared institutions are the legacy of a government that failed to act in a timely fashion.

    March 30
  • Mangroves are protected until the government decides to build a refinery.

    Amber light turns green for Pemex to plow through protected mangroves

    Despite environmental restrictions, the president approved the state oil company’s plan to develop over the protected mangroves in his home state.

    March 21
  • Mosquito-caused dengue fever has been replaced by corona fever.

    Panic in the time of coronavirus: a tropical double standard

    Differences in people’s reactions to the spread of Covid-19 and to more threatening tropical diseases locally show how far a media storm can stir panic.

    March 11
  • Anielka Garcia Villajuana: pioneer of the Patronato.

    Sea change: civilian-led programs overtaking bombast from above

    Instead of relying on overblown government initiatives, a non-profit in Campeche is effecting wide-ranging socio-environmental change from the ground up.

    March 4
  • Relics of Tulum’s artistic community remain.

    What happened to Tulum? How the ‘anti-Cancún’ lost its ethereal luster

    Once considered the hidden gem of the Riviera Maya, Tulum garnered a reputation for bohemianism that led to its inevitable drift toward commercialism.

    February 24
  • Campeche's Mercado Verde.

    A tale of two cityscapes: walled Campeche and porous Mérida

    In the battle to be the cultural capital of the Yucatán, the localized mindset of Campeche is often at odds with the outward-looking culture of Mérida.

    February 20
  • Cancún: a sinister reputation.

    Stakes are high as rising mayhem tarnishes Cancún’s longstanding allure

    As criminal violence has spiraled in Cancún, adversely affecting tourism, security forces have taken drastic but often misguided measures to rein it in.

    February 12
  • AMLO gets a hero's welcome in Campeche.

    Warm reception for AMLO in Campeche overshadows muted dissent

    Despite his widespread popularity, AMLO’s refusal to acknowledge opposition to the potential consequences of his Maya Train project could backfire later on.

    February 3
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