The Trump administration’s rapid construction of the barrier threatened the habitats of jaguars and other flora and fauna in both countries.
Stories by Shannon Collins
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As LGBTQ+ rights advance in Mexico, cultural attitudes slow to catch up
While Mexico has legalized gay marriage and elected two transgender politicians, it’s also seen 459 murders of LGBTQ+ people in five years.
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The time for Mexico to be talking about earthquakes is now
Until Mexico’s preparedness is truly adequate, the next large quake won’t just take lives, it will thrust more people into severe poverty.
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The mysterious case of an island that ‘vanished’ in the Gulf of Mexico
The apparently missing island, which had been on maps since 1539 but in 2008 suddenly couldn’t be found, possibly cost Mexico millions.
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Three Yucatán organizations named Blue Communities
The NGOs were added to Plastic Oceans International’s network of environmentalist groups seeking to conserve waterways and marine wildlife.
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Natural treasures await when you look past Tabasco’s underdog reputation
It often gets ignored by the rest of Mexico, but Tabasco’s stunning, biologically diverse tropical rainforest is hiding in plain sight.
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Mexico’s southern jungle loses firebrand environmental advocate
The late Sharon Matola lived simply in order to dedicate full attention to advocating for the wildlife of the threatened Mexico-Belize jungle.
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Campeche’s elections could be a bellwether for the nation’s political future
In Campeche, nearly every political candidate’s watchword is ‘change’ this year. What does that indicate about voter sentiment in Mexico?
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Fights over looted artifacts question museums’ role as culture guardians
Repatriating items held for centuries to nations of origin often means confronting the history of how the pieces got there to begin with.
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In the southeast’s ‘water communities,’ families live at a river’s mercy
The lands along the Usumacinta River are home to largely forgotten families who eke out a quiet life cut off from the outside world by water.
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Duo’s images of Mexico’s biodiversity aim to encourage conservation
The goal of Iliana Huerta and Mike Alcalde’s visceral photography of Mexico’s natural world is to inspire their countrymen to save it.
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Healing the US-Mexico border divide calls for ingenuity and some chutzpah
A teeter-totter briefly installed at the U.S.-Mexico border wall in 2019 symbolizes the mindset needed for positive immigration solutions.
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Corporate deep-sea mining dreams threaten Mexico’s marine life
Mining interests hoping to dredge the ocean floor for resources could end up disrupting and poisoning sea habitats off the Pacific west coast.
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Campeche is one of six inaugural BlueCommunities worldwide
The state of Campeche quietly continues to attract international attention for its progressive, community-driven environmental programs.
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In Mexico’s deep south, some chinks of light can be seen in the months ahead
The outlook for the coming year will depend a great deal on the success of Covid vaccination.
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Feminist protests reveal deeply embedded structural issues in society and culture
The Mexican state has no solutions to gender-based violence and very little inclination to look for them.
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Mexicans have fond and vivid memories of Diego Maradona
The Argentinian soccer player was the big attraction at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico City.
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Report condemns business practices in Mexico during Covid pandemic
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre found corporate negligence was ignoring workers’ rights and putting their lives at risk.
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The nebulous, non-linear space that is Mexico’s southern border
On the ground, the fundamentals of the border are that it is a wild and rule-free place for both animals and humans.
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Hiding in plain sight: crisis and climate change in the southern jungle
On the Yucatán peninsula the crisis means a catastrophe in the Mayan Jungle, where it has been devastating the biosphere for a generation.
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Social and environmental tensions rise in the Yucatán peninsula
The Maya Train and expansion of renewable energy and pig farming create divisions and tensions in the communities they purport to benefit.
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Campeche was first state to go yellow. Is it a blessing or a curse?
Though good news, the yellow light acts as a smokescreen for a number of other socio-political issues ongoing in the region.
