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.
Stories by Shannon Collins
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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.
