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Opinion
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UNESCO’s call to end US border wall aims to save species from extinction
The Trump administration’s rapid construction of the barrier threatened the habitats of jaguars and other flora and fauna in both countries.
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AMLO’s referendum on ex-presidents is all show, no substance
The referendum aims to hold the powerful accountable, but does just the opposite: it distracts from the current administration’s failures.
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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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Pandemic tales: recalling the long strange trip that was 2020’s lockdowns
During 2020’s lockdown, wine became money and cash went to starving musicians. Then the writer searched for a doctor when his died of Covid.
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Are we ever sending our kids back to classrooms? Because mine needs it
After a year of online classes, the mental harm of distance learning may pose more risk to our children than the coronavirus.
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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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Navigating a tourist town’s sales onslaught feels different in a pandemic
Is it wrong to be annoyed at that vendor shoving trinkets in your face as you eat when they might be facing an empty cupboard at home?
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Naming and shaming media shows a flexible approach to facts
President López Obrador has long harangued journalists for publishing stories that criticize him. But now he has gone a step further.
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Megadrought at the border strains Mexico-US water relations
Mexico and the US are tussling over their dwindling shared water supplies after years of unprecedented heat and insufficient rainfall.
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Covid vaccination in Mexico: quick, organized, unsurprisingly bureaucratic
For Sarah DeVries, lining up for the jab was painless; it was when she was asked for her qualifying paperwork that things got complicated.
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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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The next public infrastructure disaster is only one politician’s whim away
May 3’s Mexico City Metro crash shows the consequences of public projects being led by the most powerful rather than the most competent.
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US President Biden helps Mexico enjoy break from economic gloom
US stimulus and remittances spill across the border, but no one expects the good times to last.
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In Mexico’s cities, daily life is marked by a plethora of charming noise
Sarah DeVries shares a lighthearted guide to the sounds of daily life you’ll hear if you spend time in a typical Mexican neighborhood.
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Solutions to the region’s illegal migrant issue run deeper than ‘a ride home’
Most refugees fleeing the Northern Triangle nations don’t leave home for economic reasons. They’re escaping unimaginable violence.
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López Obrador should seize Mexico’s big opportunity
If AMLO wants to be remembered for bettering the lot of Mexicans he should return to the pragmatism he showed as mayor of Mexico City.
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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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Latin America’s leaders united by unpopularity. But AMLO not among them
As they battle a pandemic that has hit their people and economies harder than any other region, something uniting them is their unpopularity.
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A solution to the Migrant Issue: offer them a free ride home
Line up some buses because refugee camps are filled with unhappy campers who would be happy to return home.
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I wouldn’t vote for AMLO again, but I can’t blame those who would
A big part of President López Obrador’s appeal is that he says to voters, “I’m not on the side of the people you watch win over and over.”
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Welcome to Mexico, Madam Vice President, now bear the following in mind
Omar Vidal and Richard Brusca offer some key concerns about Mexico that they would like Kamala Harris to keep in mind.
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When a routine traffic stop involves crooked cops, things can get ugly fast
To truly end corruption, SW Stribling writes, the system that gives politicians and police the wrong kind of power has to be changed.
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Let’s hear it for Mexico’s renaissance in community muralism
From professionals to local amateurs, murals are blooming all over the place. What better way to spread around hope, community and beauty?
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New efforts to solve Central American refugee problem will not succeed
Corruption and bilateral disputes will stand in the way of Vice President Kamala Harris when she pays a visit next week.
