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Dr. Molina

One doctor’s mission to provide affordable care in Zihuatanejo

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Everyone should have a doctor who cares as much as Dr. Molina, a woman on a mission in one of Zihuatanejo's poorest neighborhoods.
Participants of Oaxaca's Day of the Dead parade with fireworks in the background

Oaxaca’s ‘most vibrant festival’ returns with over 140 Day of the...

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Oaxaca expects to welcome upwards of 89,000 visitors for its 2025 Day of the Dead celebration, according to officials who unveiled a packed cultural agenda this week.
Oaxaca Indigo

Harvesting Oaxaca’s ‘blue gold’

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Anna Bruce dives into a world of color in this photo essay documenting rural communities that spend their lives processing and dyeing this pre-Columbian treasure.
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A surfer performs a trick in a wave at Zicatela Beach in Puerto Escondido, the 14th World Surfing Reserve

If you like surfing in Hawaii, then you will love Puerto Escondido in Mexico

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Hawaii may be the world's foremost surf spot, but wave riders will also fall in love with this little slice of paradise on the Oaxaca coast.
crowd of refugees

A new migrant caravan is heading north from Chiapas, but it’s not US-bound 

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Trump's treatment of immigrants and asylum-seekers has discouraged refugees from trying to get to the United States. Now they head for Mexico City instead.
Oaxaca City

What’s on in Oaxaca in October?

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There's more to Oaxaca than just Day of the Dead this month, as food, music and even a rubber festival offer visitors plenty of culture.
Cascadas Las Golondrinas in the Lacandón Jungle

If you love the Amazon Rainforest, then you will love the Lacandón Jungle in...

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Why fly to South America when you enjoy the wonders of the jungle right here at home?
Andrés ta Chikinib

This Chiapas teacher of his Tzotzil language has a star pupil: ChatGPT

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Andrés ta Chikinib, 29, from the Maya community of Zinacantán, could find no material for teaching the Indigenous language, so he created his own with AI.
flooded neighborhood

Oaxaca town asks to relocate as rising sea levels flood homes and schools

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“What we need is no longer visits or photo ops, but a real solution,” one resident said.
Guiengola, Oaxaca

Biologists work to turn Oaxaca’s Guiengola archaeological zone into nature reserve

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Led by 23-year-old biologist Eduardo Michi, a group of scientists has deployed camera traps across more than 300 hectares to document local fauna like coatis, rabbits, squirrels and ocelots.
Pyramid of Palenque

If you love Machu Picchu, then you’ll love Palenque in Mexico

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What do Machu Picchu in Peru and Palenque in Mexico have in common? Both are spectacular examples of Indigenous grandeur, as globetrotting writer Nellie Huang explains.
A map of mexico showing clouds off the southwest coast and a circle indicating the location of Tropical Storm Mario

Tropical Storm Mario brings wind, rain and heavy waves to southwest Mexico

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Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán and Guerrero can expect heavy rain and wind thanks to this "mini" tropical storm.
Navy sailors stand guard next to packages of cocaine, displayed between two navy ships

Navy seizes 1,600 kilos of cocaine off the coast of Guerrero

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More than 48 metric tons of cocaine have now been confiscated since President Sheinbaum took office last October, authorities say.