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Illegal trade thrives along Mexico-Guatemala border

by Lorne Matalon
Jun 30, 2016
People and goods cross freely, despite help from the U.S.
Migrants transiting Mexico once depended largely on a series of trains known collectively as La Bestia (the beast). Following raids on the trains that began in 2014, migrants say they walk long distances in the Mexican interior to avoid mobile and fixed checkpoints.
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The struggles of Mexican fair trade coffee producers

by Lorne Matalon
Jun 28, 2016
Fair trade coffee works for many Mexican growers - but there are also roadblocks
In the Mexican state of Chiapas, coffee is part of the culture. A buyer showed off a sample of coffee beans he had just bought for distribution within Mexico.
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Cuban migrants scramble to claim special status in US

by Kimberly Adams
May 25, 2016
Some worry — others hope — improving ties with US may change special privileges.
It took Cuban migrant Henry Salgera about three months to make it to the U.S. He said his bag — containing clothes, some medicine, deodorant and water — is all he carried with him.
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Mexico City tells residents to park it

by Kimberly Adams
Apr 19, 2016
After a pollution emergency, Mexico's capital city is taking drastic measures.
View of Mexico City blanketed by smog on March 18, 2016. Mexican officials lifted a four-day air pollution alert last month in the nation's densely-populated capital after ozone levels dropped, according to them, to acceptable levels. 
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How Mexicans are reacting to the US presidential election

by Molly Wood and Kimberly Adams
Apr 8, 2016
And how it impacts the economies in San Diego and Tijuana.
View of the border wall.
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By The Numbers

The migrant remittances industry, by the numbers

by Donna Tam
Apr 5, 2016
Trump’s border wall plan has us talking about the money people send back home. Let’s do the numbers on this booming business.
 
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Some question the social cost of Mexican mall boom

by Alex Schmidt
Mar 15, 2016
Some see a sign of economic health, others one more example of global inequality.
The Oasis shopping center in Coyoacan, Mexico City. 
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U.S. and Mexico get down to business

by Kimberly Adams
Feb 23, 2016
U.S. and Mexican officials are in Mexico City to discuss growth and jobs.
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Who pays when a Pope visits?

by Nova Safo
Feb 11, 2016
On the occasion of a papal visit, Mexico will spend money...and make money.
A man speaks in a payphone displaying images of Pope Francis, in Mexico City on February 10, 2016. Pope Francis will visit four Mexican states from next February 12 to 17. 
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My Economy

My Economy: Educational aspirations in a borderland

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 5, 2016
Many students in the border region are constantly moving between two countries.
Bowie is located in the Chamizal neighborhood in the South Central part of El Paso.
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