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Technology is changing the face of Mexico. As in the U.S., the new technologies manifest themselves in strange and unpredictable ways; and affect the political landscape with outcomes which are alterna...
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The Williamsburg farce
Every once in awhile, I write a piece that doesn't seem to go out of currency. This unfortunately is one of them. (The photo shows part of a children's drawing contest for Day of the Dead.) Photography...
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The struggle continues
When this was written in the fall of 1994, there was still a sense of hope in the air: for democracy, for the economy, for a fair and equitable relationship with the U.S. People still believed that wit...
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Mexico: Between a rock and a hard place
Mexico is running towards modernization with its eyes wide shut. In its efforts to bridge the gap between themselves and the developed world, the US’ neighbor to the south seems to be forgetting a fe...
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Sequoia Park or Oaxaca, there's no place like home
I don't mind you disagreeing: Mexican emigration and the economy
From time to time, I receive letters like the one I have reproduced below. Most often, they are well thought out and not without compassion, as is this one. Usually, I answer them in my "Letters To The...
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Spring-time boogie: From Oaxaca to California
Misol-Ha, where the trail takes you behind the falls. Situated between the Mayan ruins at Palenque and the city of San Cristobal, in the highlands of Chiapas, this site has been developed as ejido (co-...
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Sterilization of Indians in Mexico
AYUTLA DE LOS LIBRES, Mexico - Jose Toribio, a Mixtec Indian from the Sierra Madre mountains, says he can't walk properly because of pain in his groin and left leg.
read moreRain, rain go away: Summer in Oaxaca
Whether rain or shine, the protests in front of the government palace in Oaxaca go on. This banner, with likenesses of Ricardo Flores Magon and Emiliano Zapata, says "This paradise, this flag, this lan...
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Traffic control, Mexican style
This picture was taken in the Sumidero Canyon, a man-made lake in Chiapas. The cliffs reach over half a mile in height in places.
© Dan McWethy, 2000
Gringos call them "speed bumps". Mexicans nic...
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Why am I laughing? Street clowns in Mexico
Mutual aid and survival in the mountains of Oaxaca
This road, graded to a high standard for gravel-based bituminous construction, was less than one year old when it washed out. Fortunately, there was still enough mountainside left to make a bypass. Man...
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Green means food, red means starvation: Agriculture in Mexico's Mixteca Alta
These bells were removed from the church at Santa Maria Tiltepec. An earthquake caused severe structural damage to the bell tower in June of 1999. Erosion caused the red gashes in the surrounding hills...
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Stay in Mexico, or go North to work? Every family's dilemma
There are three sons missing from this family portrait. They have gone "North" to find work. Like most villages in southern Mexico, theirs depends on its' migrants for the money to buy food, clothing a...
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The Oaxaca library: A project of, by and for the people
Ruth Gonzalez, Librarian, in the front room of the Oaxaca Circulating Library, where she has worked for almost all the 35 years of its existence
© Diana Ricci, 1999
For the English speaking commun...
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Who is Subcomandante Marcos
This is not meant to be a political question, I know this may seem impossible, but I am looking for some factual info.
Last evening I saw a documentary by Nettie Wild entitled "A Place Called Chiapas." Wild is a Canadian filmmaker who spent eight or so months inside the Zapatista uprising and created a rather moving and even-handed film.
read moreBring it with you when you come: Susan Trilling in Oaxaca
Who's boss here, anyway?
This picture appeared with an earlier article, "The Servant", about four years ago. The girl is still playing and singing along the "tourist walking street" in Oaxaca, as are a couple of her you...
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Gringos helping to fight AIDS in Mexico
Condon Mania, a project of the Frente Comun Contra SIDA (Common Front Against AIDS), sells health - and life - to hundreds of Mexican youth and adults every month. The Frente's major concern is slowing...
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Home again, home again
In the late summer of 1996, the weary traveler reflects on a long time spent away from home. (Pictured are the ruins at Yagul, near Oaxaca ). Photography by Diana Ricci
Got my ticket in my pocket...
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Bobby Vaughn's Black Mexico - The 29 Largely Afro-Mexican Communities in the Costa Chica Region
(populations based on 1990 census)
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Charity begins at home
( En Español: La Caridad Empieza En Casa)
By: Ing. Luis Dumois
Weeks ago, the world was shocked by the news arriving from Acteal, Chiapas. More than forty persons, including women and children, ...
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A small mound in the cemetery in Xoxocotlan, Mexico
November first is children's day in the series of remembrances and festivities that are known as Dias de los Muertos (days of the dead). On this day, the souls of departed children migrate to the homes...
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After the storm: Summer in Oaxaca
This photo was taken in one of the few buildings left standing at Piña Palmera, on Zipolite beach. By now, the foot or so of mud on the floor has been mucked out. By now, also, relief should be reachi...
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My search for the perfect bathroom
Refugees from Loxicha, near Huatulco, brought their animals with them to the zocalo in Oaxaca. They set up a tarpaulin over a sewer grate for use as a bathroom. The governor did not invite them to use ...
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