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Making Deals With Informants: US Visas And The Juárez War
A Mexican Federal Police officer stands guard in a neighborhood on the outskirts of Juárez. Residents said some of their neighbors had left when the Sinaloa and Juárez cartels fought during some of...
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Fracking On The Border: NY Court Ruling May Affect Outcome
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BBC World Service interview: Riding La Bestia
Many Central American migrants looking to cross into the United States transit Mexico on a network of cargo trains collectively known as La Bestia, which means the beats in Spanish. The migrants...
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The Political Calculus: National Guard On The Texas Border
Story originally published at http://lornematalon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Political-Calculus-Border.mp3 The United States Congress is wrestling with competing visions on border security,...
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Mexico Consulates Issue Birth Certificates To Undocumented Migrants In The US
Story originally published at http://lornematalon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/GENERIC_mexico_birth_certificate.wav Mexico has ordered its consulates to issue birth certificates to its citizens...
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U.S. Junk Cars Sustain A Local Microeconomy In Guatemala
Story originally published at A version of this story aired on Texas Standard from KUT Austin. http://lornematalon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1_guatemala_caravan_lorne_matalon.mp3 MARFA, Texas —...
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Boquillas Two Years Later: Economy Rebuild Garners Binational Support
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell signs an update to the 1999 U.S.-Mexico Wildfire Protection Agreement with her Mexican counterpart, Juan José Guerra Abud, Secretary of the Environment and...
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Mexico Midterms: Implications for Peña Nieto & US
The party of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is expected to retain its majority in the lower Chamber of Deputies. But numerous legislators who lobbied for his reforms will leave due to one term...
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Shot Across The Bow: Mexico Considers Boycott Of U.S. Corn
Rafael Avila harvests corn grown from seeds that trace their lineage to the Aztec and Maya cultures. In Mexico there’s a saying. “Sin maiz, no hay pais.” Without corn there’s no country.’ Despite that...
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Cuba & Africa: The Changing Migration Mosaic In Juárez
People from Cameroon and Uganda enter a church in Juárez. They are waiting in Juárez for an initial interview with US authorities in El Paso, Texas. (photo: Lorne Matalon) Juárez, Chihuahua—–The city...
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