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Meet Mexico City's First Elected Female Mayor

8:27am July 25, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

The Mexican capital's incoming leader, Claudia Sheinbaum, is an environmental engineer who worked on a U.N. climate panel that shared a Nobel Prize with Al Gore. Can she stabilize the city?

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A hotel employee prepares coconut husks for recycling into rope at the luxury Soneva Fushi island resort in the Maldives. It's just one of many initiatives the resort is taking to reduce food waste.

How Luxury Hotels And Restaurants In Developing Countries Fight Food Waste

8:02am July 20, 2018

by Laura Ratliff

The United Nations says nearly one-fourth of food purchases in hotels and restaurants are thrown away. Luxury properties in Mexico, India, and elsewhere are trying programs to bring that figure down.

In 'Crux,' A Journalist Investigates The Troubled Life Of Her Own Father

10:46am July 18, 2018

by Mariya Karimjee

At age 11, Jean Guerrero's mother told her that her dad had schizophrenia. Years later, the author is unable to verify the diagnosis — and refuses to accept it.

Tourists eat fried insects, including locusts, bamboo worms, dragonfly larvae, silkworm chrysalises and more during a competition in Lijiang, China. For Westerners, eating insects means getting over the ick factor.

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Your Ancestors Probably Ate Insects. So What's Bugging You?

10:56am July 16, 2018

by Paul Chisholm

An anthropologist takes a deep dive into the history of gathering, raising and eating insects, and why in America and Europe, they're unlikely to become a mainstream food option anytime soon.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador won Mexico's presidential election and celebrated Sunday night with his supporters in Mexico City's Zócalo Square.

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Mexico's Next President Gets 'Respectful' Call From Trump After Huge Win

10:32am July 03, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

Leftist populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador swept Mexico's presidential election. That could mean a big shift in its economic policies and dealings with the U.S.

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Presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, of the MORENA party, shows his ballot to the press before casting it during general elections in Mexico City on Sunday.

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Leftist Manuel López Obrador Wins Mexican Presidency In Landslide

4:01am July 02, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Andrés Manuel López Obrador ran on a platform of rooting out corruption, helping the dispossessed and defending Mexico against President Trump.

Claudia Sheinbaum, the leading candidate for mayor of Mexico City and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the frontrunner for president, attend the final event of the 2018 campaign in Mexico City on Wednesday. "Just because I might look like a skinny scientist d

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In Mexico's Elections, Women Are Running In Unprecedented Numbers

3:17pm June 30, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

Elections are Sunday, and more than 3,000 women are running for office. "We women will continue to work three times as hard as men," says one candidate.

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David Alvarado works the night shift for la nota roja (crime tabloids) in Mexico City.

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Working The Night Shift For Mexico City's Bloody Crime Tabloids

6:15pm June 29, 2018

by James Fredrick

Reporting on crime for sensationalist media in the Mexican capital reveals the dark side of a city where officials have tried to keep the crime problem under wraps.

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A hearse carrying the body of slain mayoral candidate Fernando Ángeles Juárez drives to a burial site last week in Ocampo, Mexico.

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Mexican Town's Entire Police Force Detained After Politician's Murder

5:26pm June 25, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

State police rounded up every member of Ocampo's department just days after a mayoral candidate died in a hail of gunfire. The victim was one of scores of Mexican politicians killed in the past year.

The train known as "The Beast" passes by the Sagrada Familia shelter in Apizaco, Mexico. For many migrants, the train is the next step in their journey north.

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Migrants Are Stuck In Mexico With Violence Back Home And 'Zero Tolerance' In The U.S.

12:47pm June 24, 2018

A Honduran mother of two, who is pregnant with a third, remains in a Mexico City shelter after hearing of the U.S. family separation policy.