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The Struggle of Mexico’s Indigenous Yaqui Communities

By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — In the southwest corner of Mexico’s northern state of Sonora, the remnants of one of the country’s oldest ethnic groups can still be found: the Yaqui people, who despite a tumultuous relationship with the government throughout modern Mexican history, have remained standing and constantly fighting for their land and basic human rights. The indigenous group,

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The Word that Strikes Terror in Mexican Hearts

By RICARDO CASTILLO     It’s no big surprise in Mexico that a single word, taken out of context, can reek havoc nationwide. It is happening right now! Last Sunday, Sept. 16, President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) began his “thank you voters” tour (which he will extend over the next month to the rest of nation for awarding him with a landslide victory

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