A fabulous portrait of Belizean capital Belmopan ⁦Simon Romero⁩. I had the pleasure of visiting our ⁦The Perry Center⁩ partners & ⁦U.S. Embassy Belize⁩ there last month & relished the clean air and welcoming vibe of a city unlike any other. nytimes.com/2024/02/28/wor…

Belmopan, Belize's capital, is Brutalist, bureaucratic and, some say, boring.

Many in the British-designed city want it to stay that way.

I wrote this Dispatch from one of the smallest capital cities in the Americas:

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El presidente de México divulgó el teléfono de una periodista del NYTimes. El INAI anuncia una investigación

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Mexico’s President Faces Inquiry for Disclosing Phone Number of NYTimes Journalist

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U.S. law enforcement officials spent years looking into allegations that allies of Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, met with and took millions of dollars from drug cartels after he took office

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Story by Natalie Kitroeff & Alan Feuer

Mientras las tensiones aumentan entre Venezuela y Guyana, otra disputa territorial, entre Belice y Guatemala, tiene el potencial de desestabilizar América Central

con AC y Jody García

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I went to the southernmost reaches of Belize for this story on the country's territorial dispute with Guatemala.

It was a wild trip.

Photos by AC

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Guatemala’s New President Is Sworn In, Despite Efforts to Stop Him Simon Romero nytimes.com/2024/01/14/wor…

NEW: Guatemala's Arévalo is sworn in, despite efforts to stop him

The ceremony took place shortly after midnight here in Guatemala City, after delays & feuding in Congress

Now comes the hard part as foes try to cripple his ability to govern

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BREAKING: Guatemala's Presidential Inauguration is Delayed

Protesters clashed with police in the capital as members of Congress remained behind closed doors

Confusion & anger are building around the country

w/ Jody García

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Excellent The New York Times Simon Romero covering this long-standing & intensifying problem

citrus agro - & AMLO's tree planting program! - also sources of deforestation

Avocado growthalso a major source of water depletion & thus potent secondary eco harms

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Americans Love #Avocados . It’s Killing #Mexico ’s Forests.

Illegal deforestation for #avocado crops points to a blood-soaked trade with the United States involving threats, abductions and killings.

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Jamaica y el futuro del idioma patuá nytimes.com/es/2023/10/29/…

'La gente buscaba agua y alimento en tiendas saqueadas. Otros se valían de los radioaficionados para intentar ubicar a sus seres queridos. Y muchos imploraban a los líderes mexicanos que abastecieran la zona'. Emiliano Mega Zolan Kanno-Youngs Simon Romero nytimes.com/es/2023/10/28/…

What happens when teacher shortages in the U.S. propel schools to hire teachers from developing nations?

In Jamaica, authorities say they are grappling with a brain drain spawning a new crisis in their education system.

My latest. Photos by alejandra cedres

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I went to Jamaica to report on the push to make Patois an official language. The shift would resonate across the Caribbean, as Jamaica weighs cutting ties with the British monarchy

w/ photos + video by AC

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Mexico-U.S. Ties: What to Know About Migration, Fentanyl and Guns

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w/ Zolan Kanno-Youngs Eileen Sullivan

Church Collapse in Mexico Kills at Least 10 During Collective Baptism

A church roof collapsed in a city on Mexico’s Gulf Coast as dozens of parishioners were at Sunday Mass. Rescuers said at least three children were among the dead.

w/ Emiliano Mega
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Bill Kulik is a longtime voice of the Philadelphia Phillies in Spanish on the radio. His nickname is El Gringo Malo (The Bad Gringo). He mixes in generous doses of Spanglish (& English) when calling games. Many listeners love his style, but not all. nytimes.com/2023/10/02/wor…

🧠 #CuriosityFeedsTheMind 🧠 A terrifying NY Times infographic & investigative piece on the Native American Boarding School system, which for more than a century removed Native children from their homes and their families 'in an effort to assimilate them'.

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