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Former kindergarden closed due to lack of students
So few people now live in the small town of Chicila outside of Taxco that the town closed down the...
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Single mother Margarita Ocampo
Margarita Ocampo, 45-year-old mother of five, receives a monthly remittance check from her husband, who works in the U.S.
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Uploaded on May 12, 2007
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Reporter Lisa Troshinsky interviews the deputy sheriff of Chichila.
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Uploaded on May 11, 2007
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Reporter Ken Fletcher interviews a woman in The Low Point.
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Andy Zieminsky interviews the director of the Mexican government's micro-finance program. Next to him is interpreter Isaac Garrido.
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Uploaded on May 11, 2007
International Reporting
Students in the Spring 2007 - International Reporting class from left are Lisa Troshinsky, Kenneth Fletcher, Leticia Linn and Andrew Zieminski.
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David Cabello, 63, hides behind his cowboy hat. He said that several farms around his were empty, because people do not want to work the land anymore.
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Uploaded on May 10, 2007
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Benjamin Martel, 37, sells corn at the Tulyehualco’s market, in State of Mexico. He is the only one of his family that still grows corn.
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Carlos Suarez, president of the National Confederation of Corn Products, thinks that corn should not have been negotiated as part of the NAFTA.
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In Tlaxcala many farmers work in “ejidos” of around 12 acres.
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Under a bridge, in Tlaxcala, a group of farmers discusses the future of corn.
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Under a bridge, in Tlaxcala, a group of farmers discusses the future of corn.
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Mural of Diego Rivera about the corn history at the National Palace, Mexico City.
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Ulises Ramirez, Humberto Agustin Castañeda and Antonio Roman grow corn in their “ejidos” but...
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Antonio Roman is a corn farmer and also the union leader at his town of San Miguel de Pipiyola, Tlaxcala.
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Porfirio de la Rosa, 78, sells his corn at a small stall in Xochimilco’s market. He has been a...
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Uploaded on May 10, 2007
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