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Illegal trade thrives along Mexico-Guatemala border

by Lorne Matalon
Jun 30, 2016
People and goods cross freely, despite help from the U.S.
Migrants transiting Mexico once depended largely on a series of trains known collectively as La Bestia (the beast). Following raids on the trains that began in 2014, migrants say they walk long distances in the Mexican interior to avoid mobile and fixed checkpoints.
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The struggles of Mexican fair trade coffee producers

by Lorne Matalon
Jun 28, 2016
Fair trade coffee works for many Mexican growers - but there are also roadblocks
In the Mexican state of Chiapas, coffee is part of the culture. A buyer showed off a sample of coffee beans he had just bought for distribution within Mexico.
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Microfinance is big business in Colombia

by Lorne Matalon
May 3, 2016
The country is a center of microfinance, providing small loans to the poor.
Elizabet Abella prepares food that she sells in the central market in Barranquilla, Colombia. She received a microloan to build her business from Opportunity International, a Christian organization that operates in 28 countries.
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How West Texas is surviving the oil bust

by Lorne Matalon
Apr 27, 2016
The nation's highest-producing oilfield in west Texas hasn't seen a drop in production. Until now.
A frack operation in the Permian Basin of Texas, the nation's highest-producing oilfield. The Basin was once the floor of an ancient seabed that today is laden with hydrocarbons.
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Panama Canal prepares for bigger vessels

by Lorne Matalon
Dec 30, 2015
The changes will allow for ships that can carry up to three times the cargo.
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Desperate patients smuggle prescription drugs from Mexico

by Lorne Matalon
Jan 20, 2014
Physicians and law enforcement are tracking a relatively new trend -- U.S. patients smuggling of prescription medicine in bulk from Mexico.
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