YAJALON, Mexico — Thousands of residents displaced by violence that intensified this week in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas remained fearful Tuesday of returning to their homes. “They tell us to return but who can guarantee that we will be safe, that there won’t be problems?” said Gómez, speaking from a sports court turned camp for the displaced in …
VILLA MADERO, Mexico — As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City. A potential conflict looms with avocado growers — who are often A man shows a pump removed from an …
She saved the diary of a Ukrainian writer killed by Russia. Then she was killed, too Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR KAPYTOLIVKA, KYIV AND LVIV, Ukraine — Last fall, the novelist Victoria Amelina found herself frantically digging up a fellow writer's backyard in northeastern Ukraine. Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR "Like pages …
