James Fredrick
Stories
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Food
How Mexico City's biggest wholesale market is combating food waste
Since 2020, the 800-acre Central de Abastos market has reduced daily food waste by 24% and delivered almost 800 tons of unsold food to soup kitchens.
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Latin America
Mexico's Acapulco grows desperate for help after Hurricane Otis ravaged the area
The Category 5 storm slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast early Wednesday, killing at least 27 people, with at least four still missing.
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Latin America
A survivor recalls horrors of Mexico's migrant center fire that almost killed him
A man from El Salvador describes inhumane treatment by Mexican authorities leading up to the deadly fire at a migration detention in Mexico in March.
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National
New U.S. immigration rules send asylum requests soaring in Mexico
One of the new U.S. rules says you can't request asylum unless you've already been denied in another country. Mexico is getting more applications than ever, and crowded shelters have turn people away.
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Movies
More shows and films are made in Mexico, where costs are low and unions are few
The movie business is outsourcing to Mexico, as an increasingly attractive destination for film and television production. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on May 21, 2023.)
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Latin America
Residents near the volcano outside Mexico City prepare to evacuate
The volcano, popularly known as "El Popo" in Mexico, is rumbling and spewing ash, as people living in its shadow prepare for a possible evacuation.
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Business
Mexico's Journalists Speak Truth To Power, And Lose Their Lives For It
A government agency protects 1,500 journalists and human rights activists, but it is strapped for resources and its record is mixed.
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Politics
Mexico Referendum Puts Vague Question To Voters
Mexico is holding a referendum on whether to put past presidents on trial for graft, corruption and other crimes. But some critics are calling it a farce.
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Latin America
Mexico Votes In First National Referendum Today, But The Question At Stake Is Murky
Mexicans go to the polls today to vote in a referendum on whether former presidents can be investigated and tried for corruption.
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Latin America
With Honduras' Narco Allegations, Pressure Rises To Sanction Its Leader
U.S. prosecutors say President Juan Orlando Hernández enabled drug trafficking into the U.S., and Democratic lawmakers want punishment. It comes as President Biden seeks Central American aid.