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Deborah Bonello

Mexico City
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Covers:  economy and business, human rights, central america, mexico, social justice, culture, crime, drug war
Ex @VICENews. "NARCAS: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels." Out in Spanish soon via @edit_planeta @IWMF grantee @insightcrime managing editor
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Musical Tributes for Mexico's Dead

Musical Tributes for Mexico's Dead

In Iztapalapa, a violent Mexico City neighborhood, two musicians with a guitar and an accordion are hired to …

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The priest who built a stadium in Honduras

The priest who built a stadium in Honduras

Juticalpa is an unlikely place for a football stadium. A dusty cattle-ranching town in the rural state of Ola…

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The boys who fail as World Cup men

The boys who fail as World Cup men

There's a short list of favourites to win football's World Cup this year: Spain, Germany, Argentina and host-…

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How Mexico's west was won: It took a village, and plenty of AK-47s

How Mexico's west was won: It took a village, and plenty of AK-47s

The story of how vigilante militias took their western Mexican towns back from Knights Templar meth lords - f…

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GlobalPost: Why so many people in Mexico still go missing

GlobalPost: Why so many people in Mexico still go missing

Sept 20 2013 - The federal government says 26,000 people have been reported missing across Mexico since 2006,…

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These Women Bike Alongside the Boys in the Mean Streets of Mexico City

These Women Bike Alongside the Boys in the Mean Streets of Mexico City

Mexico City--infamous for its maddening traffic--is becoming an unlikely cycling hub. From blocked-off cycle …

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On Location Video: Mexico's drug cartels recruit migrant labor

On Location Video: Mexico's drug cartels recruit migrant labor

Central American migrants passing through Mexico on their way to the US are accepting job offers from the dru…

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BBC Fast Track: Mezcal drink embraced again by Mexico

BBC Fast Track: Mezcal drink embraced again by Mexico

BBC Fast Track: Mezcal drink embraced again by Mexico from Deborah Bonello on Vimeo. November 6th 2012 - Mezc…

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Clear eyes, full hearts in Juarez (VIDEO)

Clear eyes, full hearts in Juarez (VIDEO)

The Juarez Jaguars fight violence with football.

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Village gets mobiles for first time

Village gets mobiles for first time

People in a small village in Mexico are able to use mobile phones for the first time, after building their ow…

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Mexico City's 'alcoholímetro' making headway in dangerous driving battle

Mexico City's 'alcoholímetro' making headway in dangerous driving battle

It's late on Friday night in downtown Mexico City. The streets are packed with traffic as people unwind from …

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'You don't know how much I miss my son'

'You don't know how much I miss my son'

In Mexico around 25,000 people have disappeared since the drug war began six years ago.

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Metropolis TV - Topics - Homosexuality - Muxes in Mexico

Metropolis TV - Topics - Homosexuality - Muxes in Mexico

It's hard to be homosexual among all the macho men in Mexico, but in Juchitan de Zaragoza homosexuals have fo…

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On Location Video: A Third Gender

On Location Video: A Third Gender

Southern Mexican town's Zapotec culture makes it a a haven for gay and transvestite men, called Muxes.

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Mexico City's water farms - FT World - World & Global Economy Video - FT.com

Mexico City's water farms - FT World - World & Global Economy Video - FT.com

Small producers are growing crops in fertile soil around the city's ancient waterways. Deborah Bonello report…

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