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Mark Viales

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  • Journalist, Photographer and Author, Freelance
Gibraltar, México, Spain
As seen in: MSN, Scribd, The Guardian, Goats & Soda, NPR, Al Jazeera English, Health News Florida, Mongabay, WBUR-FM (Boston, MA), adp.com and
Covers:  Sociopolitics, the environment, history, sport and culture
Freelance journalist, photographer and author

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Mark Viales’s Biography

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I'm a freelance journalist based in Mexico who has worked over a decade around Europe, Africa and Latin America, focussing on humanist issues. My stories are featured in The Guardian, NPR, Al Jazeera and numerous publications worldwide.
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Mangroveträd: Las Chelemeras vapen i klimatkampen

Mangroveträd: Las Chelemeras vapen i klimatkampen

Så har planteringen av mangroveträd i den mexikanska fiskebyn Chelem förbättrat både klimat och kvinnors posi…

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Field of dreams: How an Indigenous softball team captured Mexico's heart

Field of dreams: How an Indigenous softball team captured Mexico's heart

The softball team Las Amazonas de Yaxunah has defied gender stereotypes to become a national phenomenon in Me…

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Maya battle cry: barefoot softball players swing at Yucatán's macho taboos

Maya battle cry: barefoot softball players swing at Yucatán's macho taboos

Las Amazonas of Yaxunah play a sport seen as 'no-go for women' in Mexico and in a team kit that honours their…

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Women Maya softballers brush off machismo insults to become Mexican superstars

Women Maya softballers brush off machismo insults to become Mexican superstars

The team is called Las Amazonas de Yaxunah. They've defied gender stereotypes to become sports heroes. And th…

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Cenotes: unique biospheres under threat in the Yucatán

Cenotes: unique biospheres under threat in the Yucatán

Activists say that industrial agriculture and increasing development are contaminating the peninsula's fragil…

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Artist rediscovers mysterious recipe for ancient 'Maya Blue' dye

Artist rediscovers mysterious recipe for ancient 'Maya Blue' dye

An indigenous sculptor in Yucatán has recreated a forgotten Maya process for creating a resilient blue pigmen…

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How blind football is helping women overcome barriers in Mexico

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By Mark Viales Verified
| Al Jazeera English Verified
Next month, Mexico is sending its first blind women's football team to compete in an international tournament. Players say they cannot wait. Blind football uses a specialised ball with internal rattles to allow players to track its movements [Mark Viales/Al Jazeera] Blind football uses a specialised ball with internal rattles to allow players to track its movements [Mark Viales/Al Jazeera] Mexico City, Mexico – Paulina “Pau” Hernandez carefully folds her white cane into her backpack.
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Andharmanik: the community newspaper driving climate action in remote villages

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By Rafiqul Islam Montu, Zainab Mahmood, Mark Viales Verified
| It's Freezing in LA! (Podcast)
Community Andharmanik: the community newspaper driving climate action in remote villages By Rafiqul Islam Montu Under a bright sunny sky in Patuakhali, a coastal district of Bangladesh, farmers have been busy in their paddy fields since dawn. The sun has already set in the western sky but there is no time for rest during the paddy planting season. Some farmers are irrigating the fields, some are weeding, and others are planting new paddy seedlings. The entire pond is filled with greenery.
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‘I’m always watching’: A mother’s vigil in Mexico’s cancer system

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By Mark Viales Verified
| Al Jazeera English Verified
Luisa Corral, 24, mother of one Seated in a play chair, Juan de Jesus laughs as he spins a small twirly toy, while his mother, Luisa, sits beside him [Mark Viales/Al Jazeera] Seated in a play chair, Juan de Jesuus laughs as he spins a small twirly toy, while his mother, Luisa, sits beside him [Mark Viales/Al Jazeera] Mexico City - Luisa Corral raises her hand slowly in front of her son’s face, moving one finger from left to right.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering a bike marathon around the Rock of Gibraltar

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Absolutely!

How is social media changing news?

Quantity comes at the cost of quality.