The Seaweed That Speaks to Us: Sargassum Reveals the Crisis of Pollution and Environmental Management in the Mexican Caribbean

“Listening to the story of these algae is an invitation to abandon the human exceptionalism that prevents us from seeing how much we depend on nature.”
Environmental anthropologists warn that the sargassum explosion inundating the Carribbian is yet another wake-up call.

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1968: The Rebellion of the Sheep Revisited

”Following the triumph of the revolution, the Mexican State derived its legitimacy from the social pact symbolized by its massive, tumultuous gatherings. (…) There, a useful (and renewable) resource for manufacturing national consensus matured; from then on, corporate organization made workers, peasants, and employees increasingly pliable—always present whenever presidents summoned them.”

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Collectives Demand Halt to Palenque-San Cristóbal Highway in Chiapas, Citing Environmental Damage to Rainforests and Criminalization of Defenders

The project, intended to connect Ocosingo and Palenque, has damaged rainforests, springs, and bodies of water that are vital to the local communities and the species inhabiting the area.

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