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Andrea Noel is a journalist based in Mexico covering the drug war, cartel violence, politics, and the silenced press. Noel is a frequent commentator on gender-based violence in Mexico, former staff writer and Latin America editorial coordinator for VICE News, and a contributor at Fusion. You can follower her on Twitter at @metabolizedjunk
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Suffering Quake Survivors Turn on Mexico’s Government
SHAKENMore than a quarter of a million families have been affected by the quake, which ruined well above 150,000 homes.
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Víctimas del sismo en México no confían en la autoridad...
Víctimas del sismoMillones de personas han sido afectadas por terremotos en México, los cuales han destruido más de 150 mil viviendas.
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Mexicans Outraged After Praying for Fake ‘Trapped Child’
PHANTOMThe country united around the frantic search for ‘Frida Sofia,’ a 12-year-old girl supposedly still alive under the rubble. Now authorities say she was never real.
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How Fake News Made the Mexico Quake Tragedy Much Worse
FAKE NEWSMore than 200 people died and many are still missing after Tuesday’s powerful earthquake. Social media brought the country together, then trolls tried to tear it apart.
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Mexico’s Poorest Hit By Monster Quake
AFTERSHOCKINGThe most powerful Mexican quake in a century has caused 58 deaths––and counting. The social and political costs are yet to be determined.
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Mexico Offers Help to Houston—and Trump Talks Up His Wall
HOT AIRTo build the wall or to rebuild Texas? That is the question. A more reasonable man might re-evaluate his country’s priorities. Not Trump.
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Is This Hairdresser Really El Chapo’s Daughter?
CARTEL WATCHIs Rosa Isela Guzman Ortiz really the drug kingpin’s secret daughter, or was The Guardian duped by a hairdresser with a wild sob story?
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Montel Williams Is Bailing Out Criminal Snipers in Mexico
BETTER CALL MONTELMontel Williams has helped three marines imprisoned in foreign countries. But this week, his plan backfired big time.
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Mexican Mob Nearly Lynches Russian ‘Nazi’ in Cancun
LORD RUSSIAN NAZIAvowed Nazi sympathizer Aleksei Makeev made himself a nuisance online in Mexico. People who have no faith in police responded with mob justice.
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Journalists in Mexico Demand ‘Stop Murdering Us!’
THE SOUND OF SILENCEAfter the murder of award-winning journalist Javier Valdez, dozens of media outlets shut down their sites to prove a point about silencing the press.
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