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Juarez is waiting for you’: Violent city tries tourism

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Despite a rise in killings, the Mexican city has taken on a daunting task - to reinvent itself as a tourist destination. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - In the early 1970s,
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Voices from the border: Opposing Trump’s wall

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On Wednesday, John F Kelly, the head of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the department tasked with implementing President Donald Trump's immigration policy, laid out the administration's vision
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Oaxaca: Mourning those killed during teacher protests

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In Oaxaca, the battle over education - and the view of Mexico it presents - has often turned violent. Oaxaca, Mexico - It is November 2, the Day of the
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US immigration policy: To build walls or bridges?

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As construction of the border wall continues, so does the flow of undocumented migrants hoping for a better life. On the night of Halloween in 1999, Carmen Caballero, who was
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Is this the end of prison for profit in the US?

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The decline and growth of the private prison industry in the United States. Last August the US Department of Justice released a statement that they would begin the process of
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Aliens on the mind: Roswell and the UFO phenomenon

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New Mexico commemorates the anniversary of a supposed alien spacecraft crash in 1947 and an alleged government cover-up. Roswell, New Mexico - Each summer, thousands of people descend upon the
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Inside a Mayan healing ceremony

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Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala – At the Cofradia de Conception in Santiago Atitlan, Juan Ramirez, 28, sits pensively on a wooden bench, his outstretched leg held gently by Don Juan Pacach,

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The ghosts of New Mexico’s abandoned mining towns

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New Mexico, US – During the mining boom of the 19th century in New Mexico, thousands migrated to remote parts of the state, establishing towns to exploit the region’s rich

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The gold mining ghost towns of the US

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New Mexico, US - Outside Tony's Rock Shop in the sleepy town of Magdalena, in New Mexico, Ben Valentino Otero stands amid a menagerie of animal statues, two wooden eagles,
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Old Main prison: A tour through American prison history

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New Mexico, US - Twenty-four kilometres south of Santa Fe, the now defunct Penitentiary of New Mexico, or "Old Main", sits in managed decay, its imposing exterior rising above the
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