The true cost of Mexico's Maya Train

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Mexico is rushing to complete a new train line around the Yucatan Peninsula that will link tourist resorts with cities and famous Maya sites. But large areas of tropical forest have been cut down, and activists say a unique network of sinkholes called cenotes are also at risk.

The Mexican government just sold its $218 million Boeing 787 private jet its president refused to use — see inside the plane

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The private suite with a guard standing next to a king-sized bed onboard the former Mexican VIP Boeing 787.
The private bedroom onboard the VIP Boeing 787.

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I went to Mexico for bariatric surgery and have zero regrets — it was a third of the cost and I never felt unsafe

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Kasey Spicer and her husband Rob pose after their bariatric surgeries.
Kasey Spicer and her husband, Rob, both got bariatric surgery in Tijuana, Mexico.

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1,000-year-old Mayan 'scoreboard' for ancient soccer-like game discovered in Mexico

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A worker shows a circular-shaped Mayan scoreboard used for a ball game found at Chichen Itza's archaeological site during a news conference, in Merida, Mexico April 11, 2023.
A worker shows a circular-shaped Mayan scoreboard used for a ball game found at Chichen Itza's archaeological site during a news conference, in Merida, Mexico April 11, 2023.

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Elizabeth Holmes' purchase of a one-way flight to Mexico was a 'bold move,' judge says in ruling that denied her request to remain free on bail

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A judge rejected a request by Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to remain free on bail.

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The killing of Americans in a Mexican border city highlights a sinister trend that US policies are making worse

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Mexican soldiers on patrol before the transfer of the bodies of two Americans kidnapped in Matamoros on March 9.

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12 cities around the world where you can live cheaply, from $300-a-month rents to $1 cappuccinos

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An aerial view of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

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Images from space show a 5,000-mile bloom of seaweed threatening the beaches of Florida

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man stands in vast field of red brown algae where a beach should be
Park guard Roberto Varela walks over sargassum seaweed piled up on the seashore in Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba.

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Lindsey Graham is calling for the US to unleash its 'fury and might' to destroy the Mexican drug cartels

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US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham questions Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 23, 2022.

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Another friend traveled all the way to Texas with the 4 Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico but didn't cross the border with them because she didn't have her ID

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A member of the Mexican security forces stands next to a white minivan with North Carolina plates and several bullet holes, at the crime scene where gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas, Friday, March 3, 2023.
A member of the Mexican security forces stands next to a white minivan with North Carolina plates and several bullet holes, at the crime scene where gunmen kidnapped four U.S.
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