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Bureau chief Mexico, Central America & Caribbean @NYTimes. Formerly based in India, Mideast & Afghanistan. Gimme gimme hot news tips: maria.abihabib@nytimes.com
Aug 29, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
When Mexico’s president unveiled the Maya Train project, he promised it would boost the economy, link the south’s main cities & that “not a single tree” would be cut in the 2nd largest jungle in the Americas

But those promises haven’t been upheld. Thread:
trib.al/VLLIhsY Although the government says it conducted studies that show Train Maya will boost the economy and preserve southern Mexico’s ecology — home to endangered jaguars & a rainforest — the route and business model have changed so many times, those studies are no longer relevant. /2
Dec 13, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
1/ HILO:

El presidente de Haití tenía un expediente de narcotraficantes. Sus asesinos lo estaban buscando

#Haiti #Moïse

nytimes.com/es/2021/12/13/… 2/ Cuando los sicarios irrumpieron en la casa de Moïse, registraron su oficina en busca de un archivo. Averiguamos lo que buscaban: Moïse redactaba un expediente que delineaba las redes de contrabando de armas y drogas y los haitianos poderosos implicados. Iba a dárselo a EE. UU.