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Jean Arce

Cancun's hidden divide: For some residents of this resort town, the beach seems a world away

'Those of us who live and work here hardly have time to go and enjoy the beach and sea,' says Yazmin Teran, a schoolteacher living in the Mexican beach resort city of Cancun

The sun-kissed beaches and turquoise waters of Mexico's Caribbean resort of Cancun attract millions of visitors, but schoolteacher Yazmin Teran is lucky if she enjoys them a few times a year.

Like other Mexicans living on the fringes of the major tourist destination, she feels her working-class suburb and the luxury hotel zone are worlds apart.

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