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Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train, touted for development, threatens Maya village’s water, future

The 300 or so largely Maya inhabitants of the village of Vida y Esperanza fear the train will pollute the caves that supply their water, endanger their children and cut off their access to the outside world.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2022

Maya village's water, future threatened by Mexican train

Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project along the country’s Caribbean coast it is threatening the indigenous Maya people it was named for and dividing communities it was meant to help

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022