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Emily Green

Emily Green is a journalist in Mexico City. Before moving to Mexico, Green reported on local politics for The San Francisco Chronicle. She has also reported internationally from the Philippines on the harassment and death threats faced by local journalists.

Emily Green is a journalist in Mexico City. Before moving to Mexico, Green reported on local politics for The San Francisco Chronicle. She has also reported internationally from the Philippines on the harassment and death threats faced by local journalists.

A woman stands by a display of fruit

As the coronavirus drags on, Mexico’s food prices soar

Food

The trend of rising food costs is playing out across the world because of a combination of disrupted supply chains, natural harvest cycles, plummeting currencies and limits on key exports. Experts worry that the longer the coronavirus crisis lasts, the bigger the food problem will grow.

A migrant child, who is seeking asylum in the US, wears a protective mask as he stands in line for food, amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the migrant camp of Matamoros, Mexico, April 1, 2020.

US and Mexico are blocking kids from asking for asylum because of coronavirus

A waiter carries a round tray with bottles of Mexican beer at a bar in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on June 20, 2017.

Some countries are banning alcohol sales in their lockdowns — leading shoppers to panic-buy

COVID-19
A couple kiss in the Pantitlan metro station as Mexico's government is seeking to minimize public disruption in its response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mexico City, Mexico, on March 17, 2020.

Experts concerned Mexico not taking enough COVID-19 precautions

COVID-19
A woman holds a pink cross during a protest to mark International Women's Day at Zocalo square in Mexico City, Mexico, March 8, 2020.

Women in Mexico take to the streets to protest femicide

A woman holds a candle as she protests against gender violence and femicides at Angel de la Independencia monument in Mexico City, Mexico, on February 22, 2020.

Women’s shelters in Mexico struggle to survive amid rise in femicides

Women & Gender

The country has seen a rise in reported femicides and violence against women. Despite the president’s promises to address the violence, his administration has cut programs aimed at helping women and girls.

People wearing face masks look for products at a supermarket, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2020.

Airbnb hosts try to navigate coronavirus challenges  

COVID-19

Some sharing platform companies, like Airbnb, Lyft and Uber, are urging users and hosts to take cautionary measures to avoid the virus and its spread. But that has left a lot of open questions, and the platforms’ users are increasingly navigating a complex, public health crisis on their own. 

A female protester raises her fist as she takes part in a march to protest against the decision of Guatemala President Jimmy Morales to end the mandate of the UN-backed anti-graft commission, the CICIG, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 12, 2019.

Guatemala shut down its anti-corruption commission. Now its people worry about impunity.

Justice

President Jimmy Morales, who is under investigation, shut down Guatemala’s popular anti-corruption commission. Now the country is embroiled in a battle over its legacy.

protest

Five years after 43 students disappeared in Mexico, their case remains a grim, unsolved mystery

Five years on, relatives of the 43 missing students in Mexico continue to press for answers, and justice in the case, but to no avail. 

A man stands inside a newly built house in Guatemala built with remittance money from his son, who lives and works in the US.

Migration to US is a family ‘duty’ for many Guatemalans

Immigration

Guatemala faces pressure from Washington to stop its citizens from migrating north to the US. But complying with American demands may be nearly impossible for a country where so many people rely on US remittances.