southern Mexico

Six months after Tropical Storm Manuel devastated Acapulco, the resort’s tourist areas are back to normal. But it’s a different story behind the scenes: local residents say the government prefers to move them than build new climate defenses.Six months after Tropical Storm Manuel devastated Acapulco, the resort’s tourist areas are back to normal. But it’s a different story behind the scenes: local residents say the government prefers to move them than build new climate defenses.

Increasingly, when people talk climate change, they talk about adapting to it. In southern Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala, adaptation could be easier, cheaper and better at preparing for a future of more intense tropical storms and hurricanes. Increasingly, when people talk climate change, they talk about adapting to it. In southern Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala, adaptation could be easier, cheaper and better at preparing for a future of more intense tropical storms and hurricanes.

The art of making sugar skulls for Day of the Dead festivities in Mexico is disappearing as artisans to make them give up the craft or die. Day of the dead is celebrated Nov. 1 and 2.

The rainforest in southern Mexico–known as the “selva”–is slowly being destroyed to make way for farms and ranches. One Indian community is trying to stop the destruction–with an innovative blend of ecotourism and sustainable agriculture. Correspondent Tatiana Schreiber reports from the village of Zapata (za-PA-tah), in the state of Chiapas (chee-AH-pas), Mexico.