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.

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Climate Change

In El Salvador, climate change means less coffee, and more migrants

PRI's The World

April 24, 2019

In El Salvador, erratic weather is taking a big toll, agricultural experts say, compounding the challenges for coffee farmers at a critical moment.

Immigration

As Trump knocks Mexico on immigration, López Obrador keeps quiet

PRI's The World

April 02, 2019

López Obrador’s demure response to Trump might surprise some who followed Mexico’s presidential election last year.

Immigration

Why are so many migrant families arriving at the southern US border?

PRI's The World

March 28, 2019

The number of migrant families is unprecedented, and it seems like a paradox at a time when the Trump administration has focused on deterrence. So why are they arriving all at once?

Immigration

As hundreds more asylum-seekers are sent back to Mexico, rights groups say US policy is illegal

GlobalPost

March 01, 2019

As of Feb. 21, Mexico had accepted 112 Central American asylum-seekers from the US, including 25 minors, according to Tonatiuh Guillén, head of Mexico’s immigration agency.

Arts, Culture & Media

Radio waves connect Mexicans in remote Tlaxiaco with family in the US

PRI's The World

February 22, 2019

Tlaxiaco has been inundated with international attention in recent months because it’s the hometown of Yalitza Aparicio, the star of the movie Roma, who emerged from obscurity to become an Oscar nominee. But Tlaxiaco is already well known in Fresno, California, and other cities throughout the US because of decades of migration from this region of Mexico. Those ties are fortified by La Hora Mixteca, or The Mixtec Hour, a bi-national radio program.

Arts, Culture & Media

Photos: Welcome to Tlaxiaco, the small Mexican city where 'Roma' star Yalitza Aparicio grew up

PRI's The World

February 20, 2019

Tlaxiaco is a small Mexican city that's in the spotlight for being the hometown of Yalitza Aparicio, the Oscar-nominated star of “Roma.” It’s also home to a rare binational radio program that airs both in Fresno, California, and Tlaxiaco, connecting residents to family members who have migrated north.

Global Politics

Nayib Bukele: El Salvador’s young social media star — and next president

PRI's The World

January 31, 2019

Updated

02/04/2019 - 12:15pm

In El Salvador, where political corruption is rampant, a young mayor with presidential aspirations catapults to the top with one simple promise: he won’t steal.

Mexicans support president’s fight against fuel theft despite long lines for gas

PRI's The World

January 16, 2019

What began as an inconvenience — longer lines at the gas station — is dragging into its second week after Mexico's president shut down fuel pipelines to prevent theft.

Immigration

After two boys’ murders, migrants and advocates fear new 'remain in Mexico' policy

PRI's The World

December 21, 2018

The killings of two Honduran teenagers this week are a sobering reminder of the dangers asylum-seekers may face while waiting in violent Mexican border regions as the Trump administration rolls out a new plan to keep migrants in Mexico until their asylum claims are decided.

Global Politics

No honeymoon period for Mexico's incoming president

PRI's The World

November 30, 2018

After five months, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is finally taking office. But he'll immediately face the country's crisis on the US-Mexico border.

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