What Mexico Once Was

Posted on January 4, 2009 by mexicoinstitute

New York Times, 1/4/2009

puerto_morelosABOUT 20 miles down the coast from Cancún, sandwiched between the all-inclusive resort hotels that now define what is known as the Mayan Riviera, Puerto Morelos — a scrappy village of perhaps 5,000 people — seems almost out of another time.

Thanks to a cadre of local activists, the town has managed to push back against the mega-developers and sustain something that feels, smells and tastes like the real Mexico.

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