Chiapas – Latina Lista: News from the Latinx perspective

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Midwives mix tradition, science to curb maternal deaths in Chiapas

Aug 12, 2014, 12:39 PM 0

By Lauren Loftus Cronkite News Service BOCHIL, Chiapas, Mexico – “Una nina,” the old woman said with a smile. A girl. Known simply as Doña Mercedes, the midwife had made this diagnosis after pressing wrinkled hands down hard on…

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Today’s Crowdfunding Campaign: Training co-operative coffee farmers in Chiapas to start their own roastery

Jun 20, 2014, 3:27 PM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Training co-operative coffee farmers in Chiapas to start their own roastery Li Maya coffee farmer’s cooperative began in 1996. It currently consists of 186 member families serving four municipalities in the border forest region of Chiapas, Mexico….