Mexico
Mexico
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EconomyTravel co-ops and the rise of sustainable tourism
Every year, over one billion international tourists pack their bags to go on holiday, creating millions of jobs and investment for national and local economies. But decades of ever-expanding mass tourism are taking their toll...
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RetailMexico’s first indigenous mobile phone co-op granted licence to expand
A social co-operative in Mexico has obtained a license to install and operate mobile phone and broadband networks across the country’s poorest areas. The co-op, called Indigenous Communitarian Telecommunications (TIC), aims to provide services for...
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AgricultureThe Mexican coffee co-op union fighting climate change
While a new deal has just been agreed at the COP21 summit in Paris by world leaders, small-scale producers from across the world continue to face the consequences of climate change. Among them is Luis Martínez...
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Banking and InsuranceNew products launched for credit unions in Mexico
Credit unions across Mexico will be using technological solutions to provide better services to their members, with the launch of four new products for the sector. Entura Mexico, a subsidiary of the World Council of Credit Unions, showcased the...
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AgricultureIntroducing….. Small Farmer Grown, Organic, Fair Trade Avocados from Mexico!!!
We got the news late last week! Our first shipment of avocados from Mexico has just arrived and is being stored in a warehouse on the East Coast. Soon, food co-operatives and natural food stores...
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Agriculture
Through the Avocado Obstacle Course, Part IV
Click here to read Part I of “Through the Avocado Obstacle Course” by Jessica Jones-Hughes A small Hass avocado growing on an avocado tree on Alfredo’s mountainous family farm Finish Line: Pragor You made...
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Agriculture
Through the Avocado Obstacle Course
The following article was written by Jessica Jones-Hughes, Oke USA/Equal Exchange Banana Team In mid-June, Nicole and I, two members of the Equal Exchange banana team, traveled to Michoacán, a southwest state of Mexico, to...
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RetailMember-brewed: Find the top five co-operative breweries in the world
In celebration of International Beer Day, 2 August, Co-operative News has compiled a list of the top five ‘co-operative’ breweries from around the world. Cheers!
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CommunityGovernment allocates 1.5 million pesos to co-operatives in Oaxaca
The government of Oaxaca state of Mexico allocated 1.5 million pesos to co-operatives in an attempt to support social economy.
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Environment
Profiting from Sustainable Forests on Communal Land in Mexico
Mario Guzmán plans to start cutting down trees again in August and September, the last months of the rainy season. “Now the roads are impassable, and the trucks can’t get in to haul out the...