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Rasta Mayan

August 31, 2023 – 6:45 pm

Everyday thousands of migrants from foreign lands cross the southern borders of the United States. Many are Mayan. They seek salvation from the terror of war, drug dealers, their governments and climate change. The short parents come alone or with families. Few suspect how America will transform their genes. The young are changed biologically by […]

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POK A POK

August 7, 2023 – 10:06 pm

The Mayans have always inhabited Meso-America. Western archaeologists dated their presence back 10,000 years ago and their agrarian communities flourished in spurts governed climate swings, as the land was capable of maintaining a growing population. The culture reached its apex from 250 AD to 900 after which the civilizations of Copan and Tikal retreated from […]

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Mosquitos Par Los Millions

July 31, 2023 – 7:16 pm

I recall the summer of 1989 on the Yucatan. Dry and hot throughout May and June, then a touch of rain one night in Tulum. We were walking back to a beach palapa and heard an approaching whine. Los Mosquitos par los Millones. “Ejecuto.” and ran we did to the safety of our nets. Mosquito […]

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