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Podcast 27: Train to nowhere?
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Podcast 27: Train to nowhere?

Critics of Mexico's Tren Maya say it threatens a globally important ecosystem

After four years of work, Mexico’s government has mostly completed construction of the ambitious 1,540km Tren Maya, a railway service traversing five states that circles the Yucatán Peninsula.

The goal of the project, ostensibly, is to redistribute tourist flows from concentrated coastal resorts such as Cancún and provide inland access to historic Maya s…

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