Mark Viales

Freelance journalist, photographer and author

[Mark Viales @MarkViales]

“I feel like if I stop watching him… it might be too late.”

I spent time with Luisa, a young mother travelling hours across Mexico to try to save her baby’s vision after a cancer diagnosis.

A story about care, fear, and survival.
https://t.co/akpxwkEJa9 via @AJEnglish

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My latest article for First American Art Magazine
WALLS THAT BREATHE - The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
One of the last true fresco maestros, fighting to preserve ancestral muralism. @de_muralismo #MexicanArt #Muralismo #IndigenousArt #CulturalHeritage

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My latest story for @AJEnglish : The mothers searching for their missing children in Mexico — digging through ravines and rubbish dumps in cartel-controlled areas, where the state has failed to look #Mexico #HumanRights #enforce https://t.co/9MpzYmkJPX

[Americas Quarterly @AmerQuarterly]

President Claudia Sheinbaum has said people disappearing in Mexico is “a national priority” and announced new government actions to address it. However, since she took office a year ago, more than 14,800 people have disappeared—about 40 per day.
https://t.co/ubwHUGnp6X

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The Pending Task of Solving Disappearances in Mexico

More than 125,000 people have disappeared in Mexico — and nearly 40 more vanish every day under Sheinbaum.

My latest for @AmerQuarterly

#Mexico #HumanRights

https://t.co/zUXTZA6LZe

[Longreads @Longreads]

"It was used to paint pottery, sculptures, murals, jewellery, clothing, altars and, chillingly, the human beings the ancient Maya offered to their gods, to garner favour."

Mark Viales, @AJEnglish #longreads

https://t.co/zWlh0iET96

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

A Mexican ceramicist has recreated the long-lost Maya blue pigment, a pre-Hispanic dye, more than 200 years after it was forgotten, drawing on his Maya heritage.
https://t.co/x1p3qqFGce

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Publication in @AJEnglish
‘MAYA BLUE’: THE MYSTERY DYE RECREATED TWO CENTURIS AFTER IT WAS LOST
#native #maya #indigenousart #heritage #organic #AncientDiscoveries #mystery #paint #firstnations #ancientmaya #technology #science #mexico https://t.co/bVWJ3vAOnH via @AJEnglish

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One of my photographs republished in Mexico News Daily
Crystal clear cenotes have been devastated by rancid pollution from humans and pig farms #cenotes #pollution #pigfarming #industry #waste #nature #ClimateAction
https://t.co/NoVpIrujhh

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Publication in @YucatanToday (Mexico)
YUCATAN’S MOST ICONIC HANDCRAFTS: ARTISAN TOWNS #artisan #indigenous #maya #entrepreneur #tourism #travel #mexico #yucatan https://t.co/DFXQYKxTmW

[Americas Quarterly @AmerQuarterly]

And in Chiapas, @MarkViales visited a project promoting land ownership and local food production. 5/5
https://t.co/BvsLR9odh2

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My latest article for @AmerQuarterly (USA)
#women #womensupportingwomen #indigenous #maya #entrepreneur #womeninbusiness #success #changinglives #mexico #chiapasmexico https://t.co/BIgKoCwT3o

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Publication in https://t.co/3piGxcmt9m (USA)
RECORD DROUGHT IN YUCATAN PROMPTS REVIVAL OF ANCIENT MAYA RAIN CEREMONY #biodiversity #climatechange #extremeweather #foodsecurity #drought #environment #indigenous #latinoamerica #mexico #yucatan
https://t.co/FPR6aPqcCX

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Publication in Welt der Frauen * Women's Magazine in AUSTRIA.
"Wächterinnen der Mangroven."
Fotos: @BenedicteDesrus
Text: @MarkViales
Übersetzung: Elisabeth Merle
Gracias a Las Chelemeras

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Publication in @ADP ReThink Quarterly
Mangrove planting in Mexico
Keila Vázquez Lira is a guardian of the mangrove wetlands.
Text by @MarkViales Pics by @BenedicteDesrus
#Women #Yucatán #Mexico #Mangroves #Reforestation #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
https://t.co/ygF5lej1cm

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Publication in @AmerQuarterly (USA)
Pics by @BenedicteDesrus
Text by @MarkViales #Yucatán #Mexico #Manglares #Mangroves #Ecosystems #Reforestation #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Environment https://t.co/9dII2SEs8R

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12 pages’ Publication in @AmerQuarterly (USA)
THE MAYA WOMEN RESTORING A SANCTUARY.
Pics by @BenedicteDesrus
Text by @MarkViales
Muchas gracias a Las Chelemeras
#laschelemeras #women #Yucatán #mexico #mangroves #reforestacion #climatechange #globalwarming #environment

[Mayascribe @Mayascribe]

Archaeologists find ancient Maya beekeeping tools on Maya Train route

An indigenous Maya beekeeper extracts Melipona honey from a jobón, a hollow log used in a Mayan beekeeping tradition that goes back to before A.D. 1000. (Mark Viales)

https://t.co/Ha8dGzvcSG

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My picture republished in @mexicond : Archaeologists find ancient Maya beekeeping tools on Maya Train route #ancient #maya #medicinal #honey #endangeredspecies #wildlife #savethebees #mexico #yucatan https://t.co/qYgdcElIx5

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@GBCNewsroom introduces new censorship policy during Attorney General evidence for McGrail Inquiry. #gibraltar #media #TransparencyMatters #Just #politics #truthbetold #government #INQUIRY #international #censorship