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• 5 police held in deadly clash at Mexican ruins
The five officers led an operation on Friday to remove hundreds of mostly indigenous villagers who had occupied the entrance of the Chinkultic ruins in southern Mexico for nearly a month, the Chiapas Justice Department said. The officers were being ...
• Mexico arrests alleged killer of U.S. woman
She was really trying to spend her energy as an observer for an indigenous rights organization," John Eiler said in a telephone interview. Eiler had traveled to San Jose del Pacifico to dance at a fundraiser, said Miguel Cruz of Oaxaca's Popular ...
• America's top meditation retreats
Indigenous meditation techniques merge with Eastern traditions to form a special strain of mind/body medicine. The Ala Kukui retreat center harnesses Maui’s heavenly setting and Native Hawaiian healing modalities to teach meditation and emotional ...
• World's best eco-spas
The Inca Trail is overtrodden, the Andean rain forests are being depleted, and more than 200 indigenous species are endangered. The UNU Spa at Inkaterra, an 85-room hotel a single day's hike from the ruins, addresses these earthly problems as it ...
• Everything old is new again in Quito
Indigenous women in colorful dress bustle around. Young hombres whiz by on motorcycles. Mustached men sell warm peanuts and pastries. Restaurant patios crowd with hungry patrons. And all those in the central square, Plaza Grande, jostle about to the ...