February 09, 2010
Felix Ventura Gomez surrounded by coffee plants. Mt. Tacaná rises
above the town of Salvador Urbina. The coffee community is just a few
miles from the Guatemalan border. (Photo: Peter O'Dowd)
( Phoenix, AZ ) In Southern Mexico, there's a small village nestled near the slopes of a 13-thousand foot volcano. It's a community that lives and dies on the coffee trade. And in recent years men who once immigrated illegally to the U.S. have come home to rebuild their dreams of growing the colorful, life-giving beans. KJZZ's Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez traveled to Chiapas, and brought back the first of two reports.
Coffee: A Way of Life in Southern Mexico
[ Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez ]
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