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Emily Green

Emily Green is a journalist in Mexico City. Before moving to Mexico, Green reported on local politics for The San Francisco Chronicle. She has also reported internationally from the Philippines on the harassment and death threats faced by local journalists.
A woman stands by a display of fruit
Food
As the coronavirus drags on, Mexico’s food prices soar
A migrant child, who is seeking asylum in the US, wears a protective mask as he stands in line for food, amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the migrant camp of Matamoros, Mexico, April 1, 2020.
US and Mexico are blocking kids from asking for asylum because of coronavirus
A waiter carries a round tray with bottles of Mexican beer at a bar in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on June 20, 2017.
COVID-19
Some countries are banning alcohol sales in their lockdowns — leading shoppers to panic-buy
A couple kiss in the Pantitlan metro station as Mexico's government is seeking to minimize public disruption in its response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mexico City, Mexico, on March 17, 2020.
COVID-19
Experts concerned Mexico not taking enough COVID-19 precautions
A woman holds a pink cross during a protest to mark International Women's Day at Zocalo square in Mexico City, Mexico, March 8, 2020.
Women in Mexico take to the streets to protest femicide
A woman holds a candle as she protests against gender violence and femicides at Angel de la Independencia monument in Mexico City, Mexico, on February 22, 2020.
Women & Gender
Women’s shelters in Mexico struggle to survive amid rise in femicides
People wearing face masks look for products at a supermarket, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2020.
COVID-19
Airbnb hosts try to navigate coronavirus challenges  
A female protester raises her fist as she takes part in a march to protest against the decision of Guatemala President Jimmy Morales to end the mandate of the UN-backed anti-graft commission, the CICIG, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 12, 2019.
Justice
Guatemala shut down its anti-corruption commission. Now its people worry about impunity.
protest
Five years after 43 students disappeared in Mexico, their case remains a grim, unsolved mystery
A man stands inside a newly built house in Guatemala built with remittance money from his son, who lives and works in the US.
Immigration
Migration to US is a family ‘duty’ for many Guatemalans
A line of migrants carries bags and walks on a road
Immigration
Mexico’s goodwill wanes as more migrants arrive
A coffee farmer is shown walking through a nursery with a rake in his hand.
Climate Change
In El Salvador, climate change means less coffee, and more migrants
A line of people stand along a fence. Behind them, a high rise office tower reads "Wells Fargo"
Immigration
As Trump knocks Mexico on immigration, López Obrador keeps quiet
A close-up photo of a mother and her daughter, who is wearing pink, at a bus station.
Immigration
Why are so many migrant families arriving at the southern US border?
Shadow of patrolmen along slated wall at US border.
Immigration
As hundreds more asylum-seekers are sent back to Mexico, rights groups say US policy is illegal
People are shown walking around at Tlaxiaco’s market, with the steeples of the Santa Maria de la Asunción church in the distance.
Arts, Culture & Media
Radio waves connect Mexicans in remote Tlaxiaco with family in the US
A market is shown in Tlaxiaco, Mexico, with vendors and shoppers.
Arts, Culture & Media
Photos: Welcome to Tlaxiaco, the small Mexican city where ‘Roma’ star Yalitza Aparicio grew up
Nayib Bukele speaks at a podium.
Global Politics
Nayib Bukele: El Salvador’s young social media star — and next president
hundreds of people stand in line at a gas station on a sunny day
Mexicans support president’s fight against fuel theft despite long lines for gas
A migrant from Honduras stands in front of the border wall with the sun shining behind him
Immigration
After two boys’ murders, migrants and advocates fear new ‘remain in Mexico’ policy
Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves to a crowd
Global Politics
No honeymoon period for Mexico’s incoming president
One of seven LGBTQ couples that got married in Tijuana, Mexico pose for a picture with an LGBTQ rainbow flag behind them
Sexuality
LGBTQ migrants find safety in numbers on trek to US border
migrants reach through a fence with pieces of food
Immigration
Waiting for asylum, migrants in limbo grow desperate
Children play in a dirt yard between two huts.
Immigration
One Guatemalan child’s memory of trying to come to the US: ‘They took my dad and locked him up’
a nicarguan migrant woman and her daughter in mexico
Immigration
Violence drives increasing numbers of Nicaraguans to the US
A woman, a child and man spread their arms out like airplanes on the roof of a building as they pose for a silly family photograph. Behind them are dark storm clouds.
Lifestyle
A year after quake shattered their home and lives, this family rebuilds
authorities dismantle a meth lab in mexico
Conflict & Justice
Joint US-Mexico effort to focus on drug kingpins’ financial infrastructure
Young woman in plain room, dirt floor, holding birth certificate
Immigration
There are about 600,000 children in Mexico who were born in the US but struggle to claim citizenship
"Little LA" in Mexico City
Culture
Visit a slice of Mexico City increasingly known as ‘Little LA’
The Mexico women's rugby team
Sports
Mexico’s women’s team is making world rugby history
A man exhibits on his chest photos of Pope Francis to sell outside St. Jose Cathedral ahead of the papal visit in Temuco, Chile, Jan. 14, 2018.
Lifestyle
As the pope arrives in Chile, Chileans question their allegiance to the church
Executive Producer John Lasseter attends Disney-Pixar's US premiere of "Coco"
Culture
Disney’s ‘Coco’ is a smash hit in Mexico, fueling big hopes for its US release
destruction from 1985 earthquake in Mexico
Arts
A photographer who made a name shooting Mexico’s ’85 earthquake is now fighting for his life
A big billboard shows an illustration depicting President Donald Trump, along Periférico avenue in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 28, 2017.
Global Politics
Poll: US approval rating in Mexico plummets to 30 percent
A damaged wall and a smashed vehicle are pictured after an earthquake in Mexico City on Sept. 8, 2017.
Environment
Mexico’s deadly earthquake was its strongest in 100 years
A dolphin performs tricks at a recent Six Flags show in Mexico City.
Culture
Mexico City is banning dolphin shows, taking a lead on animal rights
Conflict & Justice
Prosecuting quake looters in Chile
Global Politics
Checking in on Chile