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Morgan Lee
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AP
The global oil bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz has generated an enviable — and politically sensitive — financial windfall on the other side of the world in New Mexico, a rare Democratic-dominated state where fossil fuels are a bedrock of progressive social services.
A notoriously destructive insect once eradicated from the United States is seeing a resurgence in Mexico – and ranchers are worried that it will soon cross the border to wreak havoc on their livestock.
Let's Talk New Mexico
Matika Wilbur
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Joy Harjo authors page
What is it about New Mexico that inspires so many poets?