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    Recent Opinion Pieces by Rick Brusca and Omar Vidal

    El Universal, based in Mexico City, was founded in 1916 to cover the end of the Mexican Revolution and the creation of the new Mexican constitution.  Today, it is Mexico’s largest newspaper, with a print circulation over 300,000 readers, and a website that has more than 16 million unique visitors monthly (with 140 million page views).  Mexico News Daily is Mexico’s premium English-Language newspaper.

    5 April 2020:  Mexico's Biocultural Diversity in Peril

    Also see:  Vidal & Brusca 2020: Mexico's Biocultural Diversity in Peril (Research Paper, Revista Biología Tropical)

    20 July 2020:  A New Saint, Padre Kino: A Personal Message to Pope Francis

    7 September 2020: Un Nuevo Santo, el Padre Kino: Un Mensaje Personal para el Papa Francisco

    24 October 2020:  Science Under Seige

    7 November 2020:  Los Desafíos Ambientales de Lopez Obrador y Biden

    10 November 2020:  Environmentalists See Blue Skies Ahead Under New US Administration

    20 January 2021:  El Legado Siniestro de Donald Trump (Spanish, with English translation)

    31 January 2021:  Dispelling Myths About Undocumented Immigrants

    6 February 2021:  Todos somos migrantes. Todos venimos de algún lado (Spanish, with English translation)