El Taller: Busting Myths of the Tren Maya with Étienne von Bertrab
Party two of an interview with the lecturer at University College London, about his new graphic-book Más allá: una historia del Tren Maya.
Party two of an interview with the lecturer at University College London, about his new graphic-book Más allá: una historia del Tren Maya.
Étienne von Bertrab on Mexico’s most controversial project and his new graphic book, Más allá: una historia del Tren Maya. Von Bertrab explains how the book emerged from frustration with academic publishing and a desire to bring rigorous, balanced research to a wider public.
The whole 1554 km Tren Maya route crosses 330,540 sq. km of rain forest yet destroys less than 35 sq. km of these rain forests
What’s missing in mainstream English language coverage of the Maya Train? Real data and the voices of the impoverished people in Mexico’s South.
More than just a train, the scale of the project is enormous. And its effects are already visible.