The small town of La Gloria, a tiny rural backwater in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico, was catapulted into the international spotlight in April of this year when reports surfaced that pigs infected with the H1N1 virus originated from a farm in...
Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Ross Cullen | Read more »
“It is nothing. Here we are all healthy and there are no cases in the hospital.” These are the words of my landlady Lucia, giving me her opinion as we stir our morning coffees, watching sparrows darting among the branches of the avocado tr...
Fri 08 May 2009 by Ross Cullen | Read more »
Here in Jilotepec, 80 kilometres north-west of Mexico City, all is quiet. Apart from a few cautious residents wearing the infamous face-masks, you would be hard pressed to find evidence of the deadly swine flu outbreak. Pharmacies are open and busy, b...
Fri 01 May 2009 by Ross Cullen | Read more »
