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Mexico: a view from the ground
LAURA ALVAREZ reports from her recent visit to her beloved Mexican homeland

AFTER three years away I returned to visit the country of my birth last month.
Like so many others forced to endure periods apart, I was excited to see my Mexican people, take part in our traditions and touch the faces of relatives I feared I might never see again.
On the 10-hour flight to the capital, Mexico City, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the families who have lost loved ones.
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