Can Mexico’s New Mega Train Solve its Regional Inequality?

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Tren Maya, Mexico's new mega-train line across the Yucatan Peninsula, aims to boost the economy in the South and solve the country's regional inequality. But how big an impact will it really have both economically and environmentally when it opens?

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1 - https://elpais.com/mexico/2023-12-02/tren-maya-inauguracion-precio-de-boletos-y-lo-que-hay-que-saber-de-los-primeros-viajes.html
2 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67638183
3 - https://www.voyagemexique.info/en/maya-train/
4 - https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2022/11/24/mexicos-president-wants-to-develop-the-poorer-south
5 - https://borgenproject.org/tag/mexicos-national-fund-for-the-promotion-of-tourism/
6 - https://mexicobusiness.news/infrastructure/news/mayan-train-sustainability-profitability-southeastern-region
7 - https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2018/11/26/amlo-mexico-resultados-consulta-tren-maya/
8 - https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/collapse-contamination-mexican-scientists-sound-alarm-mayan-train-2023-01-04/
9 - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-22/mexico-s-yucatan-train-brings-promise-of-a-tourism-boom
10 - https://www.regionalstudies.org/news/blog-the-regional-dimension-of-inequality-in-latin-america-and-mexico/
11 - https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/full-steam-ahead-for-tren-maya-project-as-lawsuits-hit-judicial-hurdles/
12 - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/are-trains-on-track-for-a-comeback-in-mexico

00:00 Introduction
01:14 ‘Tren Maya’ Project
03:08 Mexico’s Economic Inequality
05:41 Environmental Impacts
06:42 Could it Work?
07:57 Brilliant

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