The 'North Quadrant': Art as denunciation of violence and exploitation in Mexico and Central America.

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The 'North Quadrant': Art as denunciation of violence and exploitation in Mexico and Central America.

Robin Canul is a witness to the avarice that devastates the jungles of southern Mexico. This journalist from Yucatán has documented with his camera how the metal jaws of agro-industrial machines uproot trees from the forest to make room for huge soybean, sugar cane or rice plantations. The predatory tusk has advanced so far that it puts paradises such as Bacalar, the turquoise lagoon that is one of Quinta Roo's jewels, at risk. “Very important c…