Folk healers travel from U S and Mexico to revive indigenous medicine
In Brownsville a three day Encuentro De La Medicina Tradicional opens at Casa de Colores with curanderos from southern Mexico. Helga Garza hosts demonstrations of herbal remedies using amica chaya hoevera and other medicinal plants to heal diabetes infections and wounds. Participants seek cultural roots and environmental stewardship amid industrial pollution concerns raised by PODER leader Susana Almanza and UT professor Tony Zavaleta.
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Mexico
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Weslaco
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PODER
Austin
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Tony Zavaleta
University of Texas At
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Fort Bliss lands eyed as future state park expansion
The Fort Bliss artillery site near El Paso is being cleared at a cost of 320000 to prepare for potential incorporation into Franklin Mountains State Park. About 150 acres of former range are cleared so far with funding gaps delaying full cleanup. Officials stress public safety while Congress may be asked for broader funding of up to 60 million as planning continues.
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Fort Bliss
Franklin Mountains State Park
Silvestre Reyes
del Paso
Congress
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