Every year Mexico braces for wildfires caused by humans, nature or both. But this year’s wildfire season has proven to be one of the worst in over a decade. More than 534,000 hectares (1.32 million acres) have burned thus far in 2011 in different areas of the country, from the Texas border to the Yucatán Peninsula. Although firefighters have managed to put out the largest fires that had raged from March to mid-May over scrubland in the northern state of Coahuila, they were still struggling toward the end of this month to extinguish blazes near the Caribbean coast of Quintana Roo state. Juan Manuel Torres Rojo, director of Mexico’s National Forestry Commission, says it is too early to assess the damage. About two-thirds... [Log in to read more]