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    <title>&quot;Rosorita Beach Mexico&quot; (by Nick Morris)</title>
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      <title>Beatiful hand made pottery and goods sit idle with no tourist shopping for deals in Rosarito Mexico. The tourism industry in almost non existant in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico. </title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Horses sit idle on the beach in Rosarito. Vendors in Rosarito Mexico are suffering from an almost non existant tourism industry in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Horses and ATV's sit idle on the beach in Rosarito. Vendors in Rosarito Mexico are suffering from an almost non existant tourism industry in light of the drug violence that has plagued While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.</title>
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      <title>Horses sit idle on the beach in Rosarito. Vendors in Rosarito Mexico are suffering from an almost non existant tourism industry in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.</title>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/834523/RosaritoEconomy5_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tourism industry in Rosarito Mexico which is usually booming during Spring Break is suffering from an almost non existant tourist presence in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/834523'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>A local enjoys horseback riding on an empty beach April 1,2009 because there is no tourist in Rosarito Mexico which is usually booming during Spring Break. Rosarito and other border towns are suffering from an almost non existant tourist presence in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.</title>
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      <title>A small Rosarito vendors mall in Mexico is now nothing more than a playground for the shop owners children to play since the drug violence has halted it's Spring Break tourism dollars and visitors. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/834553/RosaritoEconomy14_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A small Rosarito vendors mall in Mexico is now nothing more than a playground for the shop owners children to play since the drug violence has halted it's Spring Break tourism dollars and visitors. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/834553'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Steamed corn and no Spring Break crowd in sight. Vendors in Rosarito Mexico are suffering from an almost non existant tourism industry in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/834556/RosaritoEconomy16_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steamed corn and no Spring Break crowd in sight. Vendors in Rosarito Mexico are suffering from an almost non existant tourism industry in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/834556'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/834556/RosaritoEconomy16_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steamed corn and no Spring Break crowd in sight. Vendors in Rosarito Mexico are suffering from an almost non existant tourism industry in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/834556'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>The tourism industry in Rosarito Mexico which is usually booming during Spring Break is suffering from an almost non existant tourist presence in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/834559/RosaritoPano1_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tourism industry in Rosarito Mexico which is usually booming during Spring Break is suffering from an almost non existant tourist presence in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/834559'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/834559/RosaritoPano1_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tourism industry in Rosarito Mexico which is usually booming during Spring Break is suffering from an almost non existant tourist presence in light of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico. While cartels fight a bloody battle over control of the billion dollar smuggling operations the local small business' that cater to tourism suffer the most.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/834559'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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