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Exactly. >> yea! >> im a veracruzana. >> can you tell me how much you have? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> this is so fun. ringing the glass with the spoon is a tradition that started way back in the late 19th century. when tram drivers in the port rang their bells to order a coffee as they passed. >> is it good? >> oh, my god. >> i really recommend you go to go to the coffee fields. >> where are they? in the mountains? >> in the mountains. >> im definitely going to go see the coffee fields. thats my -...

>> nice to meet you. >> welcome to patella. and this is a coffee field. >> my guide is passionate about these coffee fields and supporting local women in agriculture. >> this is the plant. of the coffee. look. >> look at this. oh, is this a bean? >> yes. >> oh, i found one already. >> yes. >> in the 1990s, coffee prices plummeted, driving farmers to the u.s. in search of work, and leaving many women behind to fend for themselves. >> a lot of men, they went to the north. and these coffee fields w...

In the mountains? >> in the mountains. >> im definitely going to go see the coffee fields. thats my -- top of my list. >> well, you dont need to tell me twice. >> this is so beautiful. >> after coffee arrived here, veracruzanos took it inland to cultivate it, where it flourished, before exporting it back to the rest of the world. >> this landscape is amazing. i dont feel like im in mexico. i feel like im in an amazon rain forest. >> today veracruz produces around a quarter of mexicos coffee, whi...

Oh, i love this texture. >> the women were left to fight for survival, but i think their resourcefulness has not only led to a wonderful way of cooking, but its also given them strength and stature, just like the flowers of the coffee fields. >> oh, my gosh. this is so good. (water splashing) hey, dad... hum... whats the ocean like? ♪ are there animals living underwater? ♪ is the ocean warm? yeah, it can be very warm. ♪ you were made to remember some days forever. we were made to help you ...

>> yes. >> in the 1990s, coffee prices plummeted, driving farmers to the u.s. in search of work, and leaving many women behind to fend for themselves. >> a lot of men, they went to the north. and these coffee fields were -- >> abandoned. >> yes, abandoned. and then the women, they said, what we do? we go away, stay on our land. we grew coffee. and this kind of coffee is very interesting because we have, like, a lot of flowers that you can cook today. >> oh, you can eat the flowers? >> yes. these...

>> everything started here. >> exactly. exactly. a lot of first things happen here. the con keyes conquest. the coffee, thats why coffee, the first place. >> oh, my gosh. >> okay. exactly. >> yea! >> im a veracruzana. >> oh, that was fast. thats leche. >> leche. you can tell me how much milk you have? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> this is so fun. ringing the glass with the spoon is a tradition that started way back in the late 19th century. when tram drivers in the port rang their bells to order a cof...

>> i love that. >> to me, the palm flower fritter has a sweet and sour zucchini taste. >> amazing texture. oh, i love this texture. >> the women may have been left to fight for survival, but i think their resourcefulness has not only led to a wonderful way of cooking, but its also given them strength and stature, just like the flowers of the coffee fields. >> oh, my gosh. this is so good. "eva longoria: searching for mexico" is brought to you by expedia. made to travel. to learn more about mex...

Financial aid in central america. and president trump just cut that aid. so thats the worst that you can do if you want to prevent more central americans coming to the united states. >> it strikes me that by deploying troops down on that southern border with guatemala, youre not stopping the origin of the flow, right, from these impacted central american countries. youre basically just moving the problem south, are you not? >> exactly. and this is a regional crisis. its not only in mexico or cen...

>> it strikes me that by deploying troops down on that southern border with guatemala, youre not stopping the origin of the flow, right, from these impacted central american countries. youre basically just moving the problem south, are you not? >> exactly. and this is a regional crisis. its not only in mexico or central america, its also here in the united states. the problem we have in central america is that people are fleeing extreme poverty. they are fleeing violence, and they are fleeing th...

There are many members who are supposed to go on big foreign trips, congressional delegation trips because they are out of session next week. i think if any members get on those plans today without this being resolved, they will very much live to regret it. >> just as the president couldnt go to mar-a-lago to celebrate his first year in office, nor can anyone else take a junket someplace to make sure the coffee fields of rwanda are properly cultivated, yes, maam. >> dana: i will say thats a give...