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'The beach smells of boiled eggs and farts'

An infestation of a seaweed-like algae is impacting some of Mexico's most popular Caribbean beaches. It has also pitted local communities against the president, who has described the problem as a "minor issue".

Caesar Ortiz owns a taco restaurant on the waterfront in Tulum and says the beach smells so bad that it is forcing tourists to run away.

(Photo: Tulum, Mexico, JUNE 15. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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