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Merida, home of more and more foreigners and out-of-staters
Yucatan's population of non-Yucatecans will top 70,000 people by 2020.
Tour bus literally gives passengers a taste of Merida
An inventive Yucatecan is offering both sight-seeing and food sampling at the same time.
With new museum, Merida will be the City of Light
The Museo de la Luz will celebrate the scientific phenomena at La Plancha.
Fashionably late: 7 ways ‘yes’ means ‘no’ in Mexico
Official appointments and business meetings are on time, but informal settings are a different thing.
Rafael Nadal set to open his Tennis Centre near Cancun
Ahead of the Acapulco 500, Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal will begin his Mexican journey on the opposite coast, just north of Cancun.
A decade of passion: SoHo celebrates 10 years
Since opening its doors in 2009, SoHo has been an art gallery and cultural center for the community and for artists, from both Mexico and abroad.
Spilled drink delays vacationers’ trip to Cancun
A beverage accidentally spilled over electronic equipment in the flight deck forced a Cancun-bound jet in Europe into an emergency U-turn.
Five people were treated...
Mayan Train gets funding that would have gone to ProMexico
The federal government will pay its share of the Mayan Train with money saved by shutting 46 ProMexico offices around the world.
Huge headliner Juanes returns for Merida’s ‘Nuevo Carnaval’
International pop star Juanes, who rocked Merida Fest in 2011, returns for the "Nuevo Carnaval" this year.
Vegan convenience store offers economical options
Merida's first vegan convenience store, Solara, opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday at Casa del Sol.
Progreso lists improvements for both tourists and foreign residents
Progreso, Yucatan — Improvements to the port city's tourist zone are in the works.
The artisan fair on Calle 80 will be revived and a...
Yucatan legislator sorry for reeling in catch during fishing ban
A state legislator has issued a lengthy apology after a photo showed her fishing during a ban.
State regulators take note of teens’ Chuber app
After a pair of teenagers developed an app for passengers to hail a mototaxi, the state has stepped in to regulate it.
UADY wins grant for clinical same-sex health study
Researchers at UADY are getting ready to conduct a health study of women who have sex with women.
Historic renovation permits will come more quickly, INAH says
Property owners trying to renovate historic homes are being promised a more streamlined approval process.
Don’t be tempted by cheap sofas that look good in the showroom
Consumers are stuck after they bought a sofa based on its look rather than its construction.
Chicxulub meteor contains rare cancer-fighting metal, British researchers say
The meteor that left the Chicxulub Crater might have wiped out the dinosaurs, but could contain a cancer-curing cancer, reports a British news agency.
President’s reforestation plan aims to restore cacao and coffee production
Fruit and timber trees will be planted on nearly 1.5 million acres in Mexico's south.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's ambitious forestry program, announced...
Festival supports fishing villages during grouper ban
Grouper season is over, and a festival to support the fishing villages has begun.
Name change coming to Coliseo Yucatan
It will always be the Coliseo Yucatan to many, but the 10,000-seat concert venue has sold its naming rights to an insurance company.
How to blend with Mexican culture and daily life
Your first months are spent struggling with pronunciation and Spanish words and sentences, not understanding Mexican idioms or slang, eating things you’d never tasted...
Merida’s 10th ‘House Hunters International’ recap: Meet the Wiers
Jason and Meghan Wier are, as promised, parents who wanted their young kids to enjoy living in another country.
‘House Hunters International’ episode is HGTV’s 10th trip to Merida
The only thing we know about tonight's "House Hunters International" is that it's the franchise's 10th foray in Merida.
Yucatan’s economic growth outpaces Quintana Roo
Despite Quintana Roo's tourist hot spots on the Caribbean, Yucatan's economy is growing faster.
