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Merida bets on technology to boost tourism
A lit-up Monumento a la Patria on Paseo de Montejo. Photo: Carlos Rosado van der Gracht
The Visit...
Chichen Itza airport to relaunch?
Aircraft disembarking at Chichen Itza airport. Photo: File.
Investors with Zenith Aero have announced plans to modernize and...
Power grid fails for over 10m people across Mexico
Despite reassurances from the CFE, many question the ability of the power company to deliver reliable service. Photo: Stock
Younger Manzanero calls his father’s COVID death a wake-up call
Juan Pablo Manzanero, pictured with his father the balladeer Armando Manzanero. Photo: Internet
Juan Pablo Manzanero warns that...
American Airlines brings 737 Max back on its MIA-LGA route
An American Airlines Boeing 737-823 lands at Miami International Airport in July 27. AP file photo
Mérida...
Song legend Armando Manzanero, 85, dies after battle with COVID
Armando Manzanero appeared in Miami for the Latin Billboard Awards in October. Photo: NBC
Armando Manzanero Canché, the...
Santos Inocentes: Don’t believe anything for 24 hours
On Dec. 28, if your mother tells you she loves you, check it out. The journalist's maxim is especially true today....
Prepare for more cold weather in Yucatán, says meteorologist
Cold weather is expected to continue in Yucatán. Photo: File
Residents accustomed to Yucatán's heat huddled under blankets...
2 Mérida art venues reopen with a look at nature
Agnelly Chávez introduces her work in the gallery of the Peón Contreras. Photo: Courtesy
The beauty of nature...
Mexico’s ‘Internet for Everyone’ program reaches Yucatán
Illustration: Internet para Todos
Yucatán state authorities have begun measuring Internet and cellphone coverage to prepare for a...
Christmas in Yucatán: Baby it’s cold outside!
Shipping containers toppled along the Mérida-Progreso highway during a windstorm Christmas Eve. Photo: Yucatán a la Mano
The...
Mexico City nurse is first in Latin America to receive COVID vaccine
Health worker Maria Ramírez is the first to get vaccinated for COVID-19 early Thursday at the General Hospital in Mexico City....
Manzanero intubated after 1 week in hospital with coronavirus
Armando Manzanero. Photo: Facebook
The 85-year-old Yucatecan composer Armando Manzanero was intubated in a Mexico City hospital, where...
Despite pandemic, shoppers and vendors crowd the Historic Center
Shoppers collide with vendors on crowded sidewalks in Mérida's Centro Histórico. Photo: Diario de Yucatán
The influx of...
Volunteers in Yucatán participate in groundbreaking HIV vaccine trial
HIV vaccine trials have begun in Yucatán, Mexico. Photo: File
Among those taking part in a phase-three trial...
For Yucatán, a relatively cold Christmas with wind and rain
It will be a white Christmas in Yucatán, if you count clouds. Photo: NOAA
For this Christmas Day,...
AMLO: COVID vaccinations will be voluntary and for everyone
Clearing the way for foreign residents to get protected, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared the coronavirus "universal and free" and that...
Mexico and US welcome UK flights despite new coronavirus strain
British flights still arrive in the US and Mexico as other countries have imposed a ban to prevent a new coronavirus...
Casa St. Isabela: Remodeled and ready with all the amenities
In the heart of the La Ermita / San Sebastian neighborhoods, Casa St. Isabela sits on a...
AMLO hands Tren Maya to army, touts its economic benefits
President Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador proposed the Tren Maya, or Mayan Train, as a candidate and has worked to see one...
United’s ‘Star Wars’ plane lands at Mérida airport
United Airlines' "Star Wars" plane is parked in Mérida airport until it returns to Houston later this morning. Photo: Courtesy
Song legend Manzanero, 85, improving in battle with COVID-19
Armando Manzanero in concert. Undated file photo
Mexican composer and Yucatecan singer Armando Manzanero, a bolero icon, is...
Life is a breeze in Casa Turix, and it’s easy to see why
From top to bottom, this exquisite Santiago home has been built to the highest of standards and...
Monument to Maya heritage would replace Montejo statues at the Remate
A dignified monument honoring Yucatán' indigenous culture and inspired by pre-Hispanic Maya architecture has been proposed to replace a 2010 statue...