Vendors in Mérida’s markets are facing increasing economic pressure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several small business owners have decided to close up shop due to almost a year of exceedingly low sales. Iconic markets such as Santa Ana and Santiago are currently allowed to operate at 30% capacity. Most stalls in San Benito market…
A group of men armed with machetes showed up at an HIV/AIDS shelter in Conkal insisting that the facility sits on property that belongs to them. The men also brought documents proving that they had paid back property taxes on the land, local media reported. The leader of Oasis San Juan de Dios, Carlos Méndez…
Some parts of Mérida to get residential natural gas as early as late March says energy company Engie. Some news outlets had previously reported that Engie would only be supplying the Dondé factory near the San Damian neighborhood, but Engie representatives said this was not the case. The company plans to develop a large distribution…
Yucatán Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal visited yesterday the construction site of Amazon’s new distribution center in Umán. Accompanied by Amazon Mexico’s director of operations, Diego Méndez de la Luz, the governor inspected the facility which is currently 35% complete. The facility is to cover an area of 19,200 square meters, with an additional 9,840 m2…
Yucatán’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign for residents 60 and over is extended to cover five more municipalities. The municipalities added to the coverage zone are Progreso, Tizimín, Maxcanú, Tixkokob and Temozón. State health authorities hope to begin applying the inoculations as early as next week when the next shipment of COVID-19 vaccines is expected to arrive…
Beachgoers in Quintana Roo have begun to notice the return of sargassum. The floating, brown seaweed has been spotted on several beaches including Tulum and Playa del Carmen. Tourism authorities in Quintana Roo said they expect only a moderate uptick in sargassum but have already begun to prepare cleanup crews. “The amount of sargassum is…
In a morning press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said each state will decide when students and teachers will be returning to classrooms. The President urged each state to do as they see fit, but reminded governors and state education authorities to act responsibly. Most teachers have yet to be inoculated against COVID-19, however,…
Police in Yucatán detained two suspects for their alleged involvement in a fatal shooting in northern Mérida. The shooting took place Feb. 23 at approximately 7 a.m. in Mérida’s Fraccionamiento Las Americas. The first suspect, identified as Daniel A.P. was arrested after police found him hiding in a home located in northern Mérida on Feb….
Mexico’s state-owned oil company, Pemex, has canceled the construction of a new park in Progreso. The new park was slated to be built on the western end of the boardwalk, facing the beach and carousel. Park facilities would have included showers, games for children and easy access to the ocean. The project had been part…
Mexico’s senate has approved a new reform to the law governing the production and distribution of electricity. The reforms are described by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as strengthening the state-owned CFE. Critics of the move argue that the new rules give the CFE unfair market advantages when competing with the private sector, especially foreign-owned…
Residents of Mérida’s San Damian neighborhood gathered to protest the ongoing construction of a natural gas line running under their streets. Residents expressed concern that the natural gas running under their streets is dangerous and described the project as a ticking time bomb. Homeowners claim they were deceived into believing that the construction was for…
Complaints against gas stations in Mérida are common as customers routinely argue that not all of the gasoline which they pay for actually makes it into their tanks. It would seem Mexico’s consumer protection agency, Profeco, agrees. The agency noted today that gas stations in Mérida are in fact short-changing customers. The situation is made…
Disappointed seniors in Umán were told to go home after COVID-19 vaccines ran out. Health authorities in Umán say they were expecting 6,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines but only received 4,875. There is no official word regarding what happened to the missing 1,125 doses, but many in Umán suspect foul play. Instances of vaccine hoarding…
Construction has begun on five new pedestrian bridges in Mérida. Unlike existing bridges, these new models will come equipped with electric elevators capable of accommodating cyclists. The project is said to come at a cost of 42 million pesos and is part of an overhaul to the cities transit infrastructure which also includes 2,646 new…
More indigenous people have died of COVID-19 in Yucatán than in any other Mexican state. As of Jan. 28, Yucatán has recorded the deaths of 360 indigenous people from COVID-19 and a total of 2,529 infections. Critics of the government’s COVID-19 policy say that these numbers are evidence that Yucatán’s government is not prioritizing the…
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will visit the Yucatán Peninsula this weekend to kick off the construction of three new sections of the Tren Maya. The president will first arrive in Cancún where he will officially announce the beginning of work on Section Five of the project. From there, he will travel to Yucatán state…
Over the past couple of days, Mexico has received more than 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Of the total shipment, Yucatán will be receiving 14,413. Some medical professionals are reporting that not everyone who is currently being offered the free vaccine is willing to take it. Resistance to vaccination has been linked to conspiracy theories…
Residents of Tekax Yucatán are reporting that someone has purposefully been poisoning dogs in their community. Local woman, Marisol Gutierrez, took photographs of an unidentified man collecting the bodies of five dead dogs and loading them onto a pickup truck. The identity of the man pictured in the graphic photographs remains unknown. “I felt awful,…
Yesterday, beachgoers in Playa del Carmen complained that The Fives Hotel illegally installed barriers and placed ornamental plants blocking access to the beach. Hotels in Mexico do not own beach property, but rather are granted a concession by the Méxican government. Outright ownership of coastline is prohibited by the Mexican constitution and several state laws. …
Questions arise from alleged inconsistencies regarding Yucatán’s emergency COVID-19 food program. The program handed out nearly 2.5 million packages containing foodstuffs and other everyday necessities to families in need across the state. There are concerns that the companies who sold the food to the government have close ties to Yucatán Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal. “We…
Without a doubt, Uxmal is one of the most magnificent archaeological sites to be found anywhere in the world. The grandeur of its architecture, its orientation within the landscape and the magnificence of its plazas attest to the status of Uxmal as the ultimate seat of power of the prosperous Puuc region — which included…
Experts warn that many regions of Yucatán are facing serious water shortages. The problem is not that Yucatán does not have enough drinking water, but rather that many parts of the state are lacking proper infrastructure. Some of the state’s most marginalized communities do not have any access to running water at all, while in…
Tulum’s police deparment is under fire after two officers detained a gay couple for kissing on the beach. The American couple and their tour guide from Mérida left Tulum shortly after the incident. “These actions are beyond unacceptable. I have issued a formal complaint against the police officers with Mexico’s human rights commission,” said Maritza…
Two young women from Yucatán took second and third place at a national facemask design competition called “Por todos, úsalo bien.” The contest was organized by Mexico’s youth institute, the national communication council, and fundación Gonzalo Río Arronte. The objective of the competition was to promote the talent of Mexico’s designers and to highlight the…
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