Over the long weekend to commemorate the birth of Benito Juárez, several beach resorts across Mexico saw a considerable spike in hotel bookings from domestic travelers. The state of Quintana Roo says it received well over 100,000 tourists and achieved slightly over 50% hotel capacity in Cancún and Playa del Carmen. Other popular tourism destinations…
A well-dressed couple from Spain exchanged wedding vows 10 meters below the waters of a cenote in Yucatán. Barcelona newlyweds Ina Sapezanskaia and Rafael Guillermo García exchanged their vows while submerged in the Noh Mozón Cenote near Tecoh. Both the bride and groom on Monday opted for formal white traditional wedding attire instead of wetsuits. …
Mérida on Monday received the sculpture known as “Greetingman” as a gesture of friendship from the Republic of South Korea. The statue of a bowing man was created by Korean artist Yoo Young-Ho, and is six meters tall and painted blue. It is to be errected on the avenida República de Corea, in Mérida’s north. …
Authorities in Yucatán shut down three businesses in Mérida and another in Chabihau for not following COVID-19 health protocols. Government inspectors placed closure notices on the front doors of the establishments and notified administrators that they could be liable for fines of up to 18,000 pesos. The sanctions came after inspectors found the business to…
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador accused the United States and other nations of monopolizing the vaccine supply. AMLO also praised the generosity of Russia and China after the United States failed to share its COVID-19 vaccines. The Biden administration has said it won’t be sending COVID-19 vaccines to Mexico anytime soon. The US government is…
Yucatán Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal says individual states should be able to purchase COVID-19 vaccines. Vila Dosal expressed a willingness to work with federal authorities, but said that his government was very interested in purchasing vaccines directly from Pfizer. The purchase of vaccines by Yucatán would be mediated through Mexico’s secretary of the interior, Olga…
Mérida Mayor Renán Barrera Concha announced this morning that the Biciruta will return to Paseo de Montejo after a full year’s absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made via a Facebook live stream in which the mayor announced that the city is hard at work preparing for a March 21 return. “Our…
A woman in Tizimín has denounced the senseless killing of a Keel-billed toucan. Mauris Febles posted allegations on Facebook that unidentified men purposefully attacked and killed the bird with a slingshot. “It makes me so sad and angry to see how such a beautiful and endangered bird was killed, and for no reason at all….
The United States government this week returned more than 270 pre-Columbian archaeological pieces to Mexico. The artifacts were returned to Mexico “in a spirit of respect for the countries’ national sovereignty and cultural heritage,” said the Mexican government in an official statement. The pieces were seized by authorities in the United States during two separate…
Yucatán’s CRIT children’s hospital faces serious cutbacks due to budget shortfalls resulting from a dramatic decrease in donations and public funds. The hospital, run by Fundación Teletón, relies on private donations and funding from the Yucatán state government, both of which have diminished drastically. “When initially examining the viability of the CRIT Yucatán, state authorities…
An open-air marijuana market has been set up next to the Mexican Senate. The market is made up of approximately 50 stalls selling joints, marijuana-based edibles such as cookies and chocolates, as well as THC oil, pipes, bongs and other paraphernalia. Senate President Eduardo Ramírez is not amused. “I am calling on the Mexico City…
The COVID-19 vaccination center in Progreso is reportedly turning away people who do not have a Mexican voter ID card. Voter ID cards, known as INEs, are the most common form of identification in Mexico. Since these ID cards are only available to Mexican nationals, authorities who require them effectively shut out all foreign nationals…
Yucatán Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal plans to place teachers next in line for COVID-19 vaccines. The governor told President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that once people 60 and over have been fully inoculated against COVID-19, the vaccination of teachers should be the next priority in Yucatán. Vila Dorsal presented the president with a document —…
A woman from Texas who had been missing for 27 years was found in Monterrey, Mexico. Jane McDonald-Crone, a Houston native, had not been seen for decades. Her friends and family first started to worry about her when she did not show up for work at a Houston tool company on the morning of Nov….
Merida’s government is offering free oxygen tank refills to anyone with a prescription. The refill center is located in front of the José Marti library in Parque de las Américas, García Ginerés. The demand for concentrated oxygen has skyrocketed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Persons infected with COVID-19 who present difficulty breathing often…
After almost a year of cancellations due to COVID-19, flights between Madrid and Cancún have resumed. The Evelop aircraft was greeted Monday on the tarmac by airport authorities as well as traditional folkloric dancers and a full complement of Mariachis. The Madrid-Cancún route is scheduled to operate once a week but is expected to increase…
Mexico has purchased another 22 million COVID-19 vaccines from China. The purchase includes 10 million Sinovac vaccines, as well as 12 million doses of the new Sinopharm vaccine. The news comes despite the fact that the Sinopharm vaccine has yet to be approved for use by Mexican regulators. This morning, Mexico also received a shipment…
Clinic doctors, nurses and administrators at Motul’s Seguro Social clinic took part in a peaceful demonstration and called upon Yucatán state authorities to ensure that all personnel is vaccinated at once. The demonstration began in the interior of the clinic but shortly afterward made its way out onto city streets. The demonstrators held signs reading…
Mérida is still waiting for its share of COVID-19 vaccines. State authorities in Yucatán received 14,680 doses on Sunday. Of those, 2,925 were set aside for medical professionals still awaiting their second dose of the vaccine. Including this most recent shipment, Yucatán has now received a total of 64,435 COVID-19 vaccines. Aside from Médical professionals,…
A Facebook user in Motul decided to run an experiment to see if people were interested in adopting dogs in the community. Cristian González Can posted photos of several dogs, of different ages and breeds, and noticed that only those that seemed purebred received any attention from people looking to adopt. She published photos of…
A bolt of lightning hit Xcaret Park on Saturday and ignited a large fire that severely damaged a restaurant and consumed its thatched roof. Park administrators reported that no guests or staff were hurt during the fire. Firefighters arrived quickly at the scene and managed to contain the fire before the flames were able to…
Long before the hustle and bustle of mopeds and rickshaws arrived in town, Acanceh had already — for well over a millennia — established itself as a player in the region. Meaning “deer grunt,” Acanceh, 30 kilometers southeast of Mérida, likely had its origins in the 3rd-century C.E. and was likely an outpost of T’Hó (ancient…
It’s a little late, but Santa Claus said he is needed now as he headed to Tizimín with gifts. Children in the community flocked around the bearded man as he handed out presents. The springtime Santa turned out to be a 78-year-old Montreal native, William Jioi, who is “on a mission to bring smiles to…
Yucatan’s state government launches a food security program in Mérida’s incorporated areas known as comisarias. The program will offer nutritional support to 150,000 families, many of whom are struggling due to COVID-19 related job losses. Yucatán Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal supervised as residents signed up for the government program, which offers each family a carton…
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