The Visit Mérida Mx app and website offers tips for getting around, keeping cool and finding things to do. The application also uses augmented reality technology to provide users with information about the city’s attractions such as parks, monuments as sites of historical interest. The first of these to be available within the application is the…
Investors with Zenith Aero have announced plans to modernize and re-launch the Chichen Itza airport. In an interview with A21MX, Fernando Rodríguez, legal counsel for Zenith Aero, said the company was working to procure all necessary permits and a fleet of six ATR 72 aircraft. Mr. Rodríguez also noted that Zenith Aero was seeking partnerships…
Mexico’s national energy commission, the CFE, confirmed a power outage which hit 13 states including Yucatán and Quintana Roo. “On December 28th an error occurred in the national charging and power generation grid. This caused a loss of approximately 7500 megawatts,” the National Energy Control Commission @CenaceMexico tweeted Monday. The CFE reports that it received…
Among those taking part in a phase-three trial for a new HIV vaccine developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals are dozens of volunteers in Yucatán. This is the third time a HIV vaccine candidate has reached phase-three human trials since the 1980s. Medical professionals and policymakers have expressed cautious optimism. But specialists insist that it is not…
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is putting the Mexican army to work again. AMLO says the army will run the Mayan Train project and several airports, and use any profits to finance military pensions. The army is already overseeing construction on some parts of the controversial train project on the Yucatán peninsula, while private firms…
New research identifies inscriptions found at Chichen Itza as referring to individuals belonging to the royal house of Cocom, a common surname to this day in Yucatán. The discovery was made by the archaeologists Eduardo Pérez de Heredia and Peter Biró, who correlated existing information with hieroglyphs found in the structure known as the Temple…
Online retail giant Amazon will invest in a distribution center in Umán, Yucatán Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal confirmed. State authorities came out in support of Amazon’s investment and expressed optimism regarding the creation of new good-paying jobs in the region. According to websites such as glassdoor and mx.indeed.com, the average monthly wage for an Amazon…
A task force to assess the future of a flood-prone underpass was announced Tuesday by Mérida Mayor Renán Barrera. The short but controversial Prolongación tunnel has been underwater on and off since June. Barrera held a press conference to announce the task force, charged with assessing the viability of the paso deprimido. The landmark was…
Yucatán is the place for lively celebrations over the Christmas holidays. However, for obvious reasons, this year’s festivities will be much more subdued. With the prohibition of large gatherings and restrictions on mobility, traditions such as posadas and la rama have been canceled. Also canceled has been the lighting of the Coca-Cola Christmas Tree and…
Controversy has surrounded the decision by Yucatán’s state government to award 340 permits for the sale of pyrotechnics during the holiday season. While many have argued on social media that the use of pyrotechnics is a fun tradition, others have expressed their discontent arguing that the dangers and noise caused by such explosives far outweigh…
Leydy Pech, a 55-year-old apiculturist from Campeche, has won a historic legal victory against corporate giant Monsanto. Mexico’s supreme court ruled in favor of Pech — also known as the “bee lady” — who argued that genetically modified soybean crops were adversely affecting the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and the ecosystem of southern Mexico. The court also…
This weekend, Merida’s Hacienda Xcanatun is featuring a Thai cuisine pop-up hosted by Saffron, an award-winning restaurant in Mayakoba, on the shores of the Riviera Maya. At a preview event for the pop-up, Chef Khun Rita — who is from Phuket, Thailand — and her team delivered a magnificent array of classic Thai dishes with a contemporary…
The Mexican Senate has bestowed upon the country’s medical professionals the Belisario Domínguez Medal, the highest award bestowed by the legislative body to those who have “exceptionally distinguished themselves for their service to the nation and humanity.” This is the first time this prestigious award has been granted to such a large class of individuals….
Approximately 20,000 devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe have visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe so far in December 2020, according to Mexico City authorities. That is a drastic decrease compared to the approximately 10 million pilgrims who visited the temple in December 2019. These uncharacteristically low numbers reflect government actions designed to…
Starlink is aiming to be the first company to offer consumers high-speed broadband internet with truly global coverage — which would include even the most remote areas of Yucatán. This new competitor in the international telecommunications market is an offshoot of Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX, which is responsible for launching the network of satellites…
A national COVID-19 immunization policy was unveiled today when Mexico Health Undersecretary Hugo López Gatell pledged free vaccinations for everyone. It was unclear, however, how Mexico’s policy will affect non-citizens López Gatell spoke Tuesday morning during President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s daily press conference. It is still unknown which of the many vaccines being tested…
That’s all for now
That’s all for now