After several weeks of refreshingly cool weather, the more recent warming trend will continue this week, adding up to a historically hot December. Meteored.mx forecaster Juan Antonio Palma Solís said 2021 will conclude with Yucatán’s third-warmest December on record. “Our Yucatecan winter is as if we were in summer,” he said. Rain is also possible…
A new animal rights bill presented to the legislative assembly of Mexico City is expected to make bullfighting a thing of the past.
The online retailer Mercado Libre has announced its plans for a new logistics and distribution center in Mérida.
Mérida has kicked off an international Pok ta Pok tournament, also known as the “Mayan ball game” World Cup.
The CFE announced that it will invest US$4.5 billion to build new power plants in Yucatán and Baja California. One power plant is planned for Mérida while the other is slated for Valladolid — though the exact locations of neither have been disclosed, according to an official CFE press release. The news comes on the…
A census of Mexico’s jaguars shows an increase in the population of 20% over the past couple of years. The news is being celebrated by conservationists who see in the new data evidence that conservation strategies to protect the giant felines are in fact working. The data is even more encouraging as a similar positive…
Míriam Peraza Rivero, also known as the “Queen” of cochinita was awarded the Jaguar del Turismo gastronomic award by Mexico’s Tourism Association. The award was issued unanimously by a panel of experts and colleges and is intended to celebrate the work of extraordinary people in Mexico’s hospitality industry. “I am extremely honored and humbled to…
If you want to understand the line-up of the altar, here’s a list of some of the traditional dishes you may encounter.
The new legislation is being also being called a major victory by several feminist organizations
Junk food consumption has increased along with the obesity epidemic, which one of the critical risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases, according to the Pan American Health Organization.
Increases are not limited to the Centro or its surrounding neighborhoods. Areas once considered fairly affordable such as Francisco de Montejo, and Ciudad Caucel have also seen considerable price hikes.
“The Centro has really become our cornerstone,” says Atahualpa. “In the past 18 years we’ve restored, remodeled, and restructured over 200 houses in Centro alone.”
La Plancha is the largest undeveloped plot of land in the Centro. Although it will not be part of the Tren Maya, 30% is intended to be sold to the private sector.
Chicanná gets its name from its most famous building, the House of the Serpent Mouth.
Mexico’s health undersecretary has declared the country’s coronavirus crisis on the wane, but Yucatán is lagging by any measure. “The 32 states are now showing a clear trend in the reduction of cases,” the official, Hugo López-Gatell, said Tuesday. Nationally, daily cases have declined 35% in the last 14 days. But in Yucatán, that drop…
The piece is engraved with a hieroglyphic text, whose type dates from the end of the Early Classic to the Late Classic period (600 and 800 A.D.), attributed to the Oxkintok area.
For trees to grow healthy and not pose a danger to properties or citizens, one must consider Mérida’s infrastructure.
Because of Becán’s longevity, in its history, we can see evidence of a microcosm of Mayan chronology packed into a single site.
After a year and a half of inactivity, personnel has been dismissed, bulls are slaughtered and those that remain are underweight, warned members of the bullfighting guild.
A British freelance journalist thought he was a “pandemic travel pioneer” by hanging out for two weeks in Mérida to launder his travel status. Wanting to go to the US for a meeting, Jamie Fullerton was faced with that country’s ban on UK travelers. But Mexico provides a loophole. “I read reams of US government…
During colonial times, the Plaza Mayor witnessed the swearing-in of Spanish kings, religious processions, bullfights, and many more important events.
Distilleries in Yucatán are not allowed to designate their blue agave beverage tequila, but in reality, it is tequila in all but name.
Gov. Mauricio Vila has announced that a large shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines will arrive Thursday in Yucatán.
The athlete will compete in the qualifying round of archery at noon today, Mérida time.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now