Yucatán could close out 2026 with more than MX$2 billion (about US$118 million) in tourism revenue during the year’s final four months, state officials say — but the boost is expected to come from conventions and big events rather than from a rebound in everyday visitor traffic. Darío Flota Ocampo, head of the state’s Secretaría…
The success of the World Cup game held in Mexico could quickly lead to another benefit next year. Early reports suggest that the Gold Cup could return here for the first time since 2003. What could it mean for the country’s football fans and the national team’s chances of success? A Look Back at the…
Social media posts claiming that 35 Mercedes-Benz buses are being pulled from Mérida’s Va y Ven system and shipped off to Aguascalientes have set off a bigger conversation about the state of public transit in the city. David Quintal Medina, president of the Circuito Metropolitano road council, said there’s no official word confirming where those…
The Tren Maya derailed again Monday, coming off the tracks about 50 meters (164 feet) after leaving San Francisco station in Campeche on a run bound for Mérida. None of the 123 passengers aboard was injured, according to the railway’s operator. The train’s engineer stopped the unit as soon as the derailment was detected, and…
Power has been fully restored across Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Chiapas after an overnight blackout that lasted nearly eight hours, following vandalism to two high-tension transmission lines. The outage began minutes after 7 p.m. Monday and reached Mérida by about 7:21 p.m., cutting electricity across large parts of the city, its metro area and…
Fishermen in Progreso say some of the coast’s shelter ports have turned into what they’re calling cementerios de barcos — boat cemeteries. Members of the artisanal fishing sector are pushing for a formal program to identify and remove abandoned or unused vessels sitting in the puertos de abrigo, or shelter ports, and fishing refuges along…
Six years after part of its bell tower came crashing down, the old Franciscan convent in Tekantó is still waiting for repairs. The convent of San Agustín, now a secular parish under the Archdiocese of Yucatán, was built in 1576, with a corridor added in the 18th century. In June 2020, heavy rain from Tropical…
A federal judge has granted a new suspension against the contested Las Dunas real estate development in Chuburná Puerto, this time targeting the municipal permits that allowed construction to move forward. Residents of Chuburná Puerto, the collective Salvemos las Dunas and the organization Kanan Derechos Humanos won the provisional order after filing an amparo lawsuit…
Yucatán and Campeche remain the only two Mexican states carrying the U.S. State Department’s lowest travel advisory rating, a distinction that sets them apart even within their own region. The State Department’s current guidance places both states at Level 1, “exercise normal precautions,” the same category applied to much of Western Europe. Quintana Roo, home…
Mérida’s rebuilt Agustín O’Horán hospital is drawing strong interest from medical professionals as it works to fill out its staff, according to the Yucatán state government. Officials reported a high turnout of doctors seeking to join the Hospital de Alta Especialidad Agustín O’Horán, part of a staffing plan developed jointly by the state and IMSS-Bienestar,…
A fishing crew’s routine trip turned into a rescue operation this week after they spotted a small boat drifting roughly 10 nautical miles (18.5 kilometers) off Chicxulub Puerto, ending more than a week of uncertainty for the families of a group of Cuban migrants. The crew of the Tigres del Mayab 3 found the vessel…
Motorists and residents in Celestún teamed up overnight Tuesday to rescue a flamingo that had wandered into the middle of town, far from the wetlands where the bird normally feeds. The flamingo appears to have gotten separated from its flock and ended up walking through city streets, putting it at risk of being hit by…
The Tren Maya, or Mayan Train, lost money again in the second quarter of 2026, even as the federal government increased the subsidies keeping the railway running, according to financial reports reviewed by Diario de Yucatán and El Universal. Between April and June, the project received MX$418 million (about US$24.5 million) in federal subsidies and…
Police in Mérida are investigating after a 73-year-old American man was found dead inside a home in the Chuburná Hidalgo neighborhood this week. Neighbors alerted authorities after noticing signs something was wrong at the property, located on Calle 19 by 24. Because of how the home was secured, officers had to climb a ladder to…
Mexico’s health regulator said Tuesday that food and water samples from 16 Riviera Maya hotels tested negative for the parasite behind a wave of “explosive diarrhea” cases reported among British tourists. The Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), working with the Directorate General of Epidemiology, inspected the hotels — spread across Playa del…
A Nissan Versa ended up facing oncoming traffic after colliding with an Ie-Tram bus at the corner of Calle 60 and Calle 51 in the heart of Mérida’s Centro on Monday, leaving three people with bumps and bruises, according to witnesses. The Versa was traveling on Calle 51 and allegedly failed to stop at the…
The Yucatán Leones head into the final week of the 2026 season with a 31-56 record, on pace for the franchise’s worst finish since 2014, a steep fall for a team that won Mexican League titles as recently as 2022. The Leones split a Saturday doubleheader against the Pericos de Puebla at Parque Kukulcán, taking…
Despite what many believe, marijuana in Mexico has been historically taboo. But this is changing, and fast. While the country has not fully legalized recreational cannabis, a complex legal situation has allowed various products to enter the mainstream market. Products containing CBD, or cannabidiol, can be purchased freely at pharmacies and even grocery stores across…
Across the Yucatán Peninsula, a quiet cultural movement has taken root in dozens of small towns and villages. These are not the grand, government-run museums found in city centers. They are community museums, spaces created and managed entirely by residents who have chosen to tell their own stories, preserve their own histories, and define their…
A plan is moving forward to clean out and deepen the fishing port at El Cuyo, a coastal village in the municipality of Tizimin, Yucatán.
A new monument is coming to one of this city’s most debated public spaces. A replica of Estela 18 de Uxmal will be installed at the Remate, the entrance to Paseo de Montejo, to honor the role of Maya women in the region’s ancestral history. The announcement from Mayor Cecilia Patrón Laviada came during the…
The maintenance crews and museum guides who kept Mérida’s biggest park running are suddenly gone. Nearly 100 workers at Gran Parque La Plancha say they were let go this week by the federal company that runs the park, and they are now taking their case to labor authorities. The company, Grupo Aeroportuario, Ferroviario, de Servicios…
The Bicentenario Zoo Animaya in Mérida has announced the birth of six flamingo chicks, a significant achievement for the facility in its role as a Wildlife Conservation Center. The fledglings are in good health and are quickly being integrated into the rest of the colony, marking a new chapter in the zoo’s ongoing efforts to…
Two massive solar farm projects planned for the jungle of southern Yucatán have been permanently canceled following a seven-year legal battle waged by Maya communities who argued the developments would devastate their land, water supply, and way of life. The projects — known as Ticul A and Ticul B — were designed to cover more…
That’s all for now
That’s all for now