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Yucatan risks losing more than 47,000 companies to the pandemic
The state’s precarious economic situation is even worse than many thought, a study by the Yucatan Center for Competitiveness concludes. More than 47,000 Yucatan businesses could close their doors permanently, the CCY report says. This means that an estimated 142,768 formal jobs could be lost due to the health and economic crisis. It comes down…

Avenue renamed to celebrate city’s kinship with Korea
The city honored a historic friendship by renaming a stretch of road Avenida República de Corea in the Altabrisa neighborhood.

Beach construction in Chuburná halted by environmental agency
The Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) temporarily shut down a construction site where a threatened thatch palm was apparently cleared.
Crocodiles increasingly common in Progreso, Sisal and Celestún
Destruction of natural cienegas has pushed crocodiles into view along the Yucatecan coast.

Cold front whips up beaches, knocks down trees and poles
Strong winds and heavy rain from today’s Cold Front No. 31 brought down trees and power lines everywhere.
A scenic overlook in Muna is guarded by an army of aluxes
In Muna, the highest point in the state of Yucatán, a park called El Mirador is dedicated to the aluxes, those small mythical beings of Mayan lore.