Work begins on the Mayan Train’s Tulum-to-Bacalar route
Work on Mayan Train’s eastern Quintana Roo route has officially kicked off.
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Meet the actors of Mayan origin who will appear in new ‘Black Panther’ movie
The cast of the upcoming Black Panther sequel was announced earlier this week during a panel at San Diego’s Comic-con. The cast includes two actors of Mayan origin, Josué Maychi and María Mercedes Coroy. They will play the roles of Attuma and Namora, respectively. “This is such an incredible opportunity. I am so proud of…
Chemax protestors barricade Mayan Train construction site
Residents in Chemax, Yucatán, have brought nearby construction of the Mayan Train to a halt by barricading surrounding roads.
Progreso and Umán added to Mayan Train route
The federal government approved an extension of the Mayan Train in Yucatán, said Interior Secretary Adán Augusto López Hernández. An additional 50 kilometers of track will pass through industrialized Umán and the port city of Progreso, something that Yucatán has been asking for almost since the Mayan Train was announced. Both destinations have industrial sites…
Experts on the ground share doubts about the Mayan Train
It is no secret that work on the Mayan Train is behind schedule. But how far behind construction it really is, or if the project can be finished by the end of López Obrador’s term, is unclear.
How AMLO strong-armed a US gravel company in the name of the Mayan Train
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has pressured a US-owned gravel company into agreeing to operate a tourist resort and cruise ship dock at a quarry it owns outside Parque Xcaret on the Quintana Roo coast. Not that Vulcan Materials of Birmingham, Alabama, knows anything about running a resort or dealing with cruise ships. They will…
AMLO softens his stance with environmentalists blocking the Mayan Train
Amid a barrage of criticism of the Mayan Train from home and abroad, AMLO says he is ready to dialogue with environmentalists.
New official video may signal Mayan Train is scaling back
After last weekend’s presidential referendum, the federal government says it is accelerating work on the Mayan Train.
Mayan Train protestors tie themselves to bulldozers, delaying new jungle path
Greenpeace organizers tied themselves to heavy machinery in Quintana Roo on Monday, the latest high-profile attempt to derail the Mayan Train. At issue was a modified route announced in January that tears apart miles of low jungle. Demonstrators stated the tracks between Cancún and Tulum have been hastily rerouted through virgin jungle without environmental studies….
Mexico has no plan to undo environmental devastation from Mayan Train project
Mexico’s federal transparency agency requires that the Mayan Train project lay out a plan for how it will undo the environmental harm it has created.
Rails for the Mayan Train are being laid near Chichén Itzá
Rails are now being laid near Chichén Itzá for the first tests of the Mayan Train.
New legal challenges to Mayan Train ignored by AMLO’s government
Construction of the Mayan Train’s rail network continues its momentum, despite at least 25 legal injunctions against the project — including two more this week.
New petition seeks intangible cultural heritage status for Mayan language
“The importance of the language can be observed from the perspective of its psycho-emotional value or potential”, says Cocom Bolio. “Language also creates a sense of identity and belonging; and, at the same time, a tradition or way of life.”
Mexico decrees automatic approval for Mayan Train project
Mexico’s Interior Department issued a broad decree Monday requiring all federal agencies to give automatic approval for any public works project — including the Tren Maya — that the government deems in the national interest. The decree sidesteps all environmental regulations and gives regulatory agencies five days to grant a year-long approval for anything the…
Mexico reverses on Mayan Train station, plans new La Plancha stop in 2025
Mérida’s former train station at La Plancha has gone unused for decades and is now part of the grounds of the ESAY, Yucatán’s art college. Photo: Carlos Rosado van der Gracht
Mayan Train rail cars to cost over 36 billion pesos
In an official statement, the agency said that the design of the rail cars is a tribute to the visual aesthetics of the region. They hope it will offer users the first immersion into the cultural diversity of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo.
Mayan Train expected to cost over 60 billion more: sources say two new museums are in the talks
The Tren Maya has been part of many controversies, including around 25 appeals against the project. Yet Jiménez Pons Gómez told senators that, according to an UN-Habitat study, the Tren Maya will have a positive impact on the population of the South-Southeast region of the country.
New discovery of 2,500 pre-Hispanic structures along Mayan Train route
INAH said it has detected evidence of nearly 2,500 pre-Hispanic structures and 80 burial sites along the route of the Mayan Train. The archaeological discoveries were detected in the first 228 km (140 miles) stretch of the approximately 1,500 km (950-mile) rail network. INAH reported in June that it had detected approximately 10,000 artifacts along…
In Europe, Mexican Indigenous organizations denounce the Mayan Train
Indigenous groups from across Mexico, including Yucatán and Quintana Roo, sailed to Europe in what they describe as an invasion of conscience.
Setbacks old and new plague the Mayan Train’s progress
More than halfway through AMLO’s tenure, the president’s largest infrastructure project, the Mayan Train, is only 10% complete.
New Tulum airport announced to serve the Mayan Riviera
The projected cost of the new airport has not yet been announced, but preparations and preliminary studies alone are said to exceed a budget of 12 million USD.
Indigenous groups call for a stop to the Mayan Train and the return of artifacts
Indigenous leaders have suggested that the Mayan Train’s 170 billion peso budget be allocated to build hospitals and provide essential services for people living in poverty across the region.
The prosperous and beautiful Mayan city of Tulum
Tulum became an important trade hub for goods from across Mesoamerica, as it had easy access to well-established trade routes across both land and sea.
New images of the Mayan Train spark imagination
Here are the designs that serve as an expression of the Maya Train’s grandiose ambitions.
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