A power cut has been scheduled in Chelem and Chuburná for much of Wednesday.
The electricity utility, CFE, said the outage, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., will allow crews to complete maintenance work on its equipment on Nov. 7. Their memo described new insulation for medium-voltage lines.
In the end, power should be more reliable on these beach communities, according to CFE staff.
With the El Cuyo Beach Festival just weeks away, hotel operators and tourism businesses in the small coastal town of Yucatán are counting on the event to boost occupancy during the summer vacation season. But persistent power outages and water shortages are tempering their optimism. Municipal authorities have scheduled the festival over two weekends: Friday,…
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…
