Daily Archives: February 21, 2019

Yucatan stalls on legalizing gay marriage

So far, Yucatan is the only Mexican state in the Peninsula that has not approved marriage between people of the same sex.

Merida surveys old buildings, hoping to avoid tragedy like Progreso’s

After a newly renovated Progreso bar partially collapsed, killing three, Merida city officials are taking a harder look at its inventory of vulnerable properties. The...

Mayan language could disappear in 30 years, researcher warns

One in three Yucatecans — about 575,700 people — speak Mayan. But Yucatan's mother tongue is not often enough handed down to the next generation.

In 1 week, 2 dozen cases of Chagas found in Yucatan

'Kissing bug' cases spike without warning
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