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Color trend is good news for homeowners at the beach

Already it is time to say goodbye to 2019 and welcome in the next decade.  Where does the time go? Feels like just yesterday that...

Workers plug massive water leak under Centro street

Merida, Yucatan — Personnel from the Board of Drinking Water and Sewerage of Yucatan (Japay) detected and repaired a leak at the corner of...

European tourists help drive handicraft sales by 80%

Campeche — Shantal Tun Baeza, an artisan installed in the Parque Principal for the holiday season, said that recent sales rose by up to...

Merida museum will recreate entire ‘Who’s the Boss?’ house

The city's newest attraction will make Yucatan a mecca for fans of the 1980s U.S. sitcom "Who's the Boss?"

As Meridanos sleep in, the Centro is calm on a cool Christmas morning

Normally hot and bustling, downtown Merida was cold and quiet for Christmas morning. Meridanos tend to wake up late after a night of Christmas...

Bulk of Mexico’s flu cases are traced to 3 southeast states

File photo Unlike other years, the spread of influenza virus has been concentrated in the southeast region of the country, particularly in Yucatán, Quintana Roo...

Cold front, sargassum drive tourists away from the beach

The relative chill that has affected Yucatan since Wednesday has affected tourist-centered businesseses on the coast. The storm surge has also piled sargassum — the...

Restoration of vandalized motherhood monument nearly complete

After months of restoration work costing about 100,000 pesos, the Monumento a la Madre is nearly ready to be unveiled.

Dream job: Yucatán Today is looking for a new editor

Have you even imagined yourself at the helm of Yucatán’s leading tourism magazine? Yucatán Today has a job opening that certainly piqued our interest: they are...

After small turnout for referendum, AMLO declares huge public support for Mayan Train

Citizens in five Mexican states impacted by the planned Mayan Train have given the megaproject the go-ahead. Although the influx of voters was small, a...

Indigenous communities ‘unanimously’ in favor of Mayan Train, officials claim

The first half of a weekend referendum ended "by consensus and without opinion against" the Mayan Train, the presidency reported. After a dialogue with the...

Mayan Train hangs in the balance as voting begins

An Associated Press report casts doubt on this weekend's Mayan Train referendum, which will decide the fate of the massive project. Residents of 84 municipalities...

For Picasso exhibit in Merida, high security

Mérida, Yucatán — When the much-anticipated Picasso exhibit opens Saturday at the Olimpo, his priceless works will be protected by major security measures. Anyone visiting...

Big cut in electric rates coming to Yucatan, says CFE chief

Electricity rates will fall 30% in Baja California and Yucatan, said the director of the Federal Electricity Commission, Manuel Bartlett Díaz. The savings for both...

Palacio Cantón apologizes, promises reform, after dust-up with gay visitors

A peck on the cheek from one man to another drew the ire of an employee at the Museum of Anthropology in Mérida. Now,...

Drug-stuffed cupcakes seized at Mérida airport

Mérida, Yucatán — A shipment of methadone, oxycodone and opioid substances were hidden inside packaged cupcakes until an on-duty canine sniffed them out, said...

Jorge Pardo celebrates the ‘weird expats’ of Merida

“Sunny people and weird expats,” says Jorge Pardo when asked to describe his fellow residents of Mérida, Mexico. The Cuban-American New York-based artist has lived in...

San Miguel mayor denies city has fallen prey to cartels

The mayor of San Miguel de Allende is denying that drug cartels have hit his city. In response to a Bloomberg News story about organized...

Half of all workers in Yucatan get stiffed when Christmas bonus time comes

In Yucatan, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), almost five out of 10 workers do not receive the Christmas bonus due them.

Manzanero endorses Mayan Train as new referendum approaches

Without ambiguities, trova legend Armando Manzanero said that "the biggest mistake would be for our people to prevent the Mayan Train to take place." The...

Pulpo season ‘worst in season’ for Yucatan fishermen

Even before the octopus season ends Dec. 15, some fishermen are already packing their nets, calling it the "worst in history." Some haven't even broke...
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