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A tremendous fire broke out in the early hours of this Sunday in a building on 29th Street between 20th and 22nd in Uman’s San Lorenzo neighborhood. The fire was allegedly started by a candle that was left lit, which in a flash destroyed the workshop of the renowned Styrofoam master craftsman, José Eduardo Tello […]
Tekit, Yucatán, has been the scene of a tragedy that should alarm both society and authorities: A public lynching as a response to crime. In this case, a man accused of murdering a woman was lynched and burned alive by an angry mob. This shocking and brutal event is not isolated in the Yucatecan context. […]
The “Museo Ateneo Peninsular” (Peninsular Athenaeum Museum), will reopen in 2025. One of the projects that she considers very important for 2024 and that is being finished at the beginning of this year is the work on the Peninsular Athenaeum, which will be inaugurated soon. This will be a cultural center of great importance where […]
With a work based on the toh bird, the well-known painter Selene Pat Herrera and her family participated in the creation of the murals “Art for the community”, which were carried out by a foundation. 45 murals were created last weekend, in a park in the city of Merida, where 82 painters from Yucatan met. […]
This year, the INAH will continue with the Program for the Improvement of Archaeological Sites, as part of which work is being done on visitor service centers, which in the case of Dzibilchaltún is already ready and the archaeological zone is open to the public; in Chichén Itzá there is already good progress. It will […]
On the beaches of Telchac Puerto, packages of cocaine washed up on the beach, in front of the Reef Hotel. The events took place on Sunday, January 26th, and generated a strong movement of the Mexican Army and the Attorney General’s Office (FGR). The tourists who were staying at the Reef Hotel went out for […]
A man known as “El Wero” was lynched and burned alive by residents of the Tekit, Yucatán after attacking a woman identified as Doña Candy with a machete. The victim, who was sitting at the door of his house, died after the aggression. Outraged by the attack and the death of the woman, the residents […]
Note: The Palacio Canton is currently undergoing matinance, but is not closed to the public. The temporary access can be found on Calle 58. Mérida’s regional anthropology museum, better known as El Palacion Cantón recently unveiled an exhibit highlighting the importance of trade routes along rivers and coastlines in the Maya world. One of the…
The “José Peón Contreras” theater would reopen its doors in 2025, probably in November, said Patricia Martín Briceño, head of the Secretariat of Culture and the Arts (Sedeculta). The official reported that the meticulous restoration continues with specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), who have rebuilt the dome “piece by piece […]
“Nothing will be easy about returning to Auschwitz, 80 years after I was liberated. This commemoration will be the last of its kind. We will be there. Will you stand with us?” (Michael Bornstein, Auschwitz Survivor). On 27 January 2025, we will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and […]