Image provided by the Observatorio de Movilidad y Sustentabilidad de Mérida. The dotted lines are approximations.   Plants to build a second periferico ring around Mérida have been floating about for years. But now that the initiative has been approved, residents of Yucatán’s largest city and surrounding communities ask, “How will this affect me?” As they…
Mothers and fathers of the students at the “Agustín Vadillo Cicero” Middle High School, in Mérida, are on alert, they are concerned about a person outside the institution who somehow managed to reach the students and put them at risk. The man approximately 35 years old, almost two meters tall, robust, with little hair and […]
Henry Ponce has spent three decades crafting a vision that goes far beyond architecture and design. “I would love to be remembered as somebody who really loved the city and worked to try to make the city better,” he reflects, encapsulating a career dedicated to more than just constructing buildings. Ponce’s path to architecture was…
Belize Prime Minister Johnny Briceño presented a formal plan to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for a two-phase expansion of the Tren Maya into the Central American nation. The plan’s first phase would involve extending the Tren Maya rail network just 7 km to the border between Mexico and Belize. The second and more ambitious part…
In Yucatan, the artisan sector has been affected by the production of products from Asian countries, since these are produced in large quantities and at very low prices. The president of the National Chamber of the Clothing Industry (Canaive) in Yucatan, Luis Gerardo González Morales, mentioned that one of the artisan sectors that has been […]