At a packed press conference in Dos Bocas, Tabasco; Mexico’s energy minister unveiled a bold plan to fast-track construction of the country’s largest oil refinery to date, a flagship project under the government of then-President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Rocio Nahle told the reporters gathered back in 2019 that borrowing designs from a previously scrapped […]
Britain will not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America despite Donald Trump’s order for it to be renamed. According to The Telegraph, Britain will continue to call the body of water by its current name unless the new title ordered by Mr Trump gains widespread usage in English. The US president instructed the US […]
How a 1980s Home Turns Over a New Leaf in Merida, Yucatan. FMT Estudio gives a stark and dated dwelling a playful renovation that embraces the sunny climate with lush courtyards and a poolside veranda. FMT Estudio gives a stark and dated dwelling a playful renovation that embraces the sunny climate with lush courtyards and […]
The 24-year-old singer addresses viral videos of his off-key performance at Luke Bryan’s Cancún festival. Rising country music star Bailey Zimmerman has issued an apology after a viral performance in Mexico where intoxication led to an off-key rendition of his hits, acknowledging he failed to deliver the show his fans deserved. The 24-year-old “Rock and […]
Two Canadian families were allegedly held “hostage” at a luxury resort in Cancun, Mexico, over Christmas. Allegedly held at the Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun, two Saskatchewan families were reportedly forced to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in exchange for medical help. Jesslyn Schigol, along with her husband and two sons—a teenager and a four-month-old— reportedly traveled from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, […]
On a tour of the largest market in Spain, the governor of Yucatan was looking for export opportunities. Joaquin Diaz Mena, this morning toured the largest market in Spain, Mercamadrid, where he toured with his work team to find out what is moving and consumed in the “old continent”, and to survey what Yucatan can […]
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) of Mexico reports that a local cooperative requested a federal environmental permit to build a wooden dock in Chelem, Progreso, Yucatán. On Friday, January 10, 2025, the Progreso-based company Melkart Melquisedec, a cooperative limited liability company, delivered the Environmental Impact Statement (MIA) carried out by Environmental Engineering […]
On the afternoon of Wednesday, January 22, a 35-year-old construction worker died under the rubble caused by the fall of a wall at a construction site on Temozón Norte Avenue. The deceased is a man who lived in Motul – although he was born in from Dzemul -, a bricklayer, and was in the interior […]
Rituals and traditions that involve animal sacrifices, such as the turkey-cutting dance, I completely repudiate, said activist Elsa Arceo Medina. The fighter against animal abuse in Yucatán stated that “if they are going to continue with those traditional attitudes that for me are not traditions, then let human sacrifices return to see how we are […]
President Claudia Sheinbaum called for cool heads to prevail after Donald Trump’s vow to impose hefty tariffs sent the country’s currency tumbling on fears that Mexico would become his administration’s target. On his first day in the White House, Trump renewed his pledge to slap 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, saying he may […]