On Saturday, January 11th, Venezuela condemned new sanctions that the U.S., Britain, and the European Union imposed the previous day when the country swore in President Nicolas Maduro for a third term after a six-month election dispute. “The Venezuelan Armed Forces categorically and energetically rejects the new sanctions imposed by the infamous imperial brotherhood,” wrote […]
While the Central American nation bordered by Mexico to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the east is home to a permanent population of just 410,000 people, Belize saw the same number of international arrivals in 2023. As Belize is not nearly as popular among U.S.-based beach-hunters as neighboring Mexico, the majority of those […]
In a speech to crowds of supporters, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, days before Donald Trump is sworn in as US head of state, vowed her country would not be subordinated by its northern neighbor. Ties between both nations will stay strong and dialogue will prevail, Sheinbaum said during the speech in a Mexico City square […]
The former state legislator of the Citizen Movement party, Vida Gómez Herrera, denounced non-compliance with the Mental Health Law of the State of Yucatán, enacted in 2018. Since its approval, it has been ignored by state administrations, which contributes to the increase in suicide cases in the entity, she criticized. “The Mental Health Law remains […]
A fire alert in La Isla shopping mall in the north of Mérida, the capital of Yucatán, caused the partial evacuation of that shopping center on the afternoon of Saturday, January 11. The fire broke out in a Brazilian restaurant, although almost an hour later the state police declared that it was not a fire. […]
The representative of the Citizen Comptroller’s Office for Water Protection in Yucatán, Cuauhtémoc Jacobo Femat, pointed out that given the announcement of the arrival of larger companies dedicated to nearshoring to Mexico, the legal framework of the federal environmental protection law must be modified. Environment since it “does not have teeth.” In an interview, he […]