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Mexico’s president has signaled to Donald Trump that she can also play the regional renaming game. Claudia Sheinbaum chided Trump on Wednesday for claiming her nation was run by drug cartels and proposing that the Gulf of Mexico—as it has been named since the 17th century—be renamed the “Gulf of America.” Sheinbaum brandished a massive map of North […]
Carlos León Alemán, in charge of the turtle camp at the Center for the Technological Study of the Sea (Cetmat) 17 Yucalpetén, had a surprise on Monday, January 6, when he rescued a nest of sea turtles of the hawksbill species on a beach near buildings under construction at facilities of said institution. The discovery […]
If the threats of mass deportations by the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, are carried out, thousands of Yucatecans who work in the neighboring country to the north would be at risk of being repatriated. Last December, a report from the Migration Policy Unit of the Ministry of the Interior (Segob) reported 411 […]
The state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter was underway on Thursday, January 9th, at Washington National Cathedral, where dignitaries including President Biden, former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and President-elect Donald Trump have gathered to pay their respects to the 39th president, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100. […]
Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena delivered the side streets of the inner section of the Mérida Periférico, to face the mobility challenges derived from the lack of alternative routes. These works cover 2.2 kilometers in the area adjacent to Kanasín, adding a total of 50 kilometers of side roads on this important road. The head of […]
The Music Palace has a wide program of activities for this year, such as the new season of the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra (OSY) and educational concerts every Saturday. Adele Urbán Flores, general director of the Music Palace, explained that the work of the venue is being aligned with the vision of the Mayan Renaissance and […]
Two public transport drivers of a Va y Ven bus and a FUTV Combi engaged in a fight on 60th Street in Mérida. A fight between a Va y Ven driver and another FUTV driver has gone viral on social media, causing outrage among public transport users, who are asking drivers to be more responsible […]
Yucatan begins a new stage for the care and well-being of people, with the completion of the construction work for the Health Center in the municipality of Tunkás. Tunkás, Yucatán (January 8th, 2025).- The completion of this work, which had not been attended to for 62 years, marks a watershed for the entire state of […]
Two sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” facing sweeping drug-trafficking charges in the U.S. are in plea negotiations with the federal government, attorneys acknowledged on Tuesday, January 7th, in a Chicago courtroom. Neither Ovidio Guzmán López, 34, nor Joaquin Guzmán López, 38, appeared at the brief hearing. Word of a possible deal for Ovidio Guzman […]
According to BARRON’s, just minutes after President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday, January 7th, that his incoming administration would be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican, and Trump ally, said she would be introducing legislation to fund the name change in maps, with […]