Mexico’s convenience store giant Oxxo has opened its first store in the US. The newest Oxxo, in Odessa, Texas, is part of the company’s aggressive push to enter new markets. In 2023, Femsa, Oxxo’s ...

The Mexican National Guard relies heavily on its canine units across the country. These divisions typically feature large ...

Camino del Mayab, a network of walking and cycling routes that links Maya villages, old haciendas, and cenotes south of ...

Every October, kitchens across Yucatán fill with the smell of corn dough, achiote, and banana leaves. The reason is the ...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has called for Austria to repatriate the artifact known as “el Penacho de Moctezuma.” El Penacho de Moctezuma, or Moctezuma’s headdress, is a featherwork ...

Mexico’s proposed 35.8% tax hike on the Derecho de No Residente (DNR), the fee paid by international visitors entering the country, has sparked deep concern across the tourism sector. Industry leaders ...

A routine commercial flight operated by Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris became an emergency when mechanical failure struck shortly after takeoff. Volaris flight 1741 was scheduled to fly from Harry ...

In the Ateneo Peninsular, the new Tren Maya Museum showcases archaeological artifacts recovered during the construction of the Maya train. Though this new museum comprises three good-sized exhibition ...

Health authorities in Mérida have closed the artificial lake at La Isla Shopping Center after a maintenance worker is suspected to have died from a brain-eating amoeba. A 34-year-old maintenance ...

Mexico is home to 68 officially recognized Indigenous languages, spoken by nearly 7 million people, including Mayan and Náhuatl. Yet, despite their historical significance, many of these languages are ...

Mérida’s Paseo de Montejo will trade its usual traffic for horses, embroidered sombreros and escaramuzas this evening, as Yucatán marks Día Nacional del Charro with the city’s Desfile Charro ...

Bedsheets are usually associated with rest and privacy, but in a new exhibit at the Museo de la Ciudad de Mérida, Yucatecan artist Elena Martínez Bolio turns them into a public meditation on memory, ...