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On the beach in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo

Postcards from Mexico: On the beach in Playa del Carmen

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Writer Ethan Jacobs sends his latest postcard from Mexico on the beach in Playa del Carmen, surrounded by life coaches, reiki healers and assorted "entrepreneurs."
Sargassum piles up on the shores of Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo.

Seaweed diplomacy: Mexico and Japan to tackle sargassum crisis in new...

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Mexico and Japan are teaming up to fight the sargassum invasion choking Caribbean beaches — deploying robotics, satellite monitoring and new tech to turn seaweed into opportunity.
Debi mixing adobe in Ek' Balam

Meet the woman bringing adobe back to a Maya village

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All natural, climate-controlled and sustainable, adobe construction is making a comeback in a Maya village, thanks mainly to the efforts of one woman, writes Bel Woodhouse.
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View of pool, hotel and palm trees at an all-inclusive resort in Cancún

Dozens of UK cyclosporiasis victims had vacationed at Riviera Maya resorts

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Health officials say that cause-and-effect cannot be assumed and that Mexico's 33 cases do not constitute a signficant outbreak, but inspectors are taking food and beverage samples up and down the Quintana Roo coast.
person lying looking at a Tulum beach

Tulum, known for its beaches and Maya ruins, is named the happiest travel destination...

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The Mexican Caribbean coast resort's honor was the result of some rather elaborate research led by an Irish travel insurance company that searched more than a million reviews for happiness-indicating keywords. Oaxaca came in at No. 3.
Navy Minister Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles and President Sheinbaum at the July 30 mañanera

Navy unveils 2-billion-peso plan to combat surging sargassum in the Caribbean: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

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Sheinbaum also touted strong Q2 growth data and backed an INE ruling that prohibited the PRI opposition from calling her administration narco-government, all at Thursday's presidential presser.
Vulcan Materials work site

Mexico gets favorable ruling in Vulcan trade accord violation case — but it’s far...

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An arbitration panel let Mexico off the hook for US $1.53 billion in damages sought by a company whose operations in Quntana Roo were deemed to have been shut down illegally. Details of the eight years old case are yet to be made public.

Modern tech and an old find combine to shed new light on the Maya

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The digital reconstruction of a charcoal mural has revealed the earliest known evidence of calendrical writing in Calakmul, Campeche, using the same photogrammetric technique that led to a similar discovery in nearby El Palmar.
a cranium and part of a mandible (seen here) with three molars.

Pre-Columbian skeletal remains discovered in Playa del Carmen cenote

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The bones of a woman aged between 18 and 25 years old are the latest underwater discovery on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, where at least 11 prehistoric skeletons have been identified in recent decades.
kitty cat

Quintana Roo moves to guarantee pet spaces at hurricane shelters

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A lack of provisions for household animals can discourage families from seeking the protection of emergency shelters, or expose pets to hurricane conditions alone.
Cozumel raccoons close-up

Cute but endangered: The dwarf raccoons of Cozumel

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The best estimate is that there are less than 200 surviving adults of the Cozumel raccoon population left, making these cute creatures one of the most critically endangered species on the planet.
Paseo de Montejo, a Sunday ciclovía in Mérida, with this image generated by AI tools

Postcards from Mexico: On the Paseo de Montejo in Mérida

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From over-adventurous kid bikers to abundant artisans and ill-dressed tourists, writer Ethan Jacobs shares his latest postcard from Mexico, featuring Mérida's Paseo de Montejo.
Sargassum covers the beaches of the Tulum archaeological site on July 17

Sheinbaum vows action on Quintana Roo’s sargassum crisis during Tulum visit

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President Sheinbaum traveled to Quintana Roo to tackle its sargassum crisis, with a detailed plan due Saturday, as Tulum's tourism industry continues to struggle.