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More than one-third of Mexico’s schoolchildren are overweight or obese
According to an ongoing government study, the states with the highest rates of overweight in children are Campeche (56%), Quintana Roo (52%) and Tabasco (51%).
What’s on in the Riviera Maya in August?
What's on? Plenty! Celebrate Isla Mujeres' birthday, taste sacred honey in Cobá and dance under the stars at these August events across the Yucatán Peninsula that have something for everyone.
Cozumel cruise ship dock indefinitely postponed amid environmental concerns
The company leading the project, Muelles del Caribe, announced the suspension last week after the Environment Ministry said in June that it would carry out a new environmental impact study.

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Maya Train freight service set to begin operations by end of 2026
Construction on the freight network began in April and is currently at 5% completion, the general in charge of the project said.
Mennonite groups facing criminal charges for illegal forest clearing in Yucatán Peninsula
Authorities discovered some 2,600 hectares of destroyed forest during an operation in May and June.
Is Bacalar a foodie destination now?
Bacalar's restaurant scene got a culinary upgrade in recent years, now featuring Michelin key-chefs and unforgettable lakeside dining.
Foreign national caught with over a million pesos of ketamine in Cancún airport
Officials confiscated 2 kilograms of ketamine, a controlled substance in Mexico.
Bimbo announces US $2 billion investment in 7 Mexican states
The Mexican breadmaker will be modernizing its factories, boosting its EV delivery system and making its product packaging more environmentally friendly.
Despite heroic clean-up efforts, sargassum keeps accumulating on Quintana Roo’s coast
A stunning indication of the current crisis — as well as of the locals' heroism — took place in Isla Mujeres, where between Sunday night and Monday morning, 140 tonnes of the algae came ashore.
San Miguel, Ensenada and more: These are the five new airports Mexico is planning...
Details are emerging about government plans to build a series of new airports around the country.
New facility to transform Quintana Roo’s sargassum into biofuel
It's called the Comprehensive Sargassum Sanitation and Circular Economy Center and it's the state's new attempt at a long-term solution to the tourism-threatening brown seaweed.
Shooting star: The story of Mexico’s first chess Grandmaster
Eccentric but undoubtedly brilliant, Torre's meteoric rise and precipitous fall shocked the chess world during the early 20th century.
Cruise ship tourists to Mexico are now paying a US $5 tax
The duty, collected in advance by the cruise companies, is a relatively light levy compared to the $42 tax originally planned by the Mexican government.