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Rekindled Fyre Festival now says it will be held in Playa...

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Sun, sand and... skepticism? After announcing a Fyre Festival 2 in Isla Mujeres, founder and fraudster Billy McFarland has moved the event to Playa del Carmen.
Power outage

CFE restores power after blackouts hit Riviera Maya

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The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reported that the blackouts were due to the poor quality of natural gas caused by high humidity levels in the Mayakán gas pipeline.
Arriving tourists at Cancun airport

Getting from the Cancún airport to your hotel just got easier,...

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Quintana Roo's governor announced the bus route in response to ongoing complaints of taxi drivers charging arriving tourists outrageous rates.
Tulum Security Minister José Roberto Rodríguez Bautista was killed at gunpoint on Friday.

Tulum security minister killed in drive-by shooting

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An alleged member of a criminal group "dedicated to the sale of drugs" was killed at the location where the police chief and his bodyguard came under attack, authorities said.
El Castillo pyramid at Chichén Itzá

German tourist arrested after scaling Chichén Itzá pyramid during spring equinox

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Officials who came to arrest the rule-breakers ended up having to protect them from an angry crowd of equinox tourists.
A shot of colonial downtown Mérida in Yucatán

Mérida Arts District in the works after Yucatán attracts 7 billion pesos in real...

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Yucatán has launched a $348 million investment in Mérida, promising hundreds of new jobs and a boost to tourism infrastructure.
Bel Woodhouse on Cozumel beach

Why the ‘no’s’ are the best part of my Mexican life

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You might not think it, but this one little word makes an enormous difference to how much we enjoy our lives in Mexico.
Mexico's Environment Minister, Alicia Barcena, a middle-aged woman with graying hair stands next to an unidentified Mexican man holding a framed enlarged document of certification of Sacpukenha as one of three new Maya protected areas. Around them are other people smiling into the camera.

Environment Ministry declares 3 Maya communities natural protected areas

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Environment Minister Bárcena cited the new protected areas were examples of Indigenous peoples, social organizations and committed citizens stepping up to become "guardians of our environment."
A generic frolicking dolphin.

Profepa shuts down dolphin show at Hotel Barceló in Riviera Maya

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After two dolphins died and another was seriously injured, the federal environmental watchdog has suspended aquatic shows at one of the Riviera Maya’s biggest resorts.
A passenger sitting in a chair at a gate in an empty section of an airport. In the background are large windows showing a plane parked on the runway, with its nose facing the window.

Cancún International Airport passenger traffic slumps in February

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Cancún International Airport saw an annual decline of 9.1% in passenger traffic in February, yet another of several monthly decreases since the summer.
Mexico's southeastern states require major investment in order for the region to take full advantage of its available energy and water resources, according to a new UNAM report.

Study: Mexico’s Southeast requires 17 billion pesos in water investment

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Mexico’s southeastern states are attracting increasing attention as FDI and nearshoring destinations, but a growing water crisis could bring that to a halt.
Each year, large quantities of sargassum contaminate Mexico's southeastern beaches.

UNAM researchers develop drywall from sargassum

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UNAM researchers have invented a way to repurpose the seaweed — 23 to 25 million tonnes of which could wash ashore in Mexico this year — as the principal component for drywall.
Electricity substation in an open field.

CFE approves major electrical grid upgrade as summer approaches

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The Riviera Maya's tourism industry is likely breathing a sigh of relief at the announcement. It suffered widespread blackouts last summer, wreaking havoc in the hospitality sector.