YUCATÁN PENINSULA
The Maya Train reports a ‘track-related incident.’ Was it another derailment?
Media reports indicate there was a partial derailment of the last car on the train just 50 meters outside the Campeche station, but there has been no official report confirming or denying it.
CFE restores power in Yucatán Peninsula after 7-hour blackout reportedly caused...
Monday’s blackout affected more than 10 million people in southeastern Mexico while also partially impacting the neighboring country of Belize.
Cenote hunters’ love for exploring the Yucatán Peninsula inspires new guidebook
Canadian cenote hunters David Palmer and Doris Demers have written a guidebook to the Yucatán Peninsula's most spectacular sinkholes, and have shared tips on visiting some of their favorites.
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Activists rally to stop luxury project on Yucatán dunes
Yucatán activists are fighting a luxury beach development, warning it could harm fragile dunes, endangered species and local communities.
Meet Jacinto Canek, the Maya rebel who rose against Spanish rule in Yucatán
Nearly half a century before the Mexican War of Independence, Jacinto Canek led an anti-colonial Maya uprising against the Spanish in the state of Yucatán, writes Andrea Fischer.
A Danish firm’s US $510 million renewables project will boost Campeche’s clean energy supply
The Mexican government helped enable the solar energy-producing, -storing and -distributing project via investment through the public pension fund Profuturo and by guaranteeing customers through the CFE's marketing arm CFE Calificados.
Construction on 14-tower tourist project on Yucatán’s coast halted on environmental grounds
The work halt at the development site on duneland near Chuburná Puerto, 15 kilometers from the beach town of Progreso, is temporary at this point, as more legal proceedings are to follow.
Profepa clears 6 dolphins for relocation from shuttered Cancún dolphinarium
The move comes amid concerns about the health and safety of the animals, which remain under the care of Mexico’s environmental authority following the closure of the Dolphin Discovery dolphinarium in October 2025.
Sargassum seaweed levels begin to drop in Quintana Roo after record peak
This year's sargassum season has been one of Quintana Roo's worst on record, but the buildup is now beginning to decline, according to new figures.
Health investigators rule out any presence of the Cyclospora parasite in Riviera Maya hotels
Reports that four dozen UK cyclosporiasis patients had traveled to Mexico led to an investigation, but it turned out to be a case of correlation not implying causation.
Supply-demand squeeze could push Mexico home prices up 8% by the end of 2026
By metropolitan area, Guadalajara experienced the highest housing price increase, at 11%, followed by Monterrey, 8.3%, and Puebla-Tlaxcala, 8.5%.
Tulum regains 5 lost international air routes, a hopeful sign for tourism sector recovery
Nine international routes from North America will bring winter visitors to Tulum's Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport, giving the city hope that its tourism slump is finally turning around.
Postcards from Mexico: On the beach in Playa del Carmen
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."
