In less than 24 hours, Hurricane Milton reached Category 5, the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm, wreaks havoc on the Yucatán Peninsula. At 00:01 on October 8, 2024, Hurricane Milton was downgraded to Category 4, as reported by the National Water Commission (Conagua). The cyclone, which had reached Category […]
This weekend, various governmental and municipal authorities were sworn in after being elected on June 2. Three of them are members of the Morena party who will occupy governorships. Upon taking office as the constitutional governor of Yucatán, Joaquín Díaz Mena committed to zero tolerance for corruption, an austere administration, and working for the most […]
For the first time, the board of directors of the State Congress is chaired by a Mayan-speaking woman and also from a left-wing party, Neida Araceli Pat Dzul, a deputy from Morena, who was committed by the installing board to fulfill her position, and immediately did the same with her colleagues from the new legislature. […]
Edgar Jiménez, a user of the Maya Train, recounted what it is like to travel on the railroad, according to his experience in the Yucatan Peninsula, as he gave details of the surprises he had on this summer vacation, 6 months ago he had already made a trip and was able to make a comparison: […]
Elected President Claudia Sheinbaum resumed her informal meetings known as “Thursday Cabinet” and presented the new members of her working team for the third consecutive week, who will accompany her when she takes office. The new cabinet members are: * Secretariat of Public Education: Mario Delgado * Governor’s Office: Rosa Icela Rodríguez * Secretary of […]
The violence in Chiapas, Mexico has reached the family of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), as local and national media report that his nephew, Humberto “El Becerro” Obrador, was executed in Palenque, Chiapas. Humberto had previously received threats on narcomantas. According to El Financiero, Humberto was shot dead on June 26th at the Ejido […]
The market reacted positively to the announcement of the first six secretaries that Claudia Sheinbaum will have during her administration. During the announcement, the exchange rate showed an appreciation of the peso by 0.44%, reaching a trading value of 18.3227 pesos per dollar from today’s highest point of 18.4040 pesos, according to Investing.com data. After […]
The Mexican private sector, represented by the Coordinating Business Council (CCE), met with incoming president Claudia Sheinbaum to discuss the country’s economic agenda and proposed reforms. CCE President Francisco Cervantes emphasized the importance of dialogue in addressing the private sector’s concerns, stating that “the only path we know for working on public and interest agendas […]
On Monday, June 17th, 1985, at 07:33 UTC (01:33 local time in Mexico), the NASA space shuttle Discovery was launched from Cape Canaveral carrying Mexico’s first communication satellite, Morelos I. The satellite entered geostationary orbit on December 17th, 1985, and became part of a series of Mexican communication satellites known as Morelos. According to information […]
It was anticipated that the efforts to fully restore the service concluded around 11:00 PM. The National Energy Control Center (Cenace) announced a situation of Operational Emergency State in the National Interconnected System starting at 5:04 PM on May 7, 2024, which has generated blackouts in various regions of the country due to high energy […]
