Dozens of students from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) demanded that their university and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador break relations with Israel for actions against Palestine, which they classified as ‘genocidal’. In an interuniversity assembly, the students blamed the Israeli State for promoting student repression in that country, expressions that have also been made in recent days by similar institutions of higher education in the United States. In the so-called ‘Interuniversity and popular Assembly in solidarity with the United States student camps’, held at ..read more

The Symphony Orchestra of the University of the Arts of Yucatán (UNAY), directed by the outstanding baton of Alejandro Basulto, will offer a concert to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the University of the Arts of Yucatán, on May 2 at 7 p.m., and will take place in the Concert Hall of the Palacio de la Música – National Center of Mexican Music. During this special event, audiences will be transported on a musical journey through a careful selection of classic and contemporary works, designed to captivate the senses and commemorate two decades of academic and artistic excellence. The fir ..read more

A specimen of a spider monkey that lives in the trees adjacent to the new municipal palace of Playa del Carmen will be relocated by the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa). The primate, which is a young female with wild behavior, was spotted last week in the treetops. Profepa personnel, in collaboration with members of the Balam Kaan Wild Participatory Environmental Monitoring Committee, are already on the site carrying out a prospecting tour. The authorities have called on citizens to avoid interacting with the spider monkey, not offer it food, and not try to pet it. Recom ..read more

Globalization and digitalization of the economy, as well as the development of fintech tools, dictate the conditions: It is crucial to understand the diversity of payment systems. Depending on your needs, Chase Pay and Payoneer are two different tools that can make or break your transactions. Since both systems offer unique benefits, their key differences may influence your choice. Below we will look at specific examples to better understand how both systems work: services, features, Pros, and Cons. Although at first glance, comparing these two payment systems may seem irrelevant and the diffe ..read more

Quintana Roo largely boosted national industrial growth last year by reporting an annual rate of 120.7% and placing itself in first place among the states that contributed the most to this sector, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). In his analysis, he pointed out that of the 32 federal entities of the country, 26 showed annual increases in their industrial activity during the period January-October 2023 and Quintana Roo was the one that stood out with an annual rate of 120.7%, after three consecutive years with falls. and which represented the la ..read more

A little over a month before the elections in the country, there is a close fight in at least 4 of the 9 governorships that will be in dispute on June 2, with less than 5 percentage points of difference between first and second place. in the most recent Massive Caller surveys. The survey conducted on April 28 reveals that in two states there is an advantage of more than 10 points in favor of first place and in the remaining 3 the leaders have an advantage that can also be considered clear, although not as wide. As is known, on June 2 there will be elections for governor in Yucatán, Mexico City ..read more

A tragedy was avoided this afternoon on the Malecón de Progreso, where a sexagenarian almost lost his life by drowning. According to the report, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, a man identified as A.G.C., 65 years old, went into the sea and suddenly began to drown. Witnesses to the event rushed to pull the man from the sea and as emergency services arrived they placed him in a ch air.Paramedics from the Municipal Police were in charge of giving first aid, making the sixty-year-old man draw water through his nose and mouth. Upon arriving at the scene of the accident, paramedics assessed the aff ..read more

More than a month after a Yucatan district judge ordered the inspection of the works of the Mayan Train section 5 South, the Quintana Roo courts have not complied with the requirement. Patricia Godínez, the complainant in the indirect protection trial 1003/2022, said that the District Judge of Mérida’s verification order as urgent has not been finalized. On March 10, the First District Court of Yucatán ordered the federal courts of Quintana Roo to conduct a judicial inspection of the works of the Mayan Train section 5 South, where environmentalists have pointed out the filling of cenotes. In a ..read more

The maximum temperatures expected in Mérida will range between 40 and 42 degrees Celsius. In the beginning of May, Yucatán will face higher average temperatures compared to previous years, indicated meteorology expert Juan Vázquez Montalvo, from the Institutional Committee for the Attention of Extreme Meteorological Phenomena (Ciafeme) of the Autonomous University of Yucatán (Uady). In April 2024, the average maximum temperature reached 40 degrees Celsius, surpassing the records of the previous year, which was considered the hottest on record. The meteorologist pointed out that the maximum tem ..read more

One of the victims suffered gunshot wounds to the right eye and ear. An armed attack in the community of Nuevo Caanan, Bacalar, left a man executed and a young man injured after unknown individuals traveling in a truck opened fire on them. The event took place around 11:00 p.m. on April 27, when an emergency call reported that after an attack a man had been injured inside a truck at the entrance of a town and next to him, there was a man who no longer had vital signs. The Quintana Roo Police went to the scene to investigate the incident after the call for help, finding the alleged victims, one ..read more