Today, the Mexican monsoon, interacting with a mid-level cyclonic circulation over Baja California Sur, will bring heavy to very heavy rainfall to Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, and Nayarit. Meanwhile, the subtropical jet stream over northwestern Mexico and the remnants of Juliette will bring heavy rainfall to Baja California. In turn, a low-pressure […]
667 Oaxaca bureaucrats have their jobs restored; they return with full rights.
State Governor Salomón Jara Cruz announced that the remaining 667 bureaucrats dismissed by Decree 24, approved by the state Congress on December 11, 2024, which initially eliminated 1,344 positions, will return to their jobs in the state administration with all their rights and prerogatives. This reverses a measure that sparked various protests and demonstrations in […]
It wasn’t a meteorite, it was a fire! Authorities deny the meteorite crash in Oaxaca.
Yesterday afternoon, images circulated on social media of an alleged meteorite falling in the community of Zimatlán de Álvarez, a town in the Central Valleys region of Oaxaca. The photographs show a fire and a column of smoke in the distance. According to the reports circulating, there was anxiety among the population, and it was […]
Figures from the arts and culture of Oaxaca star in the new curtain at the Alcalá Theater.
With the participation of international prima ballerina Elisa Carrilo in dance, maestro Lila Downs in singing, and the Ensamble de Valles Centrales, directed by maestro César Delgado in music, the unveiling of the main curtain, titled Núú Núndúva (“Oaxaca” in the Mixtec language), took place on August 21st at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater. Construction of […]
Oaxaca fills the Historic Center with color
A little piece of Oaxaca has arrived in downtown Mexico City. To close the 11th Festival of Indigenous Cultures, Original Peoples and Neighborhoods of Mexico City 2025 with a flourish, a Calenda, or Oaxacan festival, began at 11:00 a.m. this Sunday, marching along Avenida Juárez, crossing Eje Central, joining Madero Street, and reaching the capital’s […]
Normalists blockade in the Reforma neighborhood of Oaxaca City
Once again, a group of student teachers (IEEPO) are mobilizing in the city of Oaxaca de Juárez. Very early in the morning, the student teachers (IEEPO) blocked public transportation vehicles and, in recent hours, have closed off Violetas Street in the Reforma neighborhood. The young students arrived at one of the Oaxaca State Institute of […]
In Oaxaca, the state government suspends three notaries from their positions.
Oaxaca authorities suspended three notaries and revoked their notarial permits for having ties to organized crime. Source: milenio
Residents block the Pan-American Highway in Oaxaca, demanding the release of two pigs detained “for littering the streets.”
Residents of the community of Pascual Fuentes or El Jícaro, part of the municipality of Santo Domingo Zanatepec, blocked the Pan-American Highway to demand that municipal authorities release two pigs detained this morning. The two animals were captured by municipal police following orders from the Zanatepec mayor, who responded to complaints from several residents of […]
Landslides leave 10 communities in Oaxaca cut off; authorities and residents ask for support.
Residents of at least 10 communities in the municipalities of Constancia del Rosario and Putla de Guerrero, located on the border of the Sierra Sur and Mixteca regions, have been cut off for two days due to landslides caused by constant rains. Authorities and residents are requesting support from the Oaxaca Roads and Well-being Directorate. […]
QS 1500 in Puerto Escondido for October of this year is confirmed on the WSL website.
The QS circuit will return to Puerto Escondido after eight years, according to the WSL website, which has confirmed the Oaxaca Pro by Corona event to take place between October 17 and 20, 2019. It will be a 1,500-point QS ranking event. The last QS event held in Puerto Escondido was in 2011. It was […]