Do you want to feel like you’re in the United Arab Emirates? Well, you can enjoy the dunes without leaving Mexico. This hidden paradise by the sea is in Oaxaca, and here we tell you how to get there. This is Chipehua Beach, a place where you can enjoy the sun and water, while the […]
Oaxaca breaks the Guinness record with the world’s largest tlayuda
Oaxaca made history again. As part of Guelaguetza 2025, more than 120 traditional female cooks from San Antonio de la Cal broke the Guinness record for the second time by making the world’s largest tlayuda, with 1,200 pieces, a feat that celebrates the state’s pride, culture, and gastronomy. The tlayudas were aligned in a spiral […]
Ana Kareen López Velasco disappears in Oaxaca; fears suggest she was kidnapped under false job offers
Ana Kareen López Velasco, 17, disappeared last Sunday, July 6, 2025. She was last seen in the municipality of Asunción Nochixtlán, Oaxaca, according to her mother, Rosalía Velasco García. So far, she has no information on her whereabouts and reported that she filed the corresponding report at the State Attorney General’s Office in Nochixtlán on […]
“Gentrification and touristification are a new form of dispossession”; organizations announce forum in Oaxaca
Mario Quintero, a member of the Assembly of Indigenous Peoples of the Isthmus in Defense of Land and Territory (APIIDTT), asserted that the government, far from assuming its responsibility for the effects of gentrification and tourism, has dismissed citizen protests, accusing them of xenophobia or discrimination against foreigners. During the announcement of a meeting in […]
CFE and CIIT workers are victims of virtual kidnapping in Oaxaca.
Federal and state security forces released six people—technical personnel from the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Interoceanic Corridor (CIIT) railways—who were victims of the crime of unlawful deprivation of liberty in the form of virtual kidnapping, which occurred in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca. The Oaxaca Prosecutor’s Office reported […]
Transport leader and family killed in Oaxaca
Four people were killed, including a minor and a transportation leader, in an armed attack reported this afternoon in the capital of Oaxaca. The incident occurred near Parque del Amor, around 4:30 p.m., in the Colonia Alemán neighborhood, under the DIF bridge. Sources confirmed that among the victims was Juan Yavhé Luis Villaseca, identified as […]
Yagul and Mitla Caves in Oaxaca: Witnesses to the agricultural origins of Mesoamerica
Located in the Tlacolula Valley, in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, the prehistoric caves of Yagul and Mitla are part of an exceptional cultural landscape that has preserved unique evidence of the origins of agriculture in the Americas. These spaces house vestiges of human occupation dating back more than 12,000 years, including cave paintings, stone […]
The probability of a new cyclone forming off the coast of Oaxaca increases to 80%.
The National Water Commission (Conagua) is monitoring a low-pressure zone off the southern coast of Oaxaca, which presents a 40% probability of developing a new cyclone within 48 hours and an 80% probability within seven days. It is located 590 kilometers south of Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, moving west-northwest. It is expected to evolve into a […]
More than 15 days after Hurricane Erika hit, aid has not reached Huatulco; 47,000 people are affected.
More than 15 days after Hurricane Erick hit the coast of Oaxaca, humanitarian aid has not reached the affected municipalities, including Santa María Huatulco, said Carol Antonio Altamirano, a federal representative for the Morena party. The federal legislator stated that in Huatulco, one of the state’s main tourist destinations, a total of 47,317 people suffered […]
A foreigner was filmed assaulting a young Mexican woman in an Oaxaca movie theater.
Once again, a foreigner is going viral in Mexico due to uncivil and disrespectful behavior. This time, the incident occurred in a movie theater in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, according to a TikTok user identified as Stephany, with the account @sthepany.oficial. The attack was recorded on video and posted on the social media platform on June […]