Violence has not given a break in Oaxaca this week, as in addition to the armed attacks and clashes that occurred in recent days in the Papaloapan Basin, there is one that took place this Friday in the parking lot of Calzada Madero, in the historic center of the capital of Oaxaca. The events occurred […]
Organ and Early Music Festival in Oaxaca
With concerts and guided tours, the Institute of Historical Organs of Oaxaca (IOHIO) will celebrate 25 years of its foundation, in order to protect, preserve, document and promote the ancient pipe organs in the state. The program and the fifteenth edition of the International Organ and Early Music Festival includes a series of concerts with […]
New pre-Columbian fortified city discovered in Oaxaca
A 15th-century Zapotec enclave in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, once thought to be simply a fortress where soldiers were garrisoned was in fact a sprawling, fortified city. A McGill University researcher determined that Guiengola, as the site is called, spanned 360 hectares, with more than 1,100 buildings, four kilometers of walls, a network of internal roads, […]
“Immigration deceived us.” 100 foreigners flee after being promised transportation to the city of Oaxaca
On the other end of the phone line, all that can be heard at first is the complaint: Immigration deceived us. On the night of Monday, January 27, at least 100 migrants received an offer from immigration authorities to be transferred to the city of Oaxaca. They never arrived. The migrants, at least 100, including […]
Oaxaca Government strengthens environmental conservation and protection with actions
The head of the Secretariat of Environment, Biodiversity, Energy and Sustainability, Karime Unda Harp, highlighted that the Government of the Oaxacan Spring promotes strategic axes for environmental conservation and protection that allow sustainability. Within the framework of the Second Report of Governor Salomón Jara Cruz, she highlighted the actions carried out in the proper management […]
Teachers on the warpath: 48-hour strike and blockades in Oaxaca
Primary school teachers in Oaxaca began a 48-hour work stoppage to demand improvements in educational infrastructure and to allow retired teachers to pass on their positions to their relatives. This mobilization, promoted by Section 22 of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), is part of a series of protests in which they seek to […]
Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates initiative against transgenic corn from Oaxaca
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, celebrated this Sunday through the initiative sent to the Chamber of Deputies to prohibit the planting of transgenic corn in the nation, and thus be able to protect the native species of this food.Through a video published on social networks, the president reported from Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, that […]
20 years later: Mitla-Tehuantepec highway transforms Oaxaca’s connectivity
After 20 years of hard work, the Mitla-Tehuantepec highway has finally been inaugurated, connecting the capital of the state of Oaxaca with the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in just 2 and a half hours. This infrastructure project, considered one of the most challenging in southern Mexico, has reduced travel time by 2 hours, benefiting 1.4 million […]
Agricultural nursery inaugurated in Oaxaca with support from the Japanese government
Within the framework of the non-reimbursable financial assistance project for community projects for human security, the Japanese government delivered the construction of an agricultural nursery, which will benefit lemon producers from the municipality of Villa de Tututepec in the Oaxaca Coast region. The Japanese ambassador to Mexico, Kozo Honsei, visited today the community of San […]
The Mitla-Tehuantepec highway is inaugurated in Oaxaca
After 23 years, Oaxaca will have a new road infrastructure to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, with a length of 169 kilometers, which will improve the mobility of people, products and services, thus becoming the engine of development in the south-southeast of Mexico. President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and the governor of Oaxaca, Salomón Jara Cruz, will […]