I have lived in Bahías de Huatulco since January 2007, and even then, there was talk of the highway that has just been inaugurated. I understood the concern for this route the first time I traveled to the state capital in 2008. On that occasion, due to a congress, I rented a car and went […]
Oaxaca is once again nominated in “The Best of Mexico 2024”
Once again, Oaxaca is nominated in the Best of Mexico 2024 awards from México Desconocido magazine, which aims to recognize the best destinations and tourist experiences in the country. The state is nominated in six categories for its natural wonders, festivities, and cultural wealth, reported the state’s Tourism Secretariat (Sectur). According to the tourist magazine […]
Transporters block Oaxaca-Puerto Escondido highway; protest against Grupo ADO
Oaxacan passenger transport lines accuse the business group of not respecting agreements and moving more units than agreed upon on the new road; authorities hold working tables Nearly a dozen transport companies that provide services for passengers traveling from the city of Oaxaca to Puerto Escondido, using the Barranca Larga-Ventanilla highway, are protesting this Tuesday […]
The community of San Pedro el Alto, Oaxaca, denounces an invasion by 500 armed people
The San Pedro el Alto Commissariat of Communal Property asked the Mexican government to intervene, with the military, to avoid bloodshed. The Commissariat of Communal Property of San Pedro el Alto, Oaxaca, denounced the invasion of 500 armed people apparently, coming from Santo Domingo Teojomulco, a town with which they have a historical dispute over land. The […]
AMLO to Replace Huatulco Golf Course with National Park
Following President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s announcement of replacing a golf course operated by Ricardo Salinas Pliego with a new national park in Tangolunda, Huatulco, Oaxaca, the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, María Luisa Albores, revealed the plans for this Protected Natural Area. “Ecosystems that have been altered by human activity will be preserved […]
They ask for emergency actions for the water crisis in Oaxaca
Urgent to work on a general water law: PRD Due to the water shortage in the city and throughout the state, the Parliamentary Group of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), in the LXV Legislature of the Congress of Oaxaca, reiterated the exhortation to the National Water Commission (Conagua) to decree a crisis of […]
Under AMLO over 5 thousand women have been murdered
Only 25% of violent deaths of women are investigated with femicide protocols; In the AMLO era, more than 3 thousand women are murdered every year. Every year more than 3,000 women are murdered in Mexico, however, only 25 percent are investigated under femicide protocols; Even so, the country ranks as the second with the most victims for gender reasons in Latin […]
“Machismo drives women away from the press”, says Carolina, one of the last photojournalists in Oaxaca
This Oaxacan photographer is convinced that only education will save women and men from the discrimination that persists in the profession and the media Oaxaca de Juárez.- The Pakistani activist and blogger, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, Malala Yousafzai wrote: “To make myself powerful I only need one thing: education”. Tania Carolina […]
In 18 years, 1,600 women have been killed in Oaxaca
The organization RED highlighted that in the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the demand for the service of protection and safeguarding of women’s lives has increased in recent years. Within the framework of the International Women’s Day and the 20th anniversary of its foundation, the Interinstitutional RED for the Prevention and Attention to Cases […]
VIDEO: Man cuts off the hand of a National Guard member with a machete in Oaxaca
VIDEO: Man cuts off the hand of a National Guard member with a machete in Oaxaca Man cuts off the hand of a National Guard member with a machete in OaxacaA member of the National Guard identified as Yobani Omar C. E. managed to recover his hand after it was successfully reattached after being amputated […]