On International Coffee Day and during the Veracruz Coffee Festival, held at the Legislative Palace, Representative Victoria Gutiérrez Pérez, president of the Special Commission for the Care, Monitoring, and Development of Coffee Growing in Veracruz, announced the activities that the State Congress will undertake to promote improvements in this crop. On the esplanade of the […]

With the arrival of the autumn equinox in September, the mandarin harvest officially began in Veracruz, and recent weather conditions point to a good season. The rains of recent months have benefited citrus plantations in the state, predicting a rebound in production in key municipalities such as Álamo Temapache, Tuxpan, Tihuatlán, and Tamiahua. Imelda Garrido […]

There’s a French estate in the heart of Veracruz: it’s called Maison Couturier, and you can stay among banana plantations and lemon groves. When we think of tropical destinations in Mexico, images of the Riviera Maya, the coasts of Guerrero and Oaxaca, or even the Lacandon Jungle in Chiapas or the Bay of Banderas in […]

Armed attacks against three bars in different municipalities in the northern part of the state of Veracruz left at least four people dead and several more injured. During the night of September 22, two employees of the “La Brocheta” bar lost their lives after several gunshots were heard inside the building; another man was injured. […]

Veracruz is synonymous with coffee: it is the second largest producer nationwide (256,256 tons in 2024), according to the Agri-Food and Fisheries Information Service of the Ministry of Agriculture. In addition to having a designation of origin, the region where it is grown—around Xalapa, the state capital—offers charming places for tourism, lush nature made up […]

The Focal Distance Photography Festival, which will conclude on September 28, will feature special events dedicated to photojournalism this weekend with talks, workshops, and exhibitions, as well as the awards ceremony for the Focusing on the World competition, where the jury will be led by photographer Indira Williams Babic, a member of the National Geographic […]

In Mexico, few families have managed to build an empire as large and lasting as the Chedraui Obeso family, who in 2025 established themselves as the richest family in Veracruz. Their fortune is closely tied to one of the country’s most powerful and profitable businesses: retail, a sector that not only withstands economic crises but […]

On the night of September 15, Mexico City’s squares were filled with lights, music, and shouts of “Long live Mexico!” However, in Xalapa and Poza Rica, the Independence Day celebrations turned into a scene of protest. Families of the disappeared and supporters of the political opposition decided to raise their voices in a symbolic moment […]

This Tuesday, the body of a man was found inside the Coppel department store in the municipality of Las Choapas, in the southern state of Veracruz, after a fire broke out on September 13. The discovery was reported after 10:00 a.m. on the upper floor of the establishment, while workers were carrying out the removal […]

Four women were murdered today in two separate incidents in northern Veracruz. The crimes occurred in the metropolitan municipalities of Coatzintla and Papantla, where officers from different police forces carried out a police deployment. According to police sources, in the community of Carrizal in the municipality of Papantla, armed men entered a home and shot […]