With the national gala on Thursday, the activities of the Orizaba International Folklore Festival (FINCO) 2024 continued; dance academies performed at the Ignacio de la Llave theater, a stage that will see the delegations from Bulgaria and Bolivia tomorrow. Today’s session started with dances such as “La bruja”, “El guateque”, “El Jaquetón”, “La Bamba” and […]
In July, August and September, heavy rains in Veracruz
The head of the meteorology department of the National Water Commission (Conagua), Jessica Luna Lagunes, announced that the rains will continue in the next three months, that is, July, August and September. «They tell us that they will be more than normal in the rest of July, such as the passage of tropical wave number […]
There will be a Pambazo Festival in Veracruz
From August 16 to 18, the Pambazo Festival will be held in the municipality of Veracruz, as announced by Luisa Juárez, the event organizer. In an interview with XEU, she explained that this festival that will take place in Veracruz will be the second edition, since the first one was held in Orizaba. People are […]
Yarrington is being sought on an island in Veracruz
Four months into his sentence in the United States, a federal judge in Mexico issued a third arrest warrant against Tomás Yarrington, for allegedly acquiring a yacht, three ranches and an island in Veracruz, among other assets, with bribe money from the Gulf Cartel. Raquel Duarte Cedillo, Second District Judge in Federal Criminal Proceedings in […]
Streets look like rivers in the north of the city of Veracruz
This afternoon’s rain in Veracruz left flooded streets in the central area, north of Veracruz, as well as towards Boca del Río. Residents of the area shared videos of the flooded areas, one of the most shocking was the one that showed that the street Río Medio and Río Magdalena was almost a river with […]
Oil well discovered off the coast of Veracruz and Tabasco
The Italian company Eni announced on Monday the discovery of the Yopaat-1 EXP exploratory well in Block 9 of the Sureste Basin, off the coasts of Veracruz and Tabasco. It is estimated to have between 300 and 400 million barrels of crude oil equivalent. Eni acts as the operator of the Block 9 oil contract […]
Veracruz under water due to heavy rains: cars floating, houses flooded…
The heavy rains on Tuesday left Veracruz under water, mainly the metropolitan area of Veracruz-Boca del Río, where streets, houses, shops, work centers and schools were flooded. So far, there are no injuries. In the north of the city, members of the State Civil Protection Secretariat evacuated a school for children with disabilities. “During the […]
We need to promote Veracruz festivities to increase economic impact: Coparmex
It doesn’t matter what date the festivities take place in the Veracruz-Boca del Río metropolitan area, the most important thing is to promote and encourage these activities to increase the arrival of tourists and provoke an economic spillover, said the president of Coparmex, Manuel Liaño Carrera. «I think it is important that the vacation periods, […]
The Port of Tuxpan grew by 1,209.7% in vehicle imports; while Veracruz registered a drop.
Despite the fact that in previous years they did not have a significant movement of exports and imports of vehicles, ports such as Tuxpan, Mazatlán and Altamira have taken advantage of the automotive “boom” driven by the arrival of Asian brands. Proof of this is that while the port of Tuxpan registered an increase in […]
Tehuantepec Isthmus Railway makes first cargo trip
With the first cargo trip of the Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec (FIT), from Salina Cruz, Oaxaca to Chinameca, Veracruz, the project of the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to reactivate the south-southeast of the country and advance in the logistics revolution of the supply chain through the Interoceanic Corridor was crystallized in the state. […]