Oaxaca’s gastronomy won the award for Best Gastronomic Destination in Mexico at the Food and Travel Reader Awards 2024; it also won awards in three other categories, making it one of the most important destinations in the country and a favorite among national and international tourists. During the ceremony held in Mexico City, the head […]
500 hectares of coffee crops affected by the coffee branch borer pest in Oaxaca
The head of the Secretariat for Agricultural and Food Promotion and Rural Development of the State of Oaxaca (Sefader), Victor Lopez Leyva confirmed to EL UNIVERSAL, the damage to 500 hectares of coffee crops in Oaxaca. “Producers affected by this pest of the coffee borer are already being treated,” he said in an interview. The […]
Teachers accuse neglect at the Querétaro Conservatory: “Even the pianos are not in tune”
Following the student demonstration at the J. Guadalupe Velázquez A.C. Music Conservatory, it is now the teachers who are denouncing deficiencies within the institution. Teachers who prefer to remain anonymous have pointed out that working conditions are precarious and that the maintenance of the instruments is insufficient. “A university with out-of-tune pianos is unthinkable,” they […]
Querétaro has a deficit of 34.2% of priests
The state of Querétaro has 501 priests distributed in the 18 municipalities, according to data considered until the third quarter of 2024 by the Government of Mexico, which represents a deficit of 34.2 percent, since it previously had a record of 761. This is despite the fact that, according to the 2020 census, of the […]
Insecurity in Sinaloa continues to affect Durango: CANACO
The growing insecurity in the neighboring state of Sinaloa is worrying and is negatively impacting commerce in Durango, according to Beatriz Zamora, president of the National Chamber of Small Commerce (CANACOPE) of Durango. “The situation that Durango is facing creates uncertainty for those who wish to travel on the Durango-Sinaloa highway, due to the insecurity […]
Walmart to open in Lerdo: Everything you need to know about its arrival
The mayor of Lerdo, Homero Martínez Cabrera, announced that in the next few days the arrival of the first Walmart branch in the municipality will be made official, an investment that, according to him, will decisively boost local economic development. During the delivery of new municipal facilities, the mayor highlighted the support of the governor […]
Sheinbaum highlights coordination with governments of Durango and Coahuila during her visit to Mapimí
She spoke about the upcoming electoral process on June 1st, where, in addition to the mayors in Durango, the judges of the Judicial Branch will be elected. In addition to Sheinbaum, the governor of Durango, Esteban Villegas Villarreal; the governor of Coahuila, Manolo Jiménez Salinas; Efraín Morales López, general director of Conagua; Carlos Torres Rosas, […]
Person who died in Durango-Mazatlán ‘Super’ accident identified
On Saturday morning, El Siglo de Durango informed you promptly about a traffic accident, in which one person died and another was injured. According to the information that the corresponding authority was able to gather, the person who died at the scene is a 16-year-old teenager, with the initials JEAP. At around 08:30 hours, at […]
The day a leader of the Arellano Félix cartel died at the Mazatlán Carnival
That February morning in 2002, a police mobilization after a shootout in the streets of the hotel zone left one person dead, which in time reshaped drug trafficking in Mexico. Until that moment, the Sinaloa clan of the Arellano Félix, based since the 1980s in Tijuana, Baja California, was one of the main organizations that […]
Morena and the Tamaulipas government distance themselves from the “legal advisor” of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
The National Council of Morena and the government of Tamaulipas distanced themselves from Juan Pablo Penilla Rodríguez, alleged legal advisor to Ismael El Mayo Zambada, former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, who was allegedly a public servant and honorary advisor to the State Executive. After El Mayo Zambada requested through a letter consular assistance from […]