The summer vacation season closed with moderate numbers for the hotel sector in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, reported Verónica Alcántara, president of the city’s Hotel Association. In an interview, the union representative detailed that weekday occupancy levels averaged 35%, with a recovery on weekends that allowed occupancy to reach 60% on Fridays and Saturdays. […]
San Cristóbal-Palenque Highway, a work of death; we don’t accept it: buses
Members of the Tsijil Ba Bij (New Path) collective and the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) in Agua Clara, municipality of Salto de Agua, expressed their “total rejection of the San Cristóbal–Palenque highway megaproject, imposed without prior, free, and informed consultation.” In a statement, they affirmed that the construction of this project, which began on June […]
This hotel in San Miguel de Allende (two Michelin stars) launches a new cooking school
Staying at Casa de Sierra Nevada, A Belmond Hotel in San Miguel de Allende is an opportunity to travel back to the Mexico of yesteryear thanks to its atmosphere of comfort, design, and tradition. In 2025, it took another step toward providing its visitors with authentic experiences of the local culture: the reopening of its […]
Wave of violence in Guanajuato leaves nine dead
Four women and five men were murdered yesterday in six municipalities in the state of Guanajuato, the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) reported. The nine homicides were committed in Irapuato, León, Celaya, Apaseo el Grande, Valle de Santiago, and San Felipe, according to the report. In the Barrio de la Calzada neighborhood of Guanajuato and […]
Querétaro attracts 36 private investments
During the 2025 progress, 36 private investment projects have been completed in Querétaro, representing 14 billion pesos and the creation of 7,000 jobs, confirmed the Secretary of Sustainable Development (Sedesu), Marco Antonio Del Prete Tercero. The number of completed investments, as of August 29, represents a 68% increase compared to the 53 projects that were […]
Another body found on board in Querétaro; this could be the fifth victim of the rains.
The body of an unknown person was found floating Saturday morning on the embankment located behind Parque Querétaro 2000, in the capital of Querétaro. It is suspected that this could be a fifth victim of the floodwaters that invaded the streets and avenues of the Peñuelas neighborhood and other areas in the northern part of […]
23.4 million students return to school in Mexico
This Monday, nearly 23.4 million elementary school students will return to classrooms at schools across the country for the 2025-2026 school year, after the summer vacation period. According to the school calendar, the first day of recess will be September 16th, and the school holidays will begin on December 22nd. Security authorities in all states […]
Implications for Mexico of the Declaration of Unconstitutionality of the NLRA in the United States
On August 19, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, declared the 1935 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a cornerstone of the American working class’s right to free association, unconstitutional. This ruling, stemming from a case involving Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has significant implications for Mexico, particularly within the framework of the […]
ANA HD and NCA alliance could benefit Mexico: Hermes Aviation
The alliance between ANA Holdings (ANA HD) and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) will provide a range of new routes for cargo movement, among which Mexico could benefit from a new connection by the latter airline. Christian Platteau, CEO of Hermes Aviation, said that, specifically for Mexico, the sectors that would benefit are automotive, high-tech, and […]
Mexico at the UN: Enforced disappearance of journalists denounced
Reporters Without Borders and Civic Proposal filed complaints against the Mexican government before the UN regarding the cases of María Esther Aguilar and José Antonio García Apac. In the last two decades, at least 28 journalists have suffered enforced disappearance in the country, reflecting violence and impunity. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Civic Proposal filed […]