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‘You can’t even wash your hands’: is a global industrial hub responsible for the destruction of Mexico’s Atoyac River?

On the outskirts of Puebla in central Mexico sits an area on the Atoyac River known as Nueva Alemania, or “New Germany”. Between two factories, under-construction houses pepper streets with names such as Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kiel, Hanover and Berlin. New Germany is part of a broader region, an industrial district covering about 4,000 square kilometres […]

Yucatan Congress launches new magazine in Mayan language – The Yucatan Times

9 The Congress of Yucatan presented the Tsikbal Magazine (Dialogue), a publication that, for the first time, is offered in Spanish and Mayan, allowing Mayan-speaking communities to learn about legislative work. The magazine, produced by the Institute of Legislative Research, seeks to disseminate the work of the LXIV Legislature and promote dialogue between political forces. […]

A Lost Mayan City Has Been Found With Laser Mapping

A Mayan city lost in the dense jungle of southern Mexico has been revealed. The discovery occurred in the southeastern state of Campeche, and archaeologists have named it Valeriana, after a nearby freshwater lagoon. “The larger of Valeriana’s two monumental precincts has all the hallmarks of a classic Mayan political capital: enclosed plazas connected by […]

Contesta Salazar a Gertz Manero sobre “secuestro” de “El Mayo”

Después que el Fiscal General de la República, Alejandro Gertz Manero, calificó la detención de Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, como un “secuestro”, el Embajador de Estados Unidos en México, Ken Salazar, respondió al funcionario mexicano y aseguró que se ha compartido toda la información sobre la detención. En conferencia de prensa, el diplomático estadounidense, enfatizó […]