Yucatán's biggest annual fair has released the first names on its concert bill, and this year's lineup leans heavily on ...

For 24 hours in early 1975, Yucatán was electrified by a visit from Queen Elizabeth II, who died today at age 96. On Feb. 27 of that year, the sovereign arrived with her husband Prince Philip — who ...

A contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" that hands the story over to Ophelia closed out Mérida's 12th Teatro de la ...

Every Sept. 5, lawmakers at the Yucatán Congress mark International Indigenous Women's Day with speeches, some of them in ...

Copán is an archaeological site in the west of Honduras, very near the Guatemalan border. It is also located on the southwestern frontier of Mesoamerica, and as such were in close contact with ...

Mérida’s beloved Festival de las Ánimas is getting a major makeover this year. Mérida officials announced exciting new features for the 2025 celebration, which runs October 25 through November 2 at ...

Cuban-American U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio learned about his Yucatecan lineage on a recent episode of the PBS program, “Finding Your Roots.” The Florida politician’s mother is “pure Native American,” ...

Mayan actors and stories shine in “Selva Trágica,” or “Tragic Jungle,” a feature film recently released on Netflix. Set 100 years ago, the film takes place on the Yucatán Peninsula near the border of ...

Uxmal’s new and improved light and sound show uses video mapping technology and intriguing narratives to bring the ancient city back to life. Friday night’s debut of the upgraded show was attended by ...

Farmers in Peto and its outlying communities are calling for the preservation of Maya ceremonies tied to the agricultural ...

Social media posts claiming that 35 Mercedes-Benz buses are being pulled from Mérida's Va y Ven system and shipped off to ...

Police in Mérida are investigating after a 73-year-old American man was found dead inside a home in the Chuburná Hidalgo neighborhood this week. Neighbors alerted authorities after noticing signs ...