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Mexico's costly Maya Train draws few passengers in its first six months of partial operation
Read full article: Mexico's costly Maya Train draws few passengers in its first six months of partial operationThe pet rail project of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could wind up costing as much as $30 billion.
Mexico evacuates even sea turtle eggs from beaches as Hurricane Beryl approaches
Read full article: Mexico evacuates even sea turtle eggs from beaches as Hurricane Beryl approachesStung by past failures to prepare for hurricanes, the Mexican government is evacuating even sea turtle eggs from beaches ahead of Hurricane Beryl.
Mexico's president inaugurates first part of $20 billion tourist train project on Yucatan peninsula
Read full article: Mexico's president inaugurates first part of $20 billion tourist train project on Yucatan peninsulaMexico’s president has inaugurated the first part of the pet project of his administration, a tourist train that runs in a rough loop around the Yucatan peninsula.
Iga Swiatek is the first woman since Serena Williams to win WTA Player of the Year twice in a row
Read full article: Iga Swiatek is the first woman since Serena Williams to win WTA Player of the Year twice in a rowIga Swiatek’s second consecutive season-ending No. 1 ranking has helped her collect a second consecutive WTA Player of the Year award.
The WTA Finals semis are Coco Gauff vs. Jessica Pegula, and Aryna Sabalenka vs. Iga Swiatek
Read full article: The WTA Finals semis are Coco Gauff vs. Jessica Pegula, and Aryna Sabalenka vs. Iga SwiatekCoco Gauff has overcome 17 double-faults and come back after being a game away from elimination at the WTA Finals to pull out a 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in a round-robin match.
The WTA Finals match between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina was suspended because of rain
Read full article: The WTA Finals match between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina was suspended because of rainAryna Sabalenka’s bid to clinch the year-end No. 1 ranking has been put on hold because her WTA Finals round-robin match against Elena Rybakina was suspended in the second set by rain.
Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill sales
Read full article: Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill salesMexico has closed 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts, six months after a research report warned that drug stores in Mexico were offering foreigners pills they passed off as Oxycodone, Percocet, and Adderall.
Two taxi drivers arrested in Mexican resort of Cancun for assaulting van carrying foreign tourists
Read full article: Two taxi drivers arrested in Mexican resort of Cancun for assaulting van carrying foreign touristsTwo taxi drivers have been arrested in the Mexican city of Cancun for assaulting a van carrying foreign tourists.
Authorities find 8 bodies in Mexican beach resort of Cancun
Read full article: Authorities find 8 bodies in Mexican beach resort of CancunAuthorities in the Mexican resort of Cancun say they are trying to identify eight bodies found dumped in the Caribbean resort. The bodies were found in searches over the weekend that looked in wooded lots and even sinkhole ponds known as cenotes.
San Antonio International Airport adding nonstop and daily flights
Read full article: San Antonio International Airport adding nonstop and daily flightsAirlines at the San Antonio International Airport are adding more nonstop and daily flights to travel destinations like Los Angeles, New York City and Cancun.
4 found dead in hotel area of Mexico’s Cancun beach resort
Read full article: 4 found dead in hotel area of Mexico’s Cancun beach resortAuthorities in the Mexican resort of Cancun say they have found four dead bodies in the city’s hotel zone, near the beach. The announcement of the deaths Monday comes less than a week after a U.S. tourist was shot in the leg in the nearby town of Puerto Morelos.
Mexico COVID-19 infections up, especially at tourism centers
Read full article: Mexico COVID-19 infections up, especially at tourism centersCOVID-19 infections are rising across Mexico, especially in two states home to major tourism destinations on the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean that were busy during the holiday season.
Live updates: Mexico has rise in cases, not hospitalizations
Read full article: Live updates: Mexico has rise in cases, not hospitalizationsCOVID-19 infections are rising across Mexico, especially in two states home to major tourism destinations on the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean that were busy during the holiday season.
Yes, Ted Cruz flew to Cancun during Texas’ winter disaster
Read full article: Yes, Ted Cruz flew to Cancun during Texas’ winter disasterUpdate (6 p.m.):Texas Senator Ted Cruz has returned to Texas, just one day after flying to Cancun, Mexico, as the state continues to suffer from a power and water crisis on Friday. Update (1 p.m.):AdTexas Senator Ted Cruz issued a statement Thursday, confirming his flight to Cancun after multiple outlets confirmed KSAT reporting about his trip. pic.twitter.com/CqfKa5rJfG — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) February 18, 2021Original story:Photos circulating on Twitter late Wednesday purport to show Texas Senator Ted Cruz on a flight to Cancun, Mexico, during the state‘s historic disaster. “Guess which US Senator from Texas flew to Cancun while the state was freezing to death and having to boil water,” said state Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston. Guess which US Senator from Texas flew to Cancun while the state was freezing to death and having to boil water?
Sun Country Airlines to offer nonstop service from San Antonio to Cancun
Read full article: Sun Country Airlines to offer nonstop service from San Antonio to CancunSAN ANTONIO – If you’re looking to have some fun in Mexico this summer, another airline is offering service from San Antonio to Cancun. Sun Country Airlines announced Monday that it will offer nonstop service from San Antonio International Airport to Cancun International Airport beginning May 28. The B737-800 plane seats 183 passengers and departs San Antonio at noon and arrives in Cancun at 2:30 p.m. Sun Country Airlines also operates additional seasonal flights from SAT to Minneapolis/St. Southwest Airlines will also offer service to Cancun from San Antonio beginning in March.
Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aim
Read full article: Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aimTourists walk on the beach as the tail end of Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, early Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Zeta, the 27th named storm of a very busy Atlantic hurricane season, was a hurricane when it began raking across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula early Tuesday. It emerged in the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm but was expected to regain hurricane strength before landfall south of New Orleans on Wednesday evening. Officials in two Mexican states hit by Zeta reported power outages and damage caused by downed trees, but no deaths. The extraordinarily busy hurricane season has focused attention on the role of climate change, which scientists say is causing wetter, stronger and more destructive storms.
Hurricane Zeta is ashore in resort zone of Mexico's Yucatan
Read full article: Hurricane Zeta is ashore in resort zone of Mexico's YucatanClouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. A strengthening Tropical Storm Zeta is expected to become a hurricane Monday as it heads toward the eastern end of Mexico's resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula and then likely move on for a possible landfall on the central U.S. Gulf Coast at midweek. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Zeta came ashore just north of Tulum with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph). Zeta broke the record for the previous earliest 27th Atlantic named storm that formed Nov. 29, 2005. There was also a Tropical Storm Zeta in 2005, but that year had 28 storms because meteorologists later went back and found they missed one, which then became an “unnamed named storm."
Winds and rain whip Yucatan resorts as Hurricane Zeta nears
Read full article: Winds and rain whip Yucatan resorts as Hurricane Zeta nearsClouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, early Monday morning, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)MIAMI – Hurricane Zeta lashed Mexico's Caribbean coast resorts around Tulum with high winds and rain Monday night as it headed toward the Yucatan Peninsula and then a possible landfall on the central U.S. Gulf Coast at midweek. It was the second time this month that boat captain Francisco Sosa Rosado had to perform the same maneuver, after Hurricane Delta hit the resort in early October. Trees felled by Hurricane Delta barely three weeks earlier still littered parts of Cancun, stacked along roadsides and in parks. There was also a Tropical Storm Zeta in 2005, but that year had 28 storms because meteorologists later went back and found they missed one, which then became an “unnamed named storm."
Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico's Yucatan, then heads for US
Read full article: Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico's Yucatan, then heads for USPolice clear debris from a road after the passing of Hurricane Delta in Tizimin, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Hurricane Delta made landfall Wednesday just south of the Mexican resort of Cancun as a Category 2 storm, downing trees and knocking out power to some resorts along the northeastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Delta could make landfall, possibly as a Category 3 storm, sometime Friday south of Morgan City, La., the forecast said. The hurricane came ashore in Mexico around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday with top winds of 110 mph (175 kph). It knocked out power to about 266,000 customers, or about one-third of the total on the Yucatan peninsula.
Dangerous Hurricane Delta closing in on Mexico's Yucatan
Read full article: Dangerous Hurricane Delta closing in on Mexico's YucatanFishermen pull in a boat before the arrival of Hurricane Delta in Puerto Juarez, Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Tuesday on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf coast this week. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 4 storm Tuesday while on a course to hammer Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. From Tulum to Cancun, tourism-dependent communities still soaked by the remnants of Tropical Storm Gamma could bear the brunt of Delta. Delta increased in strength 80 mph, more than doubling from a 60 mph storm at 2 pm EDT Monday to 140 mph at 2 pm EDT Tuesday.
Mexico desperate to reopen 11 million-job tourism industry
Read full article: Mexico desperate to reopen 11 million-job tourism industryA tourist fishes from the shore in Cancun, Mexico, Thursday, June 11, 2020. Mexico's tourism income crashed in April, when it was only 6.3% of what it was one year ago. Tourism provides 11 million jobs, directly or indirectly in Mexico, and many of those workers were simply sent home to wait it out. The situation is so desperate that Mexico's tourism secretary proposed making the industry one of Mexico's essential activities, so that it could reopen just as the construction, mining and automotive industries have already started to do. Other beach resorts are drawing up plans for limited reopenings as early as next week.