Alicia Bárcena’s Empty Pledges for Quintana Roo’s Environment
Quintana Roo, Mexico — Alicia Bárcena, head of Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources...
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Activists Demand Protection for Underground Rivers in Maya Aquifer
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — Following the announcement by Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Secretary of...
Maya Train Mining Ravages Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve
San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico — The Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, a protected area in...
Tren Maya Environmental Studies Released Too Late
Playa del Carmen, Q. Roo — The Mexican government under President Claudia Sheinbaum has made...
Tren Maya from Cancún Airport: Convenient in Theory, Clunky in Practice
Cancun, Quintana Roo — Designed to make travel from the airport to cities like Mérida,...
Maya Train Hotels Struggle with Just 32% Occupancy
Quintana Roo, Mexico — Despite their strategic locations near major archaeological sites in southern Mexico,...
Sheinbaum to Audit Maya Train Contracts After Corruption Scandal
Mexico City — President Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged a comprehensive review of contracts linked to...
Maya Train Scandal: Spanish Corruption Links to Yucatán
Mérida, Mexico — The Maya Train project has been embroiled in a corruption scandal originating...
Maya Train Hotel Destroys Jungle and Indigenous Lives
Calakmul, Mexico — In 2022, the government authorized the construction of a luxury hotel managed...
Maya Train Serves 550K+ Passengers in 2024
Palenque, Mexico — From January 1 to June 15 of this year, the Maya Train...