Yucatan

AMLO comes to Yucatan to inaugurate section 3 of the Maya Train project

Today, Tuesday, June 2, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador arrived in Yucatan to give the start signal for the works of section 3 of the Maya Train, which go from Calkiní, Campeche; to Izamal, Yucatán. The President came to the state after staying in Quintana Roo, where he inaugurated section 4 of the project on […]

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Chaya: the superfood of the Yucatan!

Mesoamerica is one of the most important world centers for the origin and domestication of plants, and has contributed with several transcendental crops to modern agriculture, including corn, beans, squash, tomatoes, cocoa, avocado and agave. However, the Mesoamerican populations also cultivated and domesticated many other useful plants, which today are still not well known outside

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Gonzalo Guerrero, the Spanish Soldier Captivated by Mayan Culture

One of the first Spaniards who experienced the strength and vigor of the Mayan culture and was captivated by it, joining that society ultimately, was Gonzalo Guerrero, a soldier from Puerto de Palos. In the same place, Christopher Columbus first set sail for the New World. Guerrero was one of two castaways who survived the

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Explore the Cenotes of the Yucatan and Quintana Roo With This Youtube Documentary

A major characteristic of the Yucatan peninsula is the existence of cenotes. They are not only sources of water but also contain information about the region itself. Much has been recovered inside of cenotes, taking us way back to the time of the first settlers of the Peninsula, telling us much about the funerary customs

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