Health

Emergency Services in Mexico: Part 2

May 31, 2025 0

What to expect from Emergency Services in Mexico Unlike in the US or Canada, where paramedics might treat you extensively on-site, Mexican EMS prioritizes rapid transport over advanced care. In Mexico, paramedics assess you, stabilize if needed, and whisk you to the nearest hospital It is not a mobile ER, [……]

Culture

Tren Maya Museum Highlights Recovered Artifacts

May 31, 2025 0

Though this new museum comprises three good-sized exhibition rooms, it takes up just a fraction of Mérida’s grand Ateneo Peninsular, which is adjacent to the Cathedral and across from the Plaza Grande. It is also slated to house a cafe, shops, and other services. The gates of the MACAY — the contemporary [……]

Nature and Critters

Sky Excitement – June 2025

May 31, 2025 0

                    1 June:  Venus is at its farthest distance from the Sun in the sky and shines brightly before sunrise. 11 June:  June’s Strawberry Moon is at its most illuminated at 02:43 in Akumal.  Native American Algonquin tribes and other groups [……]

Culture

The Story of Teotihuacán

May 31, 2025 0

                                   (Mario Jasso/Cuartoscuro) In the beginning of times, when nothing was as we know it today, the gods gathered around the sun. They all took their places, say the ancient scriptures, and decided to create [……]

News

Bits & Pieces – June 2025

May 31, 2025 0

A little this & that from the media. • Proposal made to have Yucatan Peninsula underground water system declared a protected natural area  https://riviera-maya-news.com/proposal-made-to-have-yucatan-peninsula-underground-water-system-declared-a-protected-natural-area/2025.html • Tourism plunge and ambitious forecasts: Air Canada the latest to pull out of Tulum Internationalhttps://riviera-maya-news.com/tourism-plunge-and-ambitious-forecasts-air-canada-the-latest-to-pull-out-of-tulum-international/2025.html • Mexico Sues Google for Renaming the Gulf of Mexico [……]

News

News on Mexico’s Judicial Elections

May 31, 2025 0

— from El Expat Insider Mexico Reminder: Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections take place this Sunday, June 1. Voters will elect judges, magistrates, and justices at federal and local levels. 🧑‍⚖️ Only 23% of voters are expected to turn out for Mexico’s June 1 judicial elections, as 77% say they haven’t heard of [……]

Health

NPR Puzzle: Second in Line

May 31, 2025 0

The Weekly Quiz from NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz      https://www.npr.org/2024/06/02/nx-s1-4987138/sunday-puzzle-second-in-line   On-air challenge: If you were to list the 10 digits from zero to nine alphabetically, the first two on the list would be EIGHT and FIVE, respectively. In this puzzle I’m going to name something that’s second alphabetically in [……]

Health

Microplastics: From Beach to Brain

May 31, 2025 0

Dr. Garcia is part of a leading lab, run by toxicologist Matthew Campen, that is studying how tiny particles known as microplastics accumulate in our bodies. The researchers’ most recent paper, published in February in Nature Medicine, generated a string of alarmed headlines and buzz in the scientific community: They found [……]