Nayarit

Nayarit, Please: Where Micro-Empires Run the Economy

Nayarit heats up with ice art, boxing legend, a game-changing bridge, and happenings in health, transport, and micro-business, all while grappling with crime, corruption, and community resilience.

Mexicanist

31 Jul 2025 — 6 min read

When your morning commute involves a scorpion sting and an ice sculpture, you know you’re in Nayarit.

This week, we’re diving deep into the coastal heart of Nayarit. Forget the tired tropes of all-inclusive resorts and traffic jams on Highway 200. The real story here is far more fascinating: a land where hieleros carve lotus blossoms from ice, where forgotten female boxing champions once ruled the ring, and where a new bridge is about to sever a decades-long traffic curse.

Welcome to Nayarit, the State That Just Got Cooler—Literally and Figuratively.

A surreal photo of a Mexico City Metro station flooded with murky water.

The City Built on a Lake is Now Fighting for its Life Against the Water Below

In an epic, 500-year-long battle with its own foundations, Mexico City is sinking under the weight of record-breaking rains, a drainage crisis, and a history of botched urban planning.

Empty gas pumps with a frustrated attendant shrugging—fuel crisis in Monterrey’s suburbs.

Why Monterrey’s Gas Stations Are Empty and How Locals Beat the Heat

With gridlocked traffic from a failing $7.3 billion system and a gasoline shortage plaguing drivers, the city of Monterrey finds hope in a young girl's fight against a rare disease, supported by the community's beloved soccer fans.

A soaked businessman stands waist-deep in floodwater outside Mexico City metro station.

U.S. Troops Ordered Into Mexico as President Vows 'Not On Our Watch!

A retiring legal titan warns that Mexico's new judicial reform will be a "historical error," just as the new president faces down a U.S. troop threat and the potential closure of a historic Nissan plant.

A sunlit beach in Quintana Roo with clean turquoise water, a lone traveler walking barefoot at dawn.

Mother of All Mistakes: Son Fleeing Cops Mows Down His Own Mom

Mexican authorities are tackling crime and sargassum, the Cancun airport is packed with tourists, lucha libre is rocking Isla Mujeres, and an ancient Mayan town is getting a cultural facelift.

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The City Built on a Lake is Now Fighting for its Life Against the Water Below

Why Monterrey’s Gas Stations Are Empty and How Locals Beat the Heat

U.S. Troops Ordered Into Mexico as President Vows 'Not On Our Watch!

Mother of All Mistakes: Son Fleeing Cops Mows Down His Own Mom