Your source for recent news headlines impacting Mexico. Mexicanist covers tourism developments, cultural news, safety alerts, and key updates across the country.
News
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.
Monterrey
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.
News
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.
Cancun
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.
Tijuana
Tijuana is dealing with unusual local crime stories involving an alleged occultist murderer and a police investigator, while Baja Beach Fest and Valle de Guadalupe's "Viñadas" festival are set to entertain visitors.
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta advances infrastructure with the near-complete Puente Amado Nervo, Playa Destiladeras' public reopening, Amazon Bazaar's launch ahead of new SAT taxes, and weekly beach "gym" cleanups.
Crime
Quintana Roo's week: drone-equipped police, sargassum as a regulated resource, a teetering Telmex pole, and CFE workers detained over "suspicious vibes" amid digital crime reporting and looming storms.
Quintana Roo
Quintana Roo blends beach life, bureaucratic whimsy, and cultural flair—from sargassum regulations and planetarium bus routes to crocodile discoveries and a mayor-turned-uncle splashing in seaweed-free waves.
Cancun
Mexicanist dispatch: seaweed’s now a “fish,” crocs Airbnb the suburbs, free drinks where sargassum scares tourists, plus wrestling kids, tax-break hammocks and taco-flavored tennis.
Nayarit
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.
Business
Foreign firms dominate exports, banks increase reserves amid rising consumer debt, the peso faces speculative pressure despite stability, inflation persists in key sectors, agricultural self-sufficiency is hindered by past practices.
Cancun
This Cancun newsletter covers summer tourism booms, a Superman-themed plane, new bus routes to ancient ruins, massive security operations, bizarre local crimes like gym phone theft and a child support conviction, environmental efforts, and current weather warnings.