Chiapas News
Chapels of San Cristóbal hold the former president of the Congress of Chiapas responsible...
The 11 chapels of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas held the former president of the Board of Directors of the Congress...
National
New World Screwworm detected in the state of Chiapas
On November 22, 2024, the Chief Veterinary Officer of Mexico notified the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)...
Sheinbaum’s Government Expropriates 376,000 Square Meters for Mayan Train
For the first time under Claudia Sheinbaum's administration, the expropriation of land for the construction of sections 1, 3, and 4 of the Mayan...
Great anger for the murder of Tzotzil priest Marcelo Pérez in San Cristobal de...
A Roman Catholic priest who was a leading voice for peace and conciliation in Mexico's strife-torn southern Chiapas state was assassinated Sunday after celebrating...
Economy
First Festival Marca Chiapas 2024.
With the aim of continuing to support local entrepreneurs, artisans, and producers, as well as showcasing the name of the region around the world, the Marca Chiapas 2024 Festival is announced, taking place in...
Tabasco and Chiapas are growing, but not enough to boost the country: CEESP
The Center for Economic Studies of the Private Sector (CEESP) assures that the economic growth registered by Tabasco and Chiapas is significant to encourage and promote local industry, but insufficient to give greater dynamism...
Business
Mexican entrepreneurs carry out a joint trade mission to El Salvador and Costa Rica
Mexican businessmen want to do business in El Salvador and Costa Rica.
Mexican businessmen will carry out a joint trade mission to El Salvador and...
Artisans report a drop of up to 80 percent in sales at the Chiapas...
Producers and artisan producers assure that sales at the Expo de Corazón installed at the Chiapas 2022 Fair have fallen by up to 80...
Real Estate
Entertainment
The Sweet Encounter Returns! Sixth National Cacao Festival in San Cristóbal de las Casas,...
San Cristóbal de las Casas is preparing to welcome hundreds of visitors to the sixth edition of the National Cacao Festival, an event that...
Jaguar Super Cup would leave a millionaire economic benefit in San Cristóbal
San Cristóbal de las Casas will host the Jaguar Super Cup, a sporting event that promises to generate an economic impact estimated at several...
Artist captures the essence of Chiapas in pictographic exhibition “Weaving Dreams”
Since her adolescence, Marlene Sánchez Guerrero showed interest in painting. Since then, she has dedicated herself to this art and currently exhibits her works,...
Mexicans Cross Into Guatemala to Escape Cartel Violence; Guatemalan Army Reinforces Border
Mexico and Guatemala share a 541-mile border. Most of the crossings of this border are from the Guatemalan side into Mexico.Now there is a...
Expats Crime
Travel companies in France, England, and Belgium are suspending trips Chiapas in response to...
Armed conflict in Chiapas spills over the Guatemalan border, damages Mexico’s tourism industry
Travel companies in France, England and Belgium are suspending trips to the...
Travel
Mexico History
Don Ataúlfo Morales: the man who “perfected” the Mangoes in Mexico
It was in 1948 when Ataulfo Morales Gordillo bought a property planted with mangoes from Manuel Rodríguez.
Ataulfo, being an agronomist, experimented with the mango trees on that property, creating grafts until he achieved the perfect mango that contained 69% pulp, 19% peel, and 8.5%...
Mexico Living
In San Cristóbal de Casas, most of the traditional festivities take place in the cemeteries, where those in the community will perform music and dances in honor of the dead. The town is also known to host altar contests.
Source: Youtube
San Cristobal Post
Heatlh
New World Screwworm detected in the state of Chiapas
On November 22, 2024, the Chief Veterinary Officer of Mexico notified the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of a positive detection of New World screwworm (NWS) in Mexico. The NWS was found in a cow in the southern...
