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After years of construction, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) has finally brought a massive new 499-megawatt natural gas plant online in Mérida, Yucatán. The facility, named the Central de Ciclo Combinado “Elvia Carrillo Puerto,” began operating in early May to serve over 1.53 million residents across the Yucatán Peninsula. The story is similar across the country, … [Read more...] about Energy Crisis in Mexico Deepens Amid New Plants and Public Embarrassments

For thousands of U.S. citizens, the American Dream is ending not with a bang, but with a heartbreaking choice: break up their family or leave their homeland behind. As the Trump administration ramps up its mass deportation campaign—with the Department of Homeland Security reporting 2.2 million self-deportations since January 2025—a quieter but equally devastating migration … [Read more...] about Torn Apart: The Impossible Choice Facing American Families as Deportation Forces a Relocation to Mexico

As massive cloud service providers and AI developers consume bandwidth at unprecedented rates, aging cross-border connectivity is reaching its limits. C3ntro Telecom has moved to address this bottleneck with Project Tikva, a 2,500-km fiber-optic network linking Querétaro, Mexico, to Phoenix, Arizona. While specific investment figures are often cited at approximately roughly … [Read more...] about C3ntro Commits US$240M to New Fiber Link, Connecting Mexico AI Hub to Arizona

Mexico City International Airport (AICM) quietly pulled the lever on a significant price hike. As of April 1, 2026, the Airport Use Fee (TUA) has increased, making plane tickets more expensive during one of the busiest travel seasons of the year and just months before the world arrives for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The timing has sparked outrage among travelers and tourism … [Read more...] about Why Flying Out of Mexico City’s Largest Airport Just Got More Expensive

  The recent death of Noelia Castillo in Spain has reignited a global conversation about medical aid in dying. After an 18-month legal battle that reached the European Court of Human Rights, the 25-year-old Spaniard finally accessed euthanasia—a case her father and conservative groups had fought to block. For activists in Mexico, Castillo's ordeal was both a warning and a … [Read more...] about The Fight for the Right to Die in Mexico: A Movement Gains Momentum