While there is a lot scheduled this week (and both Children’s Day and International Worker’s Day happen this week), there may be fewer events than usual, due to the swine flu outbreak. Unfortunately, all events have been cancelled, even the Yucatones!

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Everyone is talking about the flu that has broken out in Mexico and in various other places around the world (though not yet in the Yucatan, as far as we know…). There are other things going on too…

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A possible chupacabra event in the interior, and a confirmed sighting of a US President in Mexico City. On top of that, Semana Santa is over and the Yucatan teams are getting ready to play in the Mexican National Olympics…

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With all the fruit at our fingertips here in the Yucatan, you’d think there would be more in the way of jams and preserves. We have found some wonderful marmalade recipes, but also discovered it is not a tradition here…

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This week, good trova is being sung downtown, and there will be multiple modern dance performances. Alfred plays sitar again on Thursday night, and the Charlie Chaplin cinema extravaganza continues…

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One of the biggest ecological preserves on the peninsula was the site recently of a unique survey designed to map and understand the flow of fresh water underground. Scott Wallace reports from Laguna Bacalar…

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Fiestas and more fiestas, as well as more Charlie Chaplin, dance, theatre and even puppet shows! Check out the week’s event highlights here…

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A new agency that organizes trip to Havana, Cuba, Easter eggs, Mexico assumes presidency of the UN Security Council, new noise abatement laws and much more…

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The baseball season is underway, and now is your chance to support our great team, the Leones. This week, there will only be one Yucatone, but he’ll be singing his heart out… don’t miss it. Films with Charlie Chaplin, a fiesta in Timucuy and much more…

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Read about new real estate license requirements, the Yucatan cinnamon hummingbird and what appears to be in store for us weather-wise…

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