Politics
Why Tulum’s streets are going dark
Tulum’s 2026 revenue law books 36,395,275 pesos from a street lighting charge, about 22 percent more than in 2025, while repairs still arrive one neighbor’s complaint at a time.
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Art & Culture
The differences between Day of the Dead and Halloween
Day of the Dead vs. Halloween is not a costume question. One night keeps the dead away; the other feeds them, and on this coast, the Maya version has its own name.
Society
La Veleta waits for a crosswalk as federal road money falls
Federal road upkeep funding is set to fall by nearly half in 2027, and the requests Tulum has pending on Highway 307 are contingent on a budget that deputies have not yet voted on.
Lead Story
A new sargassum landing puts Tulum’s coast back under red
The sargassum in Tulum returned this week, three weeks after the water cleared, and Quintana Roo’s record 2026 haul has already passed 138,000 tons.
American Airlines ends its Miami to Tulum route
American Airlines Tulum flights lose Miami on January 5, 2027, leaving one daily Dallas jet with 78 seats as the airport’s operator projects US service nearly doubling.
