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...“The only Mayan thing about the train is its name,” said Pedro Uc, a Mayan poet and activist. “It’s a shot through the heart of the peninsular Mayan culture.”...
...Among his top priorities: a tourist train around the Mayan peninsula and a $14bn new oil refinery....
...Mérida dates back to 1542, when it was founded by Spanish conquistadors on the site of the Mayan city of T’hó. Initially, it was a walled settlement protecting colonists from Mayan revolts....
...In the 1990s, Tulum was little more than a bus stop for tourists visiting the Mayan ruins on the coast....
...His former environment minister drew derision when she professed to believe in “aluxes”, a kind of Mayan leprechaun....
...Whether ancient Mayan lore is any good for your health is a moot point, given that the decline of the great Mayan civilisation in about AD900 was, many believe, caused by disease and malnutrition....
...I felt about as much connection to the ancient Mayan world as I would in Las Vegas....
...“We said ‘whoa’,” recalls Carlos Pellas, president of Grupo Pellas, which as well as Flor de Caña spans 25 other businesses, including financial services, energy, healthcare and car dealerships, with operations...
...“We have been in communication with his spirit and have received very positive signs,” said Rigoberta Menchú, a Mayan former winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, on Friday....
...of al fresco summer opera, has extraordinary chimneys modelled on Inca and Mayan temples....
...The incident, which this week produced the resignation of Carlos Vielmann, the interior minister, acquired an even more sinister air when the arrested policemen were found murdered in their cells several...
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