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Date: 8/22/2007 12:51:30 AM
Hurricane Dean hits the Yucatan peninsula
MAJAHUAL, Mexico - Hurricane Dean swept across the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, toppling trees, power lines and houses as it bore down on the heart of Mexico's oil industry. Glitzy resorts on the Mayan Riviera were spared, but vulnerable Mayan villages were exposed to the full fury of one of history's most intense storms.
President Felipe Calderon said no deaths were immediately reported in Mexico, after Dean killed 13 people in the Caribbean. But driving rain, poor communications and impassable roads made it difficult to determine how isolated Mayan communities fared in the sparsely populated jungle where Dean made landfall as a ferocious Category 5 hurricane.
Dean was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since record keeping began in the 1850s.
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Date: 6/12/2007 10:51:27 PM
Chichén-Itzá vies for 7 world wonders award
Mexico’s renowned archaeological site Chichen-Itza in Yucatan State is one of seven out of 21 top-ranked finalists to become one of the new Seven World Wonders. A recent announcement by New7Wonders, the Swiss-based foundation placed Chichen-Itza as a top contender, holding its position in front.
The organization has compiled more than 50 million votes cast online and over the phone to create the finalist list. The 21 finalists include such sites as the Acropolis in Athens, Greece; the Alhambra in Granada, Spain; Angkor in Cambodia; Christ Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the Colosseum in Rome, Italy; the Statue of Liberty in New York, USA; and the Easter Island statues in Chile.
Online and phone-in votes received through the first half of 2007 will be tallied to select the new Seven World Wonders. The results will be announced on July 7, 2007 –– during a live, worldwide telecast.
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Date: 4/29/2007 1:21:04 AM
New terminal to open at Cancun airport
During the Cancun Media Marketplace this week in New York City, it was announced by Mexico’s tourism officials, that the new terminal at Cancun International Airport (CUN) will open within the next month. Also mentioned was the future development of the Tulum Airport, which is about to open for public bidding on its construction.
Francisco Lopez Mena, CEO of the Mexico Tourism Board and Rodolfo Elizondo, Tourism Secretary of Mexico, were present at the Cancun Media Marketplace, a one-day seminar highlighting tourism attractions in Cancun. This appearance was part of a three-day tour to promote Mexico’s premier destination, Cancun, and meet with tour operators and other tourism executives.
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Date: 4/21/2007 12:06:27 AM
World's longest river found in Mayan Riviera
Two divers exploring the Yucatan region near the Caribbean beach resort of Playa del Carmen have recently identified what is possibly the longest underground river in the world. The found waterway is said to twist and turn through the limestone caves for 95 miles and connects two cave systems.
British diver Stephen Bogaerts and fellow diver Robbie Schmittner from Germany, spent four years exploring the area looking for a connection between Sac Actun and Nohoch Nah Chich, the Yucatan’s second and third longest cave systems.
They recently made the final connection of the systems and according to Gene Melton, chair of the National Speleological Society’s Cave Diving Section, the connection caps 20 years of mapping in this Yucatan labyrinth. The divers believe that the river may connect to two other major systems, which would add an additional 125 miles to its length.
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