Guatemala, the Maya Train's next stop: Thursday's mañanera recapped

Guatemala, the Maya Train's next stop: Thursday's mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum missed her Wednesday morning press conference as she traveled to Honduras to attend the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Tegucigalpa. But on Thursday morning she was back in Mexico City to preside over her regular mañanera at the National Palace, where she spoke about plans to extend two railroads into Central America, among other issues. Here is a recap of the president’s Apri…

Mexico City, 10 Apr (EFE).- The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, revealed this Thursday that she talked about bringing the Maya Train and manufacturing industrial poles to Guatemala to address the causes of migration in her meeting Wednesday with Guatemalan president Bernardo Arévalo. “What do we say about migration? That it’s not about putting national guards everywhere, but about giving well-paid employment so that people don’t have to mi…

Mérida.— The Mayan Train has reached a historic moment this Thursday: it received its passenger a million; it is Wilber Tomás Barbosa López, 70, originally from Mérida. Reaching the million tickets sold represents between 80,000 and 100,000 tickets per month, with a peak of up to 7,000 tickets per day. Wilber Tomá acquired his ticket on Monday, April 7, and this Thursday, 10 took place the symbolic ceremony with officials and directors at the Mé…

Hybrid trains have become one of the big bets of the Mexican government to start with the transport of passengers by rail in the country. Currently, the Maya Train has this model and it is planned that the trains that run on the Mexico-Queretaro and Mexico-Pachuca routes will be electric, a technology that not only allows savings in fuel, but is also a good option given the impossibility of having catenary throughout the stretch. Carlos Barreda …

Mérida, Yucatán.- During her regular press conference from the National Palace today, Thursday, April 10, 2025, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo spoke about the plan to extend the Maya Train route to Guatemala. However, she stressed that Guatemala does not agree that former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's flagship project should pass through El Petén, a protected jungle. She made it clear that Bernardo Arévalo, president of the neighbor…

The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, revealed this Thursday that she discussed with the president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, the possibility of extending the Mayan Train to Guatemala and developing industrial manufacturing poles on the common border. The objective is to address the causes of migration from an economic and development perspective. During her participation in the IX Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbe…