Colder winter weather is being felt in many parts of Mexico, including Jalisco, where temperatures will continue to dip throughout next week, forecasts predict.

The first stage of the Mayan Tourist Train route, approximately 470 kilometers running from Campeche to Cancun, will begin operations on December 15, Óscar David Lozano Águila, the director general of the service, announced this week.

Just as several Latin American nations have chosen leftist leaders in a bid to redirect their fortunes, Argentina has taken the opposite approach, last weekend electing as their next president far-right libertarian economist Javier Milei who has promised major changes to halt the country’s failing economy.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) attended the close of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in San Francisco, California on November 17 in one of his rare trips outside of Mexico.

In addition to affecting hundreds of homes, more than 95 percent of businesses in Acapulco were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Otis, which intensified from a storm to a category five cyclone just 12 hours ahead of making landfall on October 7.

With 25 percent less rainfall than expected this year, three-quarters of Mexico is now experiencing some level of drought, according to the National Water Commission (Conagua).