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Evan J Albright Profile picture
Evan J Albright
@AmericanEgypt
Author of "The Man Who Owned a Wonder of the World: The Gringo History of Mexico's Chichen Itza"
Jun 22, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
1/ INAH, Mexican agency in charge of archaeological zones, will pay 58.132 million pesos for the Maya city Uxmal. The structures already belong to the people, but the land underneath it has been in private hands since the Conquest.

(photo illustration) https://t.co/nCZCsMlvhymilenio.com/opinion/jesus-…
2/ The owner, per the article, is Fernando Barbachano Herrero. Uxmal property has been in his family since the 1950s if not before. The offer (equal to $3.4 million USD) is good for only this year, and is far less than what other members of the family received for #ChichenItza.



Jan 9, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Here's a fairly comprehensive article (in Spanish) about the current state of the #ChichenItzaBlockade/#ChichenItzaBloqueo. There is one element of the story that if you know history of Yucatan/Mexico is somewhat cringe-inducing (more) poresto.net/yucatan/2023/1… 2/ Reps of INAH, the federal agency in charge of #ChichenItza, met with representatives of the ejido (common lands) of the village of X'calacoop--one of the groups involved in the protest. INAH said it met with them singly because each protest group has different objectives.
Jan 3, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1) The strike that has blocked roads to #ChichenItza, stopping the 7,000 tourists that arrive each day, continues. Yesterday locals from the surrounding communities set up blockades, snarling traffic and preventing admission to the archaeological zone. Why? Here's an explanation: 2/ Per this open letter the claims to be frome the commissioners of the farming cooperatives of Piste and Xcalacoop, communities on either side of Chichen, at issue is Marco Antonio Santos Ramirez, director of #ChichenItza for INAH, the federal agency in charge of the site.