
Parque Benito Juárez
Juchitán
Parque Juárez is the city's always interesting central square. This is where the city's vendors moved after the market was destroyed in the 2017…
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Isthmus culture is strong in this friendly town, where about 30 different neighborhood velas (festivals) fill the calendar with music, dancing, drinking, eating and fun from April to September. Juchitán is also famed for its muxes – openly gay, frequently cross-dressing men, who are fully accepted in local society and hold their own vela in November.
Juchitán
Parque Juárez is the city's always interesting central square. This is where the city's vendors moved after the market was destroyed in the 2017…
Juchitán
The fate of this old colonial house and the 16th-century San Vicente Ferrer church beside it were literally hanging in the balance at last visit. The…
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