Breve historia de Cozumel / Se erige el Pueblo de

Several episodes, it is said, were part of the repopulation of islands like Isla Mujeres and Cozumel: such as the one in Sabán, south of Tihosuco, from where a young man named Casimiro Cárdenas emerged, a central figure in the festivities honoring the Holy Cross in the town of El Cedral. Many of these immigrants arrived by sea—the exact route unknown—to the island of Cozumel, where the ranch of “San Miguel” was founded. Michel Antochiw and Alfredo César Dachary, in their book “History of Cozumel” – CONACULTA 1991 –, highlight, in a quote from the Yucatecan Registry, that: “its waters abound in exquisite and varied fish, loggerhead turtles, and hawksbill turtles, which are harvested annually during the months of March and April, not only by fishermen from the coast of Yucatán, but also by those from Belize and Honduras, and some from Providence in the Bahamas. The forests in the interior of the island abound with beautiful cedars, sapotes, jabines, guayacans, and ebony trees…,” demonstrating the natural resources available to the settlers. For his part, Velio Vivas Valdés, Cozumel's official chronicler, in "A Journey Through the History of Cozumel" (City Hall, 2008), notes that "tradition recalls twenty-one heads of household, although there were possibly more, since a census taken in January 1850 recorded just over three hundred adult inhabitants," thus highlighting the island's repopulation. By 1849, barely a year and a few months after the San Miguel ranch was established, on November 21, the Yucatecan Congress issued a decree officially designating this settlement as a town. The document was signed by the then-governor of Yucatán, Miguel Barbachano. Report produced for Canal 5, Media Sur, Central de Noticias, and broadcast on the news program Vértice, el ángulo de la noticia, on November 20, 2015. Camera: Moisés Sulú Editing: Emanuel Hoil Reporter: Víctor Manuel Hernández Luna *Part of this text was originally published in the November issue of FusiónQ Magazine. Link to the article on my blog: http://victorhernandezluna.blogspot.m...