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Sargazo récord: peligra la temporada turística en México y el Caribe
El sargazo jaquea al turismo en México, República Dominicana y otras zonas del Caribe con una intensidad nunca vista y comienza a impactar en la economía regional.
Esta alga marina de color marrón y que flota libremente en el océano está cubriendo enormes extensiones de playa con su característico olor desagradable. Su efecto es demoledor en la industria turística, ya que puede causar mortandad de peces y oscurecer el agua, lo que perjudica actividades como el snorkel y el buceo.
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Las cifras son impactantes. La Secretaría de Marina (Semar) de México anunció que ya superó el récord histórico de recolección de sargazo en las costas del estado de Quintana Roo, en el Caribe. Allí, están las playas más reconocidas del país, como Cancún y Playa del Carmen.
Según el informe oficial, desde 2019 se removieron 290.000 toneladas de sargazo solo en las playas de ese estado caribeño.
El turismo sufre por este fenómeno. En el balneario de Tulum, en el Caribe mexicano, la ocupación hotelera cayó al 40%. Empresarios locales advierten que la ciudad sufre la peor caída en el flujo de viajeros de los últimos 10 años.
Cómo son los operativos contra el sargazo
Las autoridades mexicanas lanzaron un plan contra el sargazo denominado Estrategia de Atención al Sargazo 2025, según informó la prensa local.
Para ello, desplegó maquinaria, embarcaciones y personal naval especializado en tres puntos de Quintana Roo. Los trabajos se realizan en Isla Mujeres, Cancún y Puerto Morelos (norte); Playa del Carmen, Cozumel y Tulum (centro), y desde Mahahual hasta Xcalak (sur).
Personal naval realiza un plan para limpiar el Caribe mexicano (Foto: EFE)
El plan busca evitar que el sargazo llegue a las costas mexicanas a través del despliegue de 400 militares, un buque “sargacero” oceánico, 11 buques costeros y 22 naves de apoyo. El operativo incluye la instalación de 8850 metros de barreras de contención.
El sargazo es un problema recurrente en la temporada de verano boreal. Este año, se retiraron 44.000 toneladas.
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Los informes son críticos. En isla Mujeres, uno de los puntos turísticos de referencia del Caribe mexicano, llegaron 140 toneladas de sargazo entre el 13 y 14 de este mes. La limpieza obligó a desplegar a miembros de la Marina, Defensa Civil y bomberos, así como a trabajadores de la rama turística y taxistas que viven de la llegada de visitantes.
Pero la solución es solo momentánea.
Este 2025 se perfila como el peor año y superar el máximo histórico de 522.226 toneladas que llegaron en 2018 a todo el Caribe.
El panorama es desolador. La masa de sargazo que se forma en el Trópico alcanza los 37,5 millones de toneladas métricas y algunos informes hablan de 40 millones, casi el doble del récord de 2018. Se cree que un 10% (unas 400.000 toneladas) llegará a las costas del Caribe.
México espera el arribo de 100.000 toneladas este año.
República Dominicana lucha contra el sargazo
México no es el único país afectado. El fenómeno se extiende por una amplia franja del Caribe.
República Dominicana teme por el impacto que el sargazo pueda tener en el arribo de visitantes a su centro turístico estrella: el balneario de Punta Cana. Allí y en otras partes del país las máquinas que recogen estas algas amontonadas en la arena o quienes llenan carretillas forman ya parte del paisaje.
Las grandes cadenas hoteleras utilizan maquinarias que recorren las playas, recogiendo y triturando las algas en un carro.
“La verdad es que impresiona” la presencia de sargazo, comentó a EFE una turista española que solo se identificó como Fernanda. Fotografía de una playa cubierta de sargazol , en Punta Cana (Foto de archivo: EFE/ Orlando Barría)
El fenómeno afecta también a los instructores de buceo. “Está complicado ahora mismo. Es difícil conseguir clientes que quieran ir a bucear porque la gente supone que donde la llevemos en la lancha todo estará igual de cubierto de sargazo”, comentó un guía.
Mientras tanto, los turistas pasean junto a la maraña de algas que se extienden por kilómetros sobre las blancas arenas de la zona. Para llegar al agua deben pasar por encima o saltarlas. Un poco más adelante una joven se entretiene agarrándolas con las manos y separándolas para abrir pequeños caminos, mientras una pareja se hace fotos junto a las algas acumuladas, como si se trataran de un ‘souvenir’ más.
La proliferación de sargazo afecta a otras zonas del Caribe en Puerto Rico, Cuba o México, por lo que en la reciente Conferencia de Naciones Unidas sobre los Océanos (UNOC3) el presidente dominicano, Luis Abinader, pidió que se reconozca como “una emergencia regional”.
El sargazo, alertó, “ha dejado de ser una anomalía para convertirse en una crisis” con consecuencias económicas, ambientales y sociales.
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President Donald Trump delivered a sweeping to-do list to Congress during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, urging lawmakers seven separate times to take action on priorities ranging from drug pricing and border security to crime and housing policy.
Codify «Trump Rx» Prescription Drug Pricing
Trump urged Congress to enshrine his «Most-Favored-Nation» drug pricing policy into law as part of his «Trump Rx» initiative. The policy aims to tie U.S. prescription drug prices to the lowest prices paid by other developed nations.
Earlier this month, his administration launched the TrumpRx website, a federal platform designed to allow Americans to search for select brand-name medications and access lower negotiated prices.
The site stems from agreements the White House said in December it reached with nine major pharmaceutical companies, including Amgen, Merck, Novartis, Sanofi and Bristol Myers Squibb. It lists dozens of high-cost drugs offered at discount prices to treat conditions such as diabetes, asthma, HIV, hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis and cardiovascular disease.
A page on the TrumpRx site is displayed on Feb. 9, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Despite suggesting it would be politically difficult to reverse the policy, Trump told lawmakers to «codify it anyway.»
Make Ban on Wall Street Home Purchases Permanent
After highlighting the story of a Houston mother outbid on 20 homes by investment firms, Trump asked Congress to make permanent his executive order banning large Wall Street-backed firms from buying single-family homes in bulk. «We want homes for people, not for corporations,» he said.
Pass the «Stop Insider Trading Act»
While outlining retirement policy changes and pledging to protect Social Security and Medicare, Trump pivoted to ethics reform, calling on lawmakers to «pass the ‘Stop Insider Trading Act’ without delay.»
The measure would ban members of Congress from buying individual stocks and require advance public notice before sales.
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Lawmakers attend the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., who introduced the bill, told FOX Business in January, «If you want to trade stocks you should go to Wall Street, not to Capitol Hill. I think we have an opportunity here to dramatically improve America’s trust in Congress.»
Pass the «Dalilah Law»
Following the story of a young girl seriously injured in a crash involving an illegal immigrant truck driver, Trump called on Congress to pass what he dubbed the «Dalilah Law,» barring states from issuing commercial driver’s licenses to people in the country illegally.
«Dalilah Coleman was only 5 years old in June 2024 when an 18-wheel tractor-trailer plowed into her stopped car, traveling at 60 miles an hour or more,» Trump said. «The driver was an illegal alien let in by Joe Biden and given a commercial driver’s license by open borders politicians in California.»
Coleman’s father said the crash left her in a coma for three weeks and required six months of hospital treatment before her family could bring her home.
Restore Border and Homeland Security Funding
Trump accused Democrats of cutting off funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is currently operating under a partial shutdown after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on a funding bill.
He demanded the «full and immediate restoration» of border and homeland security funding, framing it as essential to protecting Americans from crime and terrorism.
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President Donald Trump speaks during the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
End Sanctuary Cities
The president also urged lawmakers to end so-called sanctuary city policies, calling for «serious penalties» against public officials who block the removal of criminal illegal immigrants.
«They’re blocking the removal of these people out of our country. And you should be ashamed of yourself,» Trump told Democrats to loud Republican cheers.
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President Donald Trump leaves after delivering the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Pass Tougher Laws for Repeat Offenders
Closing his legislative appeals, Trump asked Congress to pass stricter sentencing laws to ensure «violent and dangerous repeat offenders are put behind bars — and, importantly, that they stay there.»
He cited the death of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, who was stabbed to death on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August.
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«Iryna was riding home on the train when a deranged monster who had been arrested over a dozen times and was released through no cash bail, stood up and viciously slashed a knife through her neck and body. No one will ever forget there were people on that train,» Trump said. «No one will ever forget the expression of terror on Iryna’s face as she looked up at her attacker in the last seconds of her life. She died instantly. She had escaped a brutal war, only to be slain by a hardened criminal set free to kill in America.»
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Ukraine to meet Trump envoys ahead of high-stakes Geneva talks with Russia as war enters fifth year
Russia-Ukraine war enters fifth year
Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss the start of the fifth year in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the impact it has had on both countries and the ongoing efforts to negotiate peace.
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Representatives from Ukraine and the U.S. are reportedly set to meet ahead of high-stakes trilateral talks in Geneva that will include Russian envoys. The report about the meeting comes just after the Russia-Ukraine war entered its fifth year.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters about the Thursday U.S.-Ukraine meeting, The Associated Press reported. The Ukrainian leader reportedly said that Thursday’s meeting would focus on the possibility of post-war recovery for Ukraine as well as preparations for an upcoming trilateral meeting with Russia, according to the AP.
The meeting is expected to involve Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, according to the AP, which cited Zelenskyy. Additionally, Umerov’s press secretary Diana Davytian told the AP that the meeting would take place in Geneva. The outlet noted that the Swiss city is also expected to be the site of U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations on the same day as the trilateral talks.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during their meeting at the sidelines of the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters)
Zelenskyy said that he had tasked Umerov with discussing a possible prisoner exchange, the AP reported. He added that Ukraine would like the talks with Russia to take place next week.
The Trump administration’s push to end the years-long war has brought Russian and Ukrainian envoys to the table in both Abu Dhabi and Geneva, though the meetings have yet to produce a breakthrough for peace.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have both met separately with President Donald Trump. Despite a peace deal agreement being close, territorial disputes remain, Zelenskyy said. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP; Christian Bruna/Getty)
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Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on X that he had met with Zelenskyy and discussed «Ukraine’s security and deepening defense and economic partnerships.»
«President Trump wants a solution that ends the bloodshed once and for all,» Rubio wrote.
Additionally, last week, Zelenskyy said that he spoke with Witkoff and Kushner ahead of the trilateral meetings in Geneva, which he said the Ukrainian government expects to be «truly productive.»
«We also discussed some developments following the meetings in Abu Dhabi. Not everything can be shared over the phone, and our negotiating team will present Ukraine’s position next week. I also spoke about our meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. We greatly appreciate that America consistently maintains a constructive approach and is ready to assist in protecting lives,» Zelenskyy wrote on X. «I thank President Trump, his team, and the people of the United States for their support.»
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the U.S. gave Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to end the war. (Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Kristina Solovyova / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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On Tuesday, which was the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Zelenskyy stood firm, saying that Putin had not defeated Ukraine nor broken the country’s spirit. The statement came as Ukrainian forces made the biggest gains since 2024, according to the AP, which cited the Institute for the Study of War. The institute noted that Ukranian forces have pushed back on Russia’s army at points along the front line in eastern areas of the country.
The State Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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