Tag: Mexico

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  New North American trade pact closer as US lifts tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico

  

  The United States struck deals on Friday to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico, the three governments said, removing a major obstacle to legislative approval of a new North American trade pact.

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• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 07:59 UTC

  Smog disaster in Mexico City, all residents “smoking” half a pack of cigarettes a day

  

  Scientists say breathing the heavily polluted air in Mexico City these days is like smoking somewhere between a quarter-and a half-pack of cigarettes a day.

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• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Sargassum killing Mexico and Caribbean beaches and tourism industry

  

  Tourists looking for sun and sand in Mexican resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum have been disgusted by foul-smelling mounds of sargassum – a seaweed-like algae – piling up on beaches and turning turquoise waters brown, and experts are warning that it may be the new normal.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Environmental emergency in Mexico City; classes and football match suspended, and cars restricted on Wednesday

  

  Authorities declared an environmental emergency on Tuesday for metropolitan Mexico City, one of the world's most populous megalopolises, as smoke from nearby wildfires pushed pollution to levels deemed potentially harmful to human health.

• Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Mexicans take to the streets on Mother's Day to protest 40.000 missing persons

  

  Mexicans with missing children led marches on Friday - when Mother's Day is celebrated the country- to protest the government's failure to find their sons and daughters or bring their cases to justice.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Mexico announces a criminal probe into Brazil's Odebrecht corruption

  

  Mexico will launch a criminal probe into Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA within 60 days, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said on Monday.

• Monday, May 6th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Mexicans march against president Lopez Obrador saying “You're not Robin Hood”

  

  Several thousand people marched through Mexico City on Sunday to demand the resignation of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the first major protest against the leftist leader in the capital since he took office five months ago.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Mexican president sends army and navy reinforcements to contain killings in Veracruz state

  

  Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would reinforce army and navy troops in Veracruz State, three days after a child was among 13 people killed in a mass shooting there.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  Record violence and killings in Mexico in the first quarter: 8.943 murders

  

  Violence in Mexico hit new heights in the first quarter of 2019, with 8,493 murders recorded from January to March, according to official figures. According to the Executive Secretariat of the Public Security National System, that number represents a 9.6% rise on the same period in 2018.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Mexican president announces a “Robin Hood” institute to return corruption assets to the people

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he will create a “Robin Hood” institute to return to the people the ill-gotten wealth seized from corrupt politicians and gangsters.