Tag: Mexico

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Spanish Government pleads EU to speed up trade accords with Latin American partners to contain China's expansion

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has petitioned the European Union to lift all barriers that prevent the bloc's trade agreement with Mercosur to become operational. Sánchez also requested similar action be taken in the cases of accords with Mexico and Chile.

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• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Bolivia, Mexico agree to lift mutual visa requirement for short stays

  

  The governments of Bolivia and Mexico Monday announced they had agreed to lift the mutual visa requirement for citizens of either country wishing to travel to the other for stays of up to 180 days.

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• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 04:20 UTC

  Argentina to open new consulate in Playa del Carmen

  

  The Argentine Government is to open a new consulate in the Mexican beach resort of Playa del Carmen, as announced in the Official Gazette.

• Friday, March 26th 2021 - 10:55 UTC

  Presidents of Bolivia and Mexico warn OAS to do its job and nothing more

  

  The presidents of Mexico and Bolivia signed a joint statement warning Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro to stay away from their countries' domestic matters.

• Saturday, March 20th 2021 - 08:07 UTC

  Gang warfare next to Mexico City leaves 13 police officers on patrol massacred

  

  Bullet casings still littered the ground on Friday in Coatepec Harinas, a troubled municipality southwest of Mexico City where 13 police officers on patrol were brutally murdered in an ambush by suspected drug gang members.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Mexico to join the club of countries that decriminalize cannabis

  

  Mexico's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill that would decriminalize cannabis for recreational, medical and scientific uses, bringing it a step closer to creating one of the world's largest markets for the plant.

• Monday, March 8th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Names of women victimized by violence painted on metal barriers protecting Mexico's National Palace

  

  Reuters – The names of women victimized by violence were painted late on Saturday on metal barriers erected around Mexico's national palace ahead of a major women's march as activists turned the fencing into a makeshift billboard for their movement.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  After all Americans have been vaccinated, US willing to discuss the issue with Mexico

  

  Reuters – The Joe Biden administration downplayed the prospect of sharing coronavirus vaccines with Mexico, arguing it is focused on getting its own population protected against a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  Covid-19 vaccines: “where's the universal brotherhood” ask Mexican and Argentine presidents

  

  REUTERS – The presidents of Mexico and Argentina on Tuesday pressed the UN and the world's richest countries to improve poorer nations' access to Covid-19 vaccines, arguing efforts are grossly inadequate so far.

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 15:19 UTC

  Wife of El Chapo Guzman arrested in US on charges of drug trafficking

  

  The wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the imprisoned former leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, was arrested on Monday over her alleged involvement in international drug trafficking, the U.S. Department of Justice said.