Tag: Mexico

Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:33 UTC
Russian company finds oil off the coast of Tabasco in Mexico

Russia's Lukoil oil company Wednesday announced the finding of an oil reserve off the coast of Tabasco in Mexico believed to be worth 250 million barrels of crude. ”The reservoir was discovered when drilling the Yoti West-1EXP well from the semi-submersible platform Valaris 8505,” according to a company statement.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Wishful declarations after three-leader Summit in Washington

Leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico have achieved little to no progress after their first three-part Summit in Washington this week. Nevertheless, there were some coincidences regarding arms trafficking, migration and the recovery from the pandemic.
Friday, November 19th 2021 - 09:18 UTC
Israeli-developed oral COVID-19 vaccine strikes deal with Mexican lab

Pharmaceutical companies from Israel and Mexico have announced an oral vaccine against COVID-19 is to be marketed across Latin America shortly.
Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 08:50 UTC
Former FARC leader not arrested in Mexico, just deported

Former Colombian guerrilla leader Rodrigo Granda, who was denied entry into Mexico Tuesday, was deported back to his native country. He explained he had never been under arrest.
Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Former FARC leader arrested upon arriving in Mexico

Former Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) leader Rodrigo Granda has been arrested upon landing in Mexico by Interpol.
Friday, October 1st 2021 - 08:44 UTC
At least 118 dead in Ecuadorian prison riot involving Mexican drug cartels

Ecuador's police was still fighting to control a jailhouse in Guayaquil after a riot by inmates led to clashes that have so far resulted in 118 deaths in what turned out to be one of Latin America's worst prison massacres.
Saturday, September 18th 2021 - 09:24 UTC
Latin America viewing Celac as a substitute for OAS during Summit starting in Mexico City

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit will start Saturday in Mexico City as the body seeks to replace the Organization of American States (OAS) in regional matters.
Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
New earthquake hits Mexico near Acapulco but floods kill more in Tula

Exactly four years after Mexico was shaken by the second most intense earthquake in its history, a 7.1 magnitude tremor with an epicentre 11 kilometres southeast of Acapulco hit the country again Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
”How is my friend President Fernandez getting along?

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez is planning to succeed his Mexican peer next 17 September as chair of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Estates, CELAC, one of several regional organizations in the continent, but his luck seems to be in the will of a gnome dictator in one of the Caribbean Commonwealth islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Wednesday, September 1st 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Ecuador wants to become full member of the Pacific Alliance

Ecuador has requested to become a full member of the Pacific Alliance, an issue that was discussed by the country's president Guillermo Lasso during a recent visit to his Mexican peer Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Mexico allegedly announced its full support for Ecuador to join the four countries, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile block, considered the most dynamic of the Americas.