Tag: Mexico

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Mexico passed the 100,000 coronavirus deaths mark

  

  Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, becoming only the fourth country — behind the United States, Brazil and India — to do so.

• Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  US land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed until December 21

  

  U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico are expected to remain closed to non-essential travel until Dec. 21 at the earliest amid a rising number of U.S. coronavirus cases, officials in Washington and Ottawa said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Mexico successfully refinances foreign debt at the “lowest interest rate in the market”

  

  Mexico has completed a debt refinancing operation worth US$ 6.6 billion in international markets, including a heavily over-subscribed bond offer, the Finance Ministry said.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  More than 54 million Covid-19 cases worldwide, John Hopkins Center

  

  More than 54 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed around the world, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported on Sunday.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  “Mexico ”is not a colony” and will recognize the new US government when it is legitimately constituted

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win, saying it was too early and that his country was “not a colony”.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  US tries to lower bilateral tension following the arrest of a former defense minister on drug charges

  

  U.S. Attorney General William Barr spoke with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard last week to try to lower bilateral tension arising from the U.S. arrest of a former Mexican defense minister on drug charges, two Mexican sources said on Monday.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  Mexican president faces corruption allegations of his inner circle

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador urged authorities on Monday to look into a report accusing a top aide of financial impropriety, while calling it part of a media campaign aimed at bringing his administration into disrepute.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil and Mexico, close friends of Trump, have yet to congratulate Joe Biden

  

  There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest countries, both of whom have been seen as friendly to President Donald Trump in different ways.

• Friday, October 30th 2020 - 13:00 UTC

  Argentina and Mexico “vote” for Biden and delay nominations at IDB until after the US election

  

  Mexico and Argentina have delayed a key meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank until after the Nov. 3 U.S. election, delivering an early setback to plans by the bank’s new U.S. chief to install vice presidents from smaller countries.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Mexico brings up the issue of liabilities from unexpected side effects of the Covid-19 vaccines

  

  Mexico's government will pay to cover any liabilities arising from unexpected side effects of COVID-19 vaccines but is not considering creating a fund to do so, a top official said.