Tag: Mexico

• Tuesday, December 29th 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  Mexican president plays a “Fools' Day” prank on the “conservative media”

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday played a trick on the media, pretending he was going to end the daily news conferences that he has used to pillory critics and dominate the national news cycle.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Biden and Lopez Obrador agree to work on regional migration from Central America and Mexico

  

  United States president-elect Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez ¬Obrador, AMLO, over the weekend made a commitment to work on a humane strategy to regional migration by addressing its root causes in Central America and southern Mexico.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  A quarter of Mexicans, 31 million, have been exposed to Covid-19

  

  A quarter of Mexico's population, or 31 million people, has been exposed to COVID-19, according to preliminary results of an official survey, with 70% never showing symptoms.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Putin, Bolsonaro and Lopez Obrador finally congratulate Joe Biden

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden on his victory, more than a month after the Nov 3 election.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  UK and Mexico sign trade deal: savings of £59 million worth of duties

  

  The UK signed on Tuesday 15 December a trade deal with Mexico, locking in tariff-free trade and other benefits for British businesses and consumers. The UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement will particularly benefit the automotive, pharmaceutical, textiles, agriculture, food and drink industries and other manufacturing industries, the sectors where the UK has the highest amount of trade with Mexico.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Mexican median age of Covid-19 deaths is 55, compared to 75 in other countries

  

  Mexico’s coronavirus spokesman said on Thursday the country’s median age of death from COVID-19 was a shockingly young 55, as compared to an average of 75 in many European countries.

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  A new beaked whale species discovered off Mexico's western coast?

  

  Researchers believe they have found a previously unknown species of beaked whale in waters off Mexico's western coast. If confirmed, the new species would mark a significant discovery among giant mammals.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Murder of a French businessman and his colleague shock Mexico City

  

  A few hundred people marched in central Mexico City on Monday to protest the killing of a French businessman and his Mexican colleague over the weekend, the latest violent crime to inflame concerns about security in the country.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 08:36 UTC

  WHO very worried about rapidly growing surge of Covid-19 in Brazil and Mexico

  

  The World Health Organization says it is very worried about the rapidly growing surge of coronavirus cases in Brazil and Mexico. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at his regular briefing in Geneva on Monday, “I think Brazil has to be very, very serious,” in combating the surge there. He echoed the same concern for Mexico, which he said was in “bad shape.”

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:38 UTC

  Italian giant shipbuilder will construct a major shipyard in Yucatán, Mexico

  

  Fincantieri, the Italian shipbuilding giant, has announced it has signed a letter of intent with the Ministry of Economic Development and Labour of the Yucatán State (Mexico) to participate in the design and construction of a shipyard located in the port of Progreso.