Tag: Mexico

• Tuesday, September 8th 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  Mega project in Mexico cancelled and turned into a giant nature park next to an ancient lake

  

  Bright green stalks of weeds are sprouting from the ground where planes were supposed to take off at a new Mexico City airport as officials let nature take over in their bid to transform the marshy swath of an ancient lake into a giant park.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  Feminists and relatives of kidnapped women occupy human rights offices in Mexico

  

  Feminist activists and family members of the missing ramped up a protest at the main offices of Mexico's human rights commission on Monday, after occupying the building last week to draw attention to kidnapped persons and attacks targeting women.

• Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  Mexico presses ahead with a wide ideological spectrum of Covid-19 virus vaccines

  

  Mexico is pressing ahead with an effort to forge COVID-19 vaccine alliances across a wide ideological spectrum of countries from France to Cuba, as a World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine initiative will fall short of its needs.

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  J&J added Chile, Argentina and Peru volunteers to conduct trials for its vaccine against Covid-19

  

  United States pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has added Chile, Argentina, and Peru to the Latin nations where it plans to conduct Phase III trials for its vaccine against COVID-19, the company confirmed on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Mexican president exposes “abusive ethane contract” that skimmed billions from consumers

  

  Mexico’s president said an “abusive” ethane supply deal he has pushed to cancel between a consortium backed by Brazilian firm Odebrecht and Mexican state oil firm Pemex had likely cost taxpayers around 15 billion pesos (US$ 683 million).

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Major corruption scandal in Mexico targets two former presidents and construction giant Odebrecht

  

  A corruption scandal shaking Mexico's political elite intensified on Thursday as a leaked document containing a raft of allegations raised pressure on several former presidents and senior officials.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Mexican corruption in Congress exposed with piles of cash changing hands

  

  An unverified video showing piles of cash being handed to Mexican congressional staffers went viral on Monday, fuelling a corruption scandal that is already convulsing the country even as the clip's source and context remain unclear.

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 09:12 UTC

  Mexico besides AstraZeneca is also working with French, US and Chinese labs for a Covid-19 vaccine

  

  Mexico will need up to 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses, according to a senior government official, and inoculation of its 120 million inhabitants could start as early as April if clinical trials and regulatory approvals for pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca go as planned.

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Mexican president says economy recovering jobs

  

  Mexico added back 52,455 jobs in August, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday, hailing the news as a sign of recovery after the country lost more than 1 million jobs in the formal economy due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, August 15th 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  US extends ban on border crossing with Canada and Mexico until September 21

  

  The US Department of Homeland Security said on Friday that a COVID-19 ban on non-essential travel through border crossings with Canada and Mexico was being extended until Sep 21.