Tag: Mexico

• Friday, July 17th 2020 - 07:35 UTC

  US shuts borders with Mexico and Canada until August 20

  

  United States Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced on Thursday that borders with Mexico and Canada would remain shut to most travel, to stem the spread of the coronavirus, for another month to Aug 20.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Canadian investors question Mexican government energy policy, which privileges the state's role

  

  As Mexico celebrated a new trade deal with the United States and Canada on July 1, a group of Canadian energy investors warned their government that Mexico could already be violating the agreement for failing to respect contracts.

• Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Mexico overtakes Italy for the world's Covid-19 fourth highest death toll

  

  Deaths in Mexico from the coronavirus pandemic have risen above 35,000, with the Latin American country overtaking Italy for the world's fourth-highest death total.

• Thursday, July 9th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Trump and Lopez Obrador underline the outstanding relationship between the two countries

  

  President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed his “outstanding relationship” with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as he welcomed him to the White House for the leaders' first one-on-one meeting.

• Thursday, July 9th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Surprise, surprise, Mexicans favor closer ties with United States

  

  More Mexicans have warmed to the idea of closer ties with the United States just as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lines up his first meeting with US counterpart Donald Trump, a poll showed on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, July 8th 2020 - 06:47 UTC

  Mexican auto industry started to recover in June but still is far from 2019 figures

  

  Mexico’s auto production and exports picked up steam in June from a month earlier but were down sharply versus a year earlier, official data showed on Tuesday, as carmakers reopened plants from their coronavirus-induced shutdown.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 06:42 UTC

  Mexico on Saturday overtook France in coronavirus death toll

  

  Mexico's death toll from the new coronavirus rose to 30,366 on Saturday. The latest figure propelled it past France to become the country with the fifth-highest number of fatalities in the global pandemic, according to the health ministry.

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  Mexican president support slips on growing discontent with the economy and security management

  

  Support for Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador slipped to a new low in June as discontent mounted over his management of the economy and security, two years after he won office, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:26 UTC

  Mexico overtakes Spain and now has the world's sixth deadliest Covid-19 outbreak

  

  Mexico's Covid-19 deaths rose by 741 to reach 28,510, leading the country to overtake Spain and have the world's sixth deadliest outbreak, according to data released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday night.

• Wednesday, July 1st 2020 - 07:21 UTC

  Massive spill of raw sewage at Mexico's sun-kissed beach of Acapulco

  

  The coastline of famed Mexican beach resort Acapulco was sullied late last week by a large discharge of raw sewage, the ugly scene captured in a viral video, which has prompted local authorities to promise an investigation and to fix its broken drainage system.