Ventilators

Mexico Receives Medical Supplies From the United States to Aid Crippling Healthcare Systems

In the month prior, U.S. President Donald Trump guaranteed shipment of ventilators and other medical equipment for Mexico.
AMLO

Lopez Obrador’s Frugal Austerity Measures Moving Ahead in Congress

Despite objections questioning the constitutionality of the new austerity measures, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s proposal to cut 75% of the national budget for the year is already moving in congress.
AMLO

Smaller Enterprises Affected the Most by Lopez Obrador’s Budget Cuts

There are 19,440 government suppliers registered in Mexico, and 88% of these are micro, small, and medium-sized businesses.
AMLO

Lopez Obrador Announces Containment Measures for the Pandemic– “There Will Be a Quick Return to Normality”

Mexico President Lopez Obrador announced last Sunday that the coronavirus pandemic is now under control.
Susana Prieto, a lawyer and labor activist, advises employees of an Edumex factory during a protest to halt work amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ciudad Juarez

Mexican Automotive Factory Workers Pressured to Leave Home for “Essential Work”

Corporations from the United States are urging Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to reclassify maquiladoras as essential to reopen the supply chain during the lockdown. Factory workers are pressured to work again, and this time they try to protest.
Mexican immigrants walk across the Paso del Norte border bridge after being deported from the United States amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ciudad Juarez

National Migration Institute in Mexico Deports Illegal Migrants to Control COVID-19 Transmission

As a move against the further spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the National Migration Institute has started deporting immigrants from its sixty-five migrant facilities back to their respective countries.
FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Obrador holds a news conference in Mexico City

Mexico’s Recovery From the Pandemic Hindered by Lopez Obrador’s Decisions

Now when a leader is called upon to rise to the occasion that Mexico is facing in its fight against the pandemic, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador appears to have regressed into refusing accountability and blaming others for the situation at hand.
A police officer wearing a protective mask stands at the entrance of a coronavirus testing site, as the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) continues in Mexico City

Murder Rate Rises in Mexico– Criminal Groups Are Gaining Leverage Amid Pandemic

While the efforts of the Mexican government focused on mitigating the economic and health crisis brought by the pandemic, there has become a failure to provide basic security to vulnerable populations.
FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City

Cutting Costs to Save the Country– Amlo Puts the Economy First During the Pandemic

In an attempt to quell the crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced new propositions of austerity measures that he believed was in tangent with his post-neoliberal vision.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington

Economists Say Mexico May Need the US More Than They Think

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced in a news conference that Mexico and the United States both relied on one another for lifting the countries’ economies and migration.
Hospital

Mexico City Hospitals Overwhelmed by Coronavirus Cases – Extension for Measures

Much to everyone’s chagrin, it does not seem as though the pandemic is going to end anytime soon. More hospitals are becoming crowded, showing that the city will not be able to handle the influx of patients at the height of the pandemic, which is fast approaching.
Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Monclova

Number of Coronavirus Outbreaks in Mexican Facilities Is Alarming

In the capital of Mexico, the outbreak of coronavirus began in the very facility meant to prevent the spread.
PPE

Amid Protests, IMSS Has Announced to Spend Over Mex$5 Billion for Medical Supplies

The largest health institute in Mexico is seeking to spend over five billion pesos for medical equipment.
Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cancun

Coronavirus Effect: Failing US Consumer Demand Hurts Mexico

Mexico's reliance on tourism and diverse distribution networks render the country's economy extremely vulnerable to the impacts of coronavirus.
A street vendor sells protective plastic face shields against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the outbreak continues, in Mexico City

Masks Are Now Mandatory in Mexico, Street Vendors Take Advantage

Almost painting a grim scene, street vendors are selling products during the quarantine imposed for residents to stop going out. They are lined up on the Puente Plateado bridge, with their makeshift stalls in place.
Doctors and nurses who hope to land a job at Mexico's Social Security Institute (IMSS), queue to deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic in Mexico City

Furloughs and Recruitment: Medical Personnel Understaffed in Mexico

Amid the crisis hospitals are facing where they need to reduce costs by furloughing their medical staff for expenditure, Mexico City has launched a campaign.
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