Mexico

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.

Chinese Immigrant Found Murdered in Mexico, Authorities Deny Coronavirus Discrimination Killing

Law enforcement officials in Mexico are investigating the murder of a Chinese immigrant in the state of Chihuahua. They ruled out coronavirus racial discrimination as a possible motive for the fatal shooting.

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 Calls Program by Private Banks Supporting MSMEs a “Loan Scheme”

A joint program by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Mexican Business Council will seek to provide loans to 30,000 businesses in the country worth U.S. $12 billion to boost the economy.

Mexico's Interior Department Says COVID-19 Lockdown Policies Violate Constitutional Rights

Mexico's Interior Department recently denounced towns putting up roadblocks and imposing curfews. They believe the measures made to curb the spread of the virus violates constitutional rights.

Highway Robbery Of Transport Trucks in Mexico Spikes 25% Amid Lockdown

While most people are stuck indoors, unemployed, and struggle to meet their needs, gangs in Mexico have resorted to highway robberies.

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.

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.

Valle de México Water Loss: 2.5 Million Residents Affected

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the water supply loss has aggravated the situation of residents who are forced to stay indoors since they cannot easily get access to safe, potable water in their area.

Retail Companies Provide Employment Opportunities During COVID-19 Crisis

While entertainment and hospitality industries have been forced to halt their operations due to the COVID-19 crisis, the commercial retail industry keeps an open door to the consumers and unemployed alike.

Indigenous Artisans Resort to Making Face Masks From Palm Leaves as Source of Income

While the demand for hats, fans, cords, earrings, baskets, and other handmade products has dropped tremendously during the health crisis, indigenous artisans are resorting to face mask production.

Femicides Increase in Mexico as Women Are Forced to Stay Indoors With Abusers

Experts attribute the increase of femicide to the government's confinement orders which enabled domestic violence.

USMCA to Replace NAFTA– Agreement to Take Effect July 1

After much effort and persuasion from U.S. President Donald Trump’s office, the new NAFTA will include stricter compliance to guidelines with regards to labor and automotive content without changing the US$1.2 trillion in trade flows between the U.S.-Mexico-Canada per year.

Unaccounted Cases: Mexico's COVID-19 Cases Are 30 Times Higher Than Reported, Experts Say

Experts say that the number of COVID-19 cases in Mexico is 30 times higher than the reported data which makes Mexico second to the United States.

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.

Mexican Militias Arm and Train Children to Fight Against Drug Cartels

The CRAC-PF, a militia in the Mexican state of Guerrero, took matters into their own hands after the Mexican government failed to protect their community from surrounding drug cartels.

'Contain and Deport': Mexico Sends Thousands of Migrants Home

Mexico has almost deported migrants who are staying in the government migrant centers after removing thousands of individuals to control the spread of the COVID-19.

Cocaine Fuels Migration Crisis As Asylum Seekers Flee Dangerous Countries

The United States is facing a massive surge of migrants along its borders. The United States is facing a massive surge of migrants along its borders. Thousands of people from Central America flee their homes in search of a better, and safer, life in the U.

Pentagon Urges Mexico to Reopen Defense Supplier Factories, Workers Strike as Plants Reopen

The Pentagon wants Mexico to open some of its manufacturing companies to support the supply chain for defense companies in the United States.

Deadlier Than COVID-19: Mexico's History of Epidemics That Almost Wiped out the Country's Population

Mexico has faced different diseases and epidemics over the previous five centuries and some of these almost killed the country's population.

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.
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