Mexico has the highest ratio of COVID-19 positive cases and the number of deaths in Latin America. Some hospitals in the country are also turning away patients.
While Mexican authorities are making arrangements for the country’s healthcare system, specifically for COVID-19 patients, organized crime groups are exploiting vulnerable groups by providing basic resources while at the same time resorting to extortion, kidnapping, and violence.
Mexico is considering reopening some portions of the country by the middle of May, despite the rising number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and fatalities.
The Deepwater Horizon was an offshore drilling rig that exploded on April 20, 2010, killing more than 11 crewmen and causing a massive environmental catastrophe. Mexican communities affected by the spill have yet to receive a cent in compensation even after a decade.
The vanishing of Mexican journalist, Victor Fernandez Alvarez has revealed a division between the media and law enforcement as "violence against journalists" that has intensified in a union-controlled Mexican port.
Mexico's Ministry of Labor and Social Security launched a platform to maintain the workers' knowledge and skills as they are forced to work from home amid the COVID-19 crisis, according to a recently published article.
Health workers demand administrators and management to take their concerns seriously. Inadequate equipment, poor leadership, and increased risk are all driving doctors and nurses to the streets to make their pleas be heard.
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.
President Lopez Obrador signed an agreement to help improve the Mexican oil producer's supply. (Photo: Reuters) Mexico delayed a historical agreement to stabilize global oil markets for three days by avoiding to acknowledge an offer from the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries to reduce oil production by 350,000 barrels per day.
There's a growing debate in Mexico of whether or not beer is an essential product. For the beer industry, this beverage helps people get through quarantine.
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, people are forced to stay indoors but the staff of a hotel in the city of Cancun, Mexico has been met with unlikely visitors.
At least 12 factory workers were reported to have died from COVID-19 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Health officials are worried the virus may have been silently spreading for weeks.
