XINHUA A limited number of fans will be allowed to attend the Mexican Open in March under strict health protocols, organizers said on Thursday, Jan. 28. The ATP 500 event will be played on hard courts at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess resort from March 15 to 20. “The event will be run with (an arena) capacity of 30 percent,” tournament
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XINHUA Latin America and the Caribbean’s foreign trade in 2020 registered its worst performance since the 2008 global financial crisis, mainly due to the covid-19 pandemic and its impact on economies, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said on Friday, Jan. 22. In its newly released annual report, International Trade Outlook for Latin America
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XINHUA Monterrey’s next two matches in Mexico’s Clausura tournament have been postponed because of a coronavirus outbreak within the club, the Liga MX said on Wednesday, Jan. 20. The clash against reigning champions León, which had been scheduled for this Saturday, Jan. 23, will now be played on March 10, while the Jan. 29 duel with Puebla has been shifted
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XINHUA Hundreds of Hondurans, who were part of a migrant caravan headed north to the U.S. border, began returning home after the group met with resistance from authorities and fell apart in Guatemala, the Honduran government said on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The caravan disintegrated on Sunday, Jan. 17, when authorities in Vado Hondo, in the eastern Guatemalan region of Chiquimula,
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XINHUA Mexican authorities are investigating the murder of 12 men whose bodies were found on the night of Sunday, Jan. 17, on a rural road in the municipality of Las Choapas, in the eastern state of Veracruz, police said. Veracruz’s secretary of public security said Monday, Jan. 17, on Twitter that the police have established checkpoints and patrols, and are
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XINHUA Mexico City will remain under high alert given the rise in hospitalizations due to the novel coronavirus disease, but will ease lockdown conditions so restaurants and shops can operate more fully, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday, Jan. 15. At a press conference, the mayor urged the public to continue to forgo gatherings and stay indoors, and announced a
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XINHUA The covid-19 pandemic may have slowed international migration flows by around 2 million people last year, cutting the annual growth expected since mid-2019 by around 27 percent, according to a report by the United Nations released Friday, Jan. 15. International Migration 2020 Highlights, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), shows that since the year
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XINHUA Mexico will work to ensure migrants in the United States are given equal access to covid-19 vaccines by citing labor provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Wednesday, Jan. 13. The free trade agreement, in force since July 2020, includes provisions that guarantee health protections for migrants in member countries, regardless
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XINHUA Despite the fact that numerous studies have clearly shown that border closings do little or nothing to slow the spread of coronavirus infections, the United States, Canada and Mexico have once again extended non-essential travel restrictions across their borders through Feb. 21 due to covid-19. On Friday, Jan. 8, U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said that “in
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XINHUA A fire Saturday, Jan. 9, at an electrical substation of the Mexico City Metro caused the closing of six lines, affecting thousands of passengers. Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum said a policewoman lost her life in the incident and at least 30 people were injured. “An assessment of the damage is currently being conducted,” Sheinbaum said. “The Federal Electricity Commission
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