By KELIN DILLON Despite urging from scientists and medical specialists, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has decidedly refused to make wearing a mask mandatory in Mexico. A letter to AMLO, signed by 400 medical specialists throughout Mexico, presented seven ideas to help combat the spread of coronavirus nationwide, including making mask-wearing mandatory in federal and state agencies, which
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XINHUA There are growing concerns over the detection of three new variants of covid-19 in 20 countries in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday, Feb. 3. These variants “are raising questions about a possible increase” in the transmissibility of the virus, said Carissa F. Etienne, the director of PAHO. During a virtual press conference, Etienne asked
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XINHUA New vehicle sales in Mexico plummeted by 22.5 percent in January compared to the same month of 2020, after a rebound in the novel coronavirus pandemic led to reimposed lockdowns, official figures showed Thursday, Feb. 4. A total of just 81,203 vehicles were sold in the first month of the year, compared 104,852 units in January of last year,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF For the fourth year running, L’Oréal has been ranked among the 380 companies of the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index 2021 (GEI). The index evaluates and highlights companies that have distinguished themselves by their proactive approach to gender equality in the workplace, including in terms of female leadership, talent flows, salary parity, inclusion culture and gender
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By RICARDO CASTILLO A request for an arrest warrant from Mexico’s Fiscal General against former Treasury and Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso bounced by a federal judge last weekend and not only prevented a major scandal for Videgaray, but also reinforced the fact that the so-called “attorneys for the people” just cannot manage to put a viable case together.
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By KYLIE MADRY Do the Cabinet Shuffle While the resignation of Mexico’s Security and Public Protection Secretary Alfonso Durazo made headlines several weeks ago, more cabinet changes are coming, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). To replace Durazo, AMLO proposed Rosa Icela Rodríguez, who had been appointed to oversee Mexico’s sea ports and merchant shipping in July, during his
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By KYLIE MADRY An almost 40 percent increase in deaths from a typical year suggests that Mexico’s official covid-19 count is much lower than the actual death toll. Mexico published its “excess death” statistics late Sunday, Oct. 25, with 193,170 more deaths through September than in an average year. Officially, 88,924 people in Mexico have died of covid-19, about half
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Cleavage at Conago Ten Mexican governors met Monday, Sept. 7, in the northern city of Chihuahua. The purpose of their gathering was to vote on whether to continue to participate in the National Governors Commission (Conago), an organization that aims to be one voice before the president. The outcome of the meeting was that all10 voted to
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The London-based biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca signed an agreement with Mexico’s Carlos Slim Foundation on Wednesday, Aug. 12, to produce a covid-19 vaccine in both Mexico and Argentina to be distributed without economic profits throughout Latin America. The experimental coronavirus vaccine, labled AZD1222, which was licensed by AstraZeneca from the University of Oxford, is currently
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Curtain up, the “L” Show Is On Finally, Mexico’s Fiscal General of the Republic (FGR) ordered the start of the trial of former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Director Emilio Lozoya Austin on two separate charges. The charges will be dealt with in separate hearings. On Tuesday, July 28, Federal Judge José Artemio Zúñiga Mendoza opened the first of
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