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Mexico’s Vaccine Certificate Portal Fails International Travelers
By KELIN DILLON While the vaccine against covid-19 has been made widely available to citizens and foreign residents of Mexico alike, obtaining government endorsed proof of full inoculation that allows for foreign travel to places like Europe and Canada has been all but impossible, thanks to failures in the government’s online certificate portal. The portal, which requires recipients of the
Read moreLatin America’s Not-So-Lunatic Moonshot
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Although they have yet to resolve the growing covid, economic and poverty crises back on Earth in their respective countries, six Latin American heads of state — led by Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Argentina’s Alberto Hernández — announced on Saturday, July 24, the creation of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE). The
Read moreUS Must Help Afghans Who Helped It
Two U.S. pundits point out that their country owes Afghans more than a quick goodbye
Read moreEuropean Soccer Teams to Create ‘Super League’
By KELIN DILLON Twelve of Europe’s biggest soccer teams have announced their intention to leave their current organizations to create the new Super League, affecting several Mexican players playing abroad, including Hector Herrera of Atletico Madrid and Marcelo Flores of Arsenal. The new group consists of six English clubs, including Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Vaccine Chaos The covid-19 vaccine rollout in Mexico, which began in December of last year, has been chaotic, to say the least, with allegations of empty syringes, vaccine hoarding, preferential administration for government workers and political maneuvering. Currently, the government is dishing up a hodgepodge of both one-dose and two-dose vaccines (some internationally verified, some not) from
Read moreBillions of Pesos in Investment Jeopardized by Electricity Reform
By KELIN DILLON Over 196.7 billion pesos in investment into Mexico’s energy sector are now in jeopardy, following Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial proposals to reform the nation’s electric industry, according to opponents of the bill. The proposed law would allow Mexico’s government-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to gain priority over private energy plants to upload their
Read moreLatin American Foreign Trade Drops to 12-Year Low
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
Read moreUN Says Migration Down 27 Percent Due to Covid
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
Read moreMexico, G20 to Create Proposal Limiting Internet Censorship
By KELIN DILLON Mexico announced Thursday, Jan. 14, that it is working to create a proposal with other nations in the Group of 20 (G20), an international group consisting of 19 countries and the European Union, to limit censorship by private social media companies following U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s controversial removal from several online platforms. Trump found himself without
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