XINHUA Mexico’s exports grew by 4.88 percent in August compared to July, marking the third month in a row of growth after dropping due to the novel coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) said on Monday, Sept. 28. Exports totaled $37.047 billion in August compared to $35.324 billion the previous month, according to seasonally adjusted
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The global covid-19 death toll is fast approaching one million people, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and that number could easily double even with the release of a viable vaccine. Unless there is “concerted international action,” the novel coronavirus contagion will continue to spread unabated, WHO Emergencies Director Mike Ryan warned over
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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XINHUA Mexican migrants to the United States have been treating covid-19 infections using home remedies due to lack of access to health services, according to a recent analysis from Mexico’s Interior Secretariat (SeGob). Published by SeGob’s Immigration Policy Unit in mid-September, the report said that the pandemic has caused greater complications such as job loss and restrictive government policies. It
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XINHUA Nonessential travel restrictions between Mexico, the United States and Canada have been extended for another month due to covid-19, U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Friday, Sept. 18. “We continue to work with our Canadian and Mexican partners to slow the spread of covid-19,” Wolf announced via ahis Twitter account. “Accordingly, we have agreed to extend
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) led the country in its traditional Independence Day “Grito” late Tuesday, Sept. 15, but in a ceremony unlike any other due to social distancing measures imposed because of the covid-19 pandemic. The traditional “Viva México” Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores) is intended to echo the call
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XINHUA Gross fixed investment in Mexico rose 20.1 percent in June compared to May, its first increase after four months of poor performance amid the covid-19 pandemic, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) said. However, the indicator plummeted 24.1 percent in June compared to the same month of 2019, dragged down by a drop in construction and the
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XINHUA Vehicle production in Mexico fell by 13.15 percent in August compared to the same period last year, while exports fell 8.59 percent in the same period year-on-year, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Friday, Sept. 4. According to the Inegi, Mexico manufactured 293,463 vehicles in August of this year, with 257,610 destined for foreign markets.
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XINHUA Mexico incorporated 1.5 million more citizens into the economically active population (PEA) in July as a result of the gradual reopening of businesses closed due to the covid-19 pandemic, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Thursday, Sept. 3. The Inegi National Survey on Occupation and Employment (ENOE) showed that the PEA reached 52.6 million in
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador continues to tout his administration’s “exemplary” management in controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes covid-19 infections (despite the fact that the country ranks in fourth place in the number of covid deaths, with nearly 66,000 deceased and almost 611,000 confirmed cases as of late
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