By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Friday, Dec. 10, that all Mexicans will receive booster shots against the covid-19 virus. Speaking during his daily press conference, this time in the northern state of Chihuahua, AMLO said that the federal government will administer AstraZeneca boosters to all eligible Mexicans in accord with internationally
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The U.S. State Department on Wednesday, Dec. 8, increased its travel advisory for Mexico to Level 3 due to the high incidence of covid-19 infections in the country. A Level 3 advisory means that U.S. citizens who were planning to come to Mexico should reconsider their travel plans. The new State Department travel advisory
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By KELIN DILLON In an attempt to reduce its foreign debt, Mexico’s state-owned fuel company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) received $3.5 billion in bond buybacks from the Mexican federal government, the country’s Secretariat of Finance (SHCP) reported on Tuesday, Dec. 7. This financial injection is equivalent to 74 billion pesos, about half the annual budget given to Mexico’s Secretariat of Public
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s covid-19 czar, Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell, said Tuesday, Dec. 7, that the country will soon stop requiring international visitors to fill in questionnaires regarding their health on arrival in the country. López-Gatell said that there is no evidence that this measure, which was implemented earlier this year by the Communications and Transportation
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As expected, U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday, Dec. 2, that all travelers entering the United States from abroad will be required to have a covid-19 antigen test within 24 hours before boarding their plane, starting Monday, Dec. 6. Previously, international travelers were required to have the test within 72 hours of their flight.
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In an apparent reversal of its previous stance, the administration of leftist Mexican President Andrés Manual López Obrador (AMLO) has seemingly struck a deal with the Joe Biden administration to reinstate the remain-in-Mexico policy as of next week. The U.S. Border Control announced Thursday, Dec. 2, that the Mexican government had agreed to the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The massive public party in the capital’s main plaza Zócalo on Wednesday, Dec. 1, to commemorate Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) third year in office attracted more than 250,000 jubilant, mostly unmasked revelers, and offered up little in the way of new rhetoric from the president. The giant forget-any-semblance-of-social-distancing fiesta, which was
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A total of 2,160,900 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the U.S. government arrived at Mexico’s Toluca Airport, just outside Mexico City, on Thursday, Dec. 2, the U.S. Embassy said. “Within the framework of the IX North American Leaders Summit, the United States reaffirms the strength of our bilateral relationship,” the embassy said
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF International travelers entering the United States — including U.S. citizens — may soon be facing even tighter covid-19 prevention restrictions for entry. In the face of the highly concerning Omicron variant, the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is currently considering requiring everyone who enters the country to be tested for covid infections within
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While the rest of the world is gearing up to face the ominous threat of the highly mutated Omicron variant of the covid-19 virus, here in Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is preparing to host a massive, come-one-come-all celebration of his third year in power at the capital’s main square Zócalo on Wednesday, Dec.
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