By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF All adult Mexicans will have received at least one dosage of a covid-19 vaccine by October, ahead of the traditional winter flu season, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Tuesday, May 18. Speaking during his daily press conference at the National Palace, AMLO pointed out that the government’s national vaccination program has recently
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XINHUA Private-sector analysts are now predicting that Mexico’s economy will grow 4.8 percent in 2021, up from the 4.5 percent previously projected, a survey by the Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) announced Monday, May 3. For 2022, analysts maintained their forecast for Mexican gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 2.7 percent, according to the poll of 38 leading financial groups
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By KELIN DILLON As Mexico begins expanding its administration of vaccines against covid-19 in its population aged from 50 to 59, a study from Free University of Berlin mathematician Raúl Rojas found that Mexico has the second-worst strategy in the world against coronavirus, only behind Peru. The country has seen over 444,000 excess deaths than anticipated throughout the pandemic, according
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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
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By KELIN DILLON According to numbers coming from the U.S. covid-19 vaccination program, the United States has already vaccinated more Mexicans within its borders than Mexico has of its own population. Mexico is reportedly vaccinating 64,000 members of its population a day, a number shattered by the U.S. daily average of 1.9 million inoculations daily, with the United States achieving
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By KELIN DILLON The Washington Post reported on Thursday, March 18, that the United States will send part of its excess supply of covid-19 vaccines to Mexico, which was then confirmed by Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and the U.S. White House. “There is a vaccine agreement with the United States, to follow up on the conversation between Presidents
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Erstwhile Aztec and Spaniards Meet in Court A major political war between the modern conquest version of the Aztec versus the Spaniards is now being wagered in Mexico between conservative and liberal forces. The conflict was sparked by the controversial ruling made by Second District Court for the Administration, Economic Competency and Broadcast Services for Mexico City
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By RICARDO CASTILLO New Mexican Tourist Resort Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Saturday visited the largest of the three islands, popularly known as “Las Marías,” off the coast of Nayarit in the Pacific Ocean. During his visit, AMLO announced that in three months the archipelago, which once served as a federal prison, would open up to tourists as
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In an unprecedented effort to inoculate older Mexicans against the covid-19 coronavirus, Mexico City registered a record 81,500 residents over age 60 of the upscale Miguel Hidalgo precinct immunized during a one-week period, city officials announced Sunday, March 14. On Sunday, the capital government completed its vaccination campaign in Miguel Hidalgo, immunizing a total
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Lozoya Case Postponed The start date for the trial of former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Director Emilio Lozoya Austin was postponed on request of the Mexican Attorney General’s Office due to pandemic-related complications. The deadline was supposed to be last Sunday, March 7. Judge José Artemio Zúñiga Mendoza, however, granted investigators more time to conclude the presentation of
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