General News

On Wednesday, May 19, Mexico’s federal government celebrated the arrival of another batch of 500,000 Covid vaccines, bringing the total number of doses received in this country to date to more than 30 million.

Mexico’s federal government this week launched pre-registration for vaccination against Covid-19 for persons between the ages of 50 and 59. 

Various communities, groups, organizations and individuals that make up the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) have rejected an apology issued by Mexico’s president to the indigenous Mayan people for the wrongs committed against them over more than five centuries.

In what may be a reversal of fortune for at least some sectors of the Covid-crippled travel industry, vaccine tourism is burgeoning, taking different forms depending on whether a locale has vaccines to offer, the severity of the economic hits it has taken and the demand for vaccines.

New practices such as working from home, plus the anxiety caused by changes in routine and loss of income during the pandemic, have altered the dynamics of many businesses in Mexico, leading to higher human capital risk, according to analysis by human capital advisory firm QIBO.

Mexican senators are trying to delay the approval of a marijuana legalization bill that was recently given the green light by legislators in the nation’s lower house. 

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday that “it is very likely” he will address the reopening of the Mexico/U.S. border during a virtual meeting scheduled Friday, May 7, with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rolled up his sleeve to get a Covid jab Tuesday, urging others to do the same, declaring “it protects us all.”