They’re not just numbers: Mexico’s Covid-19 victims
Do you know anyone who has been infected with coronavirus, or even someone who has died? Chances are you don’t.
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Do you know anyone who has been infected with coronavirus, or even someone who has died? Chances are you don’t.
National Action Party (PAN) state legislator Irma de Anda has proposed changes to the penal code that would sanction people who willfully or negligently infect others with coronavirus with a prison term of up to three years.
The fact that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will make his first trip outside the country since taking office 18 months ago to meet with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday, July 8, underscores the importance he gives to the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, which came into force on July 1.
Passenger traffic at the Guadalajara International Airport rebounded by 155 percent in June, with 316,700 travelers registered during the month, compared with 124,300 in May, according to data released by the Pacific Airport Group (GAP), operators of the airport and 11 others in western Mexico, including Puerto Vallarta and Tijuana.
Mexico’s flagship airline Aeromexico this week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States. In a statement, the company said it would “continue to operate whilein the process” of bankruptcy and “offer the same quality service to our clients.”
The Trump re-election campaign didn’t waste time making use of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s mystifying declaration that his U.S. counterpart has acted “kindly” toward his compatriots: “Actually Joe [Biden], while you’ve spent decades making empty promises to Hispanics, President Trump has actually delivered for our community.
Senior citizens enrolled in the federal government’s pension program will receive an upfront payment in July 1 to help offset any financial difficulties presented by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 2020 head count of Mexico’s population is underway again after the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) survey was suspended in mid-March as the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping the country.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s announcement that he will make his first trip abroad in early July to Washington, to meet with his counterpart Donald Trump, has drawn a slew of criticism from commentators who believe he will be used as a prop to bolster the incumbent U.S. president’s reelection bid.