The catastrophic losses caused by the Hurricane Otiswhich hit the coast of the southern state Mexican of Guerrero a week ago, are estimated at 16,000 million dollars, both economic and insured, the rating agency said this Wednesday in an analysis Fitch Ratings. The agency noted that Otis It is considered the strongest cyclone that has […]
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Mexico will announce aid plan for Acapulco, search for survivors
The Mexican government will present on Wednesday a plan that seeks to raise the tourist city Acapulcowhich was devastated last week by the passage of a powerful hurricane that killed dozens of people and left another missing. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested on Tuesday that part of the funds could come from trusts of […]
Why did Hurricane Otis intensify so quickly in Mexico?
He Hurricane Otis caused at least 27 deaths and serious damage when it hit the coast of the city of Acapulcoin Mexicoas category 5, according to officials. The speed with which Otis intensified took the government and meteorologists by surprise, leaving little time to issue warnings and prepare for its arrival. Why was Otis so […]
Death toll from Hurricane Otis in Mexico rises to 48
The deaths due to the passage of the devastating Hurricane Otis in the Mexican Pacific increased to 48 after this Sunday five people were confirmed dead in Coyuca de Benítez, a neighbor of Acapulco (south). This is the first known balance of municipalities bordering this tourist port, with nearly 780,000 inhabitants and where the rest […]
Devastation from Hurricane Otis is just beginning for insurers in Mexico
Even with a low level of coverage, Mexican insurers will bear the greatest impact in the recovery from the devastating cyclone Otisas a category 5 hurricane, last Wednesday in Acapulco, in the southern state of Guerrero, one of the main tourist destinations in Mexicoestimated this Friday an analysis by Moody’s Investors. “The full extent of […]
Asylum requests in OECD reach record level by Latin Americans
Asylum requests in OECD countries skyrocketed by 91% last year compared to 2021, reaching a record number of 2,091,385 people, which is explained above all by a massive influx of Latin American refugees to the United States, but also to Costa Rica, Mexico or Spain. In its annual report on international migration published this Monday, […]
Twelve countries discuss in Mexico how to confront the migratory flow to the US.
The presidents and chancellors of a dozen Latin American countries discuss in Mexico mechanisms that contribute to a migration ordered, at a time when tens of thousands of people seek to reach the border with USA. Among others, the presidents of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, of Cuba, Miguel Díaz Canel and of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, arrived […]
Hurricane Norma continues to strengthen on its way to a popular Mexican resort
Rulewhich in the last hours became a major hurricanecontinued to strengthen on Thursday as it moved across the Mexican Pacific towards the tourist destination of Los Cabos, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. At 09:00 local time (1500 GMT) the center of the cyclone was about 390 kilometers west-southwest of Manzanillo – the most important […]
Agreements with Mercosur, Mexico and Chile focus EU Trade meeting
The trade ministers of the European Union, under the rotating presidency of Spainmeet this Friday in the Spanish city of Valencia to address how to accelerate the trade agreements that the community bloc has pending with Mercosur and also the ways to modernize those it maintains with Mexico and Chile. During tomorrow’s meeting, European ministers […]
Mexico: Moderna expects new covid-19 vaccine to be marketed by the end of the year
The vaccine against covid-19 updated from modern could be marketed in Mexico at the end of 2023, Rolando Pajón, medical director of the pharmaceutical company for Latin America. “We would like to be able to be in Mexico before the end of the year with our already improved vaccine so that in Mexico we are […]