Elena prepares her second daily dose of heroin. She has been injecting herself for 20 years, but since the overdose who almost killed her last year is afraid because the drug in Mexicali it is now mixed with fentanylwithout the consumers knowing. The sample “it is positive for fentanyl”they confirm after a test in La […]
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Business Council of the Pacific Alliance rejects AMLO’s request to cut relations with Peru
He Business Council of the Pacific AlliancePeru Chapter (CEAP-Peru), rejected the statements of the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)on the suspension of economic and commercial relations with Peru. “This declaration violates the free private initiative and the spirit of the Pacific Alliance”, stated the council. In this sense, he stressed that the […]
Miskito migrants cling to their culture while waiting in Mexico to go to the US.
Hundreds of migrants of the Miskito ethnic group, from the indigenous region of Honduras, live in various shelters in the border city of Tijuana, north of Mexicoand despite being so far from their country they maintain their uses and customs and protect their mother tongue while they wait to cross into USA. These migrants stay […]
Community tourism project in the Mexican Caribbean seeks to stop youth migration
A group of young people from the Mayan community of Tihosuco, in the Mexican Caribbeandeveloped the community tourism project “Historic Tihosuco, the house of the Batabes” as an alternative to avoid migrating from the region. For them, the only guaranteed future was to dedicate themselves to self-consumption agriculture or move to nearby tourist destinations such […]
Mexico: energy produced with natural gas is clean; activists see deception
The Mexican energy regulator included in the electric power category “clean” and “fuel free” to that produced with natural gas, which has been criticized by activists as a “deception” to fictitiously try to achieve the country’s environmental commitments. In an extensive document published on Friday in the Official Gazette (DOF), the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) […]
The largest mining area in the world is in the Pacific and is home to more than 5,000 new species
As countries try to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions carbonthe world demand for minerals is growing, a green revolution that is accelerating the mining exploitation of the oceans. One of these zones is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a huge region in the Pacific Ocean, roughly twice the size of India, which has already been divided up […]
Seeking asylum and employment, migrants relocated from New York encounter hostility
Before leaving Mauritania, the West African nation where he was born, Mohamed thought about NY as a place that would receive him with the “open arms”a refuge for migrants They were fleeing dire circumstances. Now that he’s here, seeking political asylum from a government that feared he would be killed, he doesn’t feel welcome. At […]
After failure in negotiation for Banamex, López Obrador does not rule out a state bank
After fail negotiations between Mexico and Citigroup to sell Banamex to the private sector in that country due to the conditions imposed by the Mexican president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorthe president now plans to assume that acquisition alone and create a large state bank, something that raises doubts among analysts. “If they don’t want to […]
“Nearshoring”, the phenomenon that attracts companies and investments to America
The investments and companies are closer than ever to Americawith Mexico and Brazil in the lead, thanks to the phenomenon of string relocation either “nearshoring”in which manufacturing companies relocate to be closer to their markets, especially since Asia. The ravages of the covid-19 pandemic, the disruption of value chains, inflation and the trade war between […]
López Obrador proposes to buy Banamex after Citi’s announcement to place it on the stock market
The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorreiterated this Wednesday its intentions to acquire Banamex after Citigroup reported this morning that it had canceled the bank’s sale process with Mexico Group and will place it on the Stock Market for the purchase of shares. “And today I do maintain that if the bank is not […]