Updated on 01/05/2022 07:41 pm A controversial agreement that requires asylum seekers to U.S to stay in Mexico While they await their hearings, it spread to another Mexican border city on Wednesday, authorities and a UN agency said, amid criticism from migrant protection agencies. The program from the era of former President Donald Trump, known […]
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US says no alert for border closures to Mexican onions
Officials of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicated that until now there is no alert for the closure of borders to Mexican onions after the institution investigated the possible presence of Salmonella Oranienburg in the food, reported this Sunday the Government of Mexico. At the end of October the FDA and Centers for […]
Central Bank of Mexico will launch its digital currency by 2024
Updated on 12/31/2021 04:50 am Mexico’s central bank will have its own digital currency in circulation by 2024 as part of efforts to boost financial inclusion. “Considering these new technologies and state-of-the-art payment infrastructure are of utmost importance as high-value options”The federal government wrote on its Twitter account Wednesday night, confirming the bank’s plan. Around […]
Future of questioned Mexican president López Obrador will be resolved again at the polls in 2022
Accustomed to an almost eternal electoral campaign since Andrés Manuel López Obrador assumed the Presidency of the country, Mexicans will return to the polls in 2022 to vote in an unprecedented citizen consultation in which they will decide whether the president should resign or remain in office. The exercise, dubbed the mandate revocation consultation and […]
Tequila fish: the curious case of the “extinct” fish that came to life in the rivers of Mexico
A small miracle returns to cross the rivers of the southwest of Mexico. The Tequila fish, “disappeared” since 2003, has been returned to nature after being declared extinct, according to the BBC. “It’s just a little fish, not very colorful, there isn’t much interest in terms of global conservation,” explains Gerardo García, a conservationist at […]
The pension debate in Chile finds an echo in Mexico
The proposal of the elected president of Chile, the leftist Gabriel Boric, that the private pension scheme disappear has found an echo in Mexico, which also has an individually funded system. The Retirement Fund Administrators (Afore) of Mexico have an “intimate resemblance” with the Pension Fund Administrators (AFP) that Boric promises to disappear, said Gustavo […]
Mexico will stop exporting oil in 2023 and will allocate everything to domestic consumption
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will stop exporting crude in 2023 to use it all for domestic consumption, said Octavio Romero Oropeza, general director of the state oil company. “Practically 100% of Mexican crude will be refined in our country to guarantee the supply of fuels”Romero Oropeza announced. The director of Pemex presented a special report on […]
NGO: Impunity prevents amelioration of the human rights crisis in Mexico
The crisis of human rights in which Mexico It has been immersed for more than a decade and it has not been possible to reverse it in 2021, as in recent years, due to persistent impunity and violence, civil organizations told Efe. “The available public indicators confirm this, we are going to conclude 2021 with […]
Migrants live a Christmas between hope and nostalgia on the Mexican border
The Christmas It is a painful date for the thousands of migrants stranded at the border mexican with U.S who spend the parties in shelters or, failing that, under the roof of a tent in a makeshift camp. Among the migrant families in the city of Tijuana is Lizbeth, a young woman from Honduras who […]
Neither aggressive hike can calm inflationary fears in Mexico
The surprising and audacious rate hike Mexico was not enough to convince investors that the central bank will be able to control the inflation. That should help the weight maintain its attractiveness. The nation’s two-year breakeven remains above the official inflation target range of 2% to 4% even after Banxico, as the central bank is […]