Light Rail in Mazatlán? This is the Project Mazatlecos Have Dreamed of for Years
A project that promises to improve the port’s mobility would have three lines along the main avenues, covering practically the entire city. Mazatlán, one of Mexico’s most important tourist ports, is experiencing constant urban growth with significant infrastructure development, new houses, apartments, hotels, and a notable increase in the construction of streets, avenues, and roads […]
Compatriots from the United States arrive in Durango
Since last Friday, July 19, the Visitor Assistance operation began, to welcome tourists who come every year from Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Coahuila and Mexico City. Although there is also a majority of compatriots from the United States, from places like Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, who come to visit their relatives. It was expected to […]
Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum recruits López Obrador loyalists to cabinet
Mexico’s president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum has appointed loyalists of current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to key cabinet roles as observers and markets eye how closely she will adhere to her mentor’s approach. Sheinbaum has kept the welfare and labor ministers who manage more than $30bn of annual spending for social programs central to the ruling […]
A group of 15 Cuban rafters were detained in Isla Mujeres, Mexico
A group of 15 Cuban rafters was arrested last Friday by the municipal police of Isla Mujeres, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The migrants were being transported in a minibus when they were intercepted upon arriving at a police checkpoint located in Punta Sam. Authorities reported that the same day the Cubans were […]
Airbus Helicopters and the state of Querétaro sign an agreement to expand operations in Mexico
At the Farnborough International Airshow, Airbus Helicopters and the State of Querétaro have formalized a cooperation agreement to expand the company’s industrial and production activities in Mexico. This agreement will allow Airbus to increase the capacity of its plant in Querétaro, consolidating the production of single-aisle commercial aircraft and increasing its workforce to approximately 800 […]
Oaxaca Takes Off with Volaris New Tourism Promotion Strategy
On the eve of the first Monday of the Guelaguetza Hill 2024, on a Sunday marked by enthusiasm and collaboration, the Government of Oaxaca, through the Ministry of Tourism, launched a new tourism promotion campaign in collaboration with the airline Volaris. Chaired by the Secretary of Tourism, Saymi Pineda Velasco, the event highlighted the importance […]
Inside the Risky U.S. Probe of Allegations That Drug Mafias Financed a Campaign of Mexico’s President López Obrador
Documents obtained by ProPublica reveal that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) attempted to penetrate Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s campaign organization before the 2012 Mexican presidential election, despite knowing it could spark a political controversy. The DEA investigation, which began in the summer of 2010, focused primarily on López Obrador, who was then the leader of […]
Direct maritime route between Mexico and China opened
A new direct maritime trade route between Mexico and China has been inaugurated. The new maritime transport route will reduce navigation time by up to ten days. The route was inaugurated with the departure of a merchant ship that will make the journey in 22 days, ten days less than the routes used previously. Among […]
The success story of Dr Simi, the model of cheap pharmacies that Mexico is extending to Chile and Colombia
With a bushy, gray mustache, a smile and a good dance step, Doctor Simi is not only the most famous stuffed animal in Mexico: he is, rather, the face of a revolution in the Mexican health system and, probably, in the rest of Latin America. Although they were born in 1997, Farmacias Similares have experienced […]