Amal, the giant puppet that represents a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, visited the Chamber of Representatives of Mexico, the first country in Latin America to travel as a symbol of the fight for human rights. Rosa María González Azcárraga, federal representative of the PAN and president of the Immigration Affairs Commission, welcomed the figure and expressed that “the way […]
Scientists from Japan and the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur create artificial reef
Scientists from Mexico and Japan in collaboration with local fishermen are working together in Baja California Sur using remains of clams, mussels, and oysters, which would usually end up in the trash, to create artificial reefs. It is part of the design of stainless steel cubes designed by the Japanese company Ocean Construction. In the center is a mesh cylinder with mollusk shells, reported Masaki Katayama, president of the company. “The shell is the […]
Starlink to sign US$90 million contract to offer free internet in Mexico
Starlink, the satellite internet service of billionaire Elon Musk, has secured a 1.56 billion peso (US$89.80 million) contract to offer free internet in Mexico until the end of 2026, a Mexican government official said on Wednesday, November 15th. Musk’s company won the contract as it offered the best prices in the public tender offer, Carlos […]
First Mexican non-binary magistrate found dead in Aguascalientes
One of Mexico’s most prominent LGBTQ+ activists has been killed in an apparent knife attack in his home in the west-central state of Aguascalientes, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced during a morning news conference on Monday, October 13th. “We are just finding out,” Lopez Obrador said from the Mexican state of Sonora, “The […]
AMLO will talk about fentanyl with Xi Jinping at the APEC Summit
CULIACAN, SINALOA.- The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will hold a bilateral meeting on Thursday, November 16th, with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in San Francisco, California, prior to the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) in what will be the first meeting between both leaders, the chancellor, Alicia Bárcena, reported […]
Mexico Congress: Reduction of the working day to the week will be approved this year
The Chamber of Representatives agreed that before the current ordinary period ends on December 15, legislators will endorse the constitutional reform to reduce the working hours per week from 48 to 40 hours. In a press conference, the president of the Political Coordination Board (Jucopo), PAN member Jorge Romero, commented that there is the intention […]
Diabetes, the other great pandemic of the 21st century in Mexico and worldwide
The disease mostly affects strata with lower socioeconomic levels; According to a study published in The Lancet, by 2050 there could be more than 1.3 billion people diagnosed with this disease. Diabetes affects 531 million people in the world, according to data from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and it is estimated that in 2030 […]
Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not a Category 5 Hurricane
Author Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t the only problem – the Mexican resort city’s buildings weren’t designed to handle anything close to Otis’ 165 mph winds. While Acapulco’s oceanfront high-rises were built […]