Retail sales volumes in Mexico surprised to the downside in September, landing behind all estimates from market participants as high borrowing costs hurt the sector in Latin America’s second-largest economy. Sales fell 0.2% in September from August, data from national statistics agency INEGI showed on Wednesday, well below the median forecast of a 0.3% increase […]
Mexican Trademark Registration: Declaration of Use Now Required
On Nov. 5, 2020, Mexico enacted new intellectual property laws impacting trademark registration. These new laws are structured to align Mexico’s national intellectual property laws with the new intellectual property standards prescribed in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the new trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). […]
AMLO issues federal mandate to force private railway companies to offer passenger service
Mexico’s government issued a federal mandate this week forcing private railway companies operating in the country to offer passenger service over their normal daily freight runs. Published in the Mexican government’s official gazette, Monday’s decree gives the country’s two main private concessionary rail operators — Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Ferromex — until Jan. […]
Mexico qualifies for Copa America on penalties in a dramatic match
Mexico was on the verge of elimination from the CONCACAF Nations League, where they would need to navigate a one-game playoff just to qualify for the 2024 Copa America. Then, peak CONCACAF happened, and El Tri advanced in epic fashion, as Edson Alvarez’s 101st-minute equalizer forced extra time, and Mexico triumphed in a drama-filled penalty […]
Secretly, trees in a protected natural area in Sonora begin to be chopped for new train tracks
The El Aribabi Ranch, located in Ímuris, Sonora, recognized as a Protected Natural Area, is in danger from a federal government project that began with the felling of trees to install railroads in the area, a plan that, according to residents and specialists, It will put the environment, water distribution and the migration of various […]
They take advantage of the low level of Lake Chapala to invade it
The low level of Lake Chapala due to the drought is taken advantage of by some owners of properties on the shore to invade the federal zone and gain public land for private purposes. On Sunday night, residents of the Ajijic delegation, Municipality of Chapala, captured heavy machinery entering the federal zone to the reflecting […]
Tourists are dragged away in Playa del Carmen by restaurant staff
Regardless of the fact that since October 2020 there has been a presidential decree that establishes free movement on the beaches of the Mexican Republic, the staff of the Aranza Restaurant, which is located in the town of Xpu-Ha, south of the municipality of Solidaridad, has dedicated to taking out tourists who come to sunbathe. […]
Street vendors protest in the Tulum National Park, to demand free access to the beaches
Around 30 people, all affiliated with the Tourism Vendors Union, demonstrated this afternoon in the Tulum National Park, currently partially under rehabilitation, to demand free access to the beaches located in this area, since they have days without being able to work on this coastline. It was shortly after noon when these protesters gathered at […]
Who are the candidates for mayor of Mérida for Morena?
MÉRIDA.- Morena’s internal process to define its candidate for mayor of Mérida will have at least three participants, two of them expanistas who registered with the group yesterday. To date, those interested in participating in the Morenoist race are Manuel Díaz Suárez, former local legislator for PAN; Rommel Pacheco Marrufo, federal deputy also left the […]
Acapulco faces diseases, dengue and excess garbage in the streets after Otis, survivor said
Almost a month after the arrival of the hurricane, according to the inhabitants, Acapulco is still in emergency The coasts of Guerrero, especially Acapulco, are experiencing a horror story since Hurricane Otis, category 5 (the highest on the Saffir – Simpson scale), hit land on October 24, causing total devastation in the area, destroying hotels, […]