Mexico’s industrial activity deepened its decline in July of this year, amid a further deterioration in the construction and manufacturing sectors. Analysts predict that the decline will continue in the coming months. The Monthly Industrial Activity Indicator contracted 2.8 percent annually, marking five consecutive months of decline and its worst performance since January of this […]
Mexico proposes an 8% tax on violent video games to curb their consumption.
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s administration is promoting a special tax on violent video games to address security and increase tax revenue in the country. The Mexican government is proposing an 8% special tax on video games considered violent. The measure seeks to curb their consumption while simultaneously increasing tax revenue. This tax will be applied to […]
Mexico: Tropical Storm Mario is expected to impact Jalisco, Guerrero, Michoacán, and Colima.
Tropical Storm Mario, considered a “mini,” formed Friday morning in the Pacific Ocean, very close to the west coast of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported. According to the 5:00 p.m. ET NHC bulletin, Mario was located 90 miles west-southwest of Zihuatanejo and 60 miles southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, both in Mexico. It had […]
Mexico leads global consumption of soft drinks: Ministry of Health
In Mexico, the consumption of sugary soft drinks is associated with the deaths of 100,000 people each year from diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, as these products represent a “silent engine” for the “epidemic” of these conditions, said Eduardo Clark, Undersecretary of Integration and Development of the Ministry of Health. With a consumption of […]
Earthquake today, September 12, in Mexico: a 3.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Jalisco.
The National Seismological Service announced that several mild earthquakes were recorded early Friday morning, including: at 4:30 a.m., a 3.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded 9 km east of Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca; at 4:31 a.m., a 1.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded 3 km southwest of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur; at 4:33 a.m., a […]
Bad news in Mexico: There will be no long weekend for the 2025 national holidays; here’s what will happen.
September 16, 2025, marks the anniversary of Mexico’s independence, one of the most important dates in the national civic calendar. Around this day, a question often arises among students and workers: should the mandatory day of rest be moved to create a long weekend holiday? According to the Federal Labor Law (LFT), September 16 is […]
Fourteen suspected criminals arrested in Fresnillo, Zacatecas: military operation seizes arsenal
A major blow to organized crime was dealt in Zacatecas after members of the Mexican Army and the National Guard arrested 14 suspected criminals in the community of Las Compuertas, Fresnillo municipality. Among those captured is a woman, and an arsenal of long-range weapons and thousands of ballistic cartridges, still unaccounted for, was seized. Authorities […]
IMSS Zacatecas faces a shortage of specialist doctors; they migrate to other states.
The delegate of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Zacatecas, Leopoldo Santillán Arreygue, acknowledged that there is a shortage of doctors in Zacatecas in 12 medical specialties due to people resigning to seek better job opportunities in other states. “There is a lack of specialist doctors in Zacatecas,” said the federal official, who also […]
Guerrero Government promotes agricultural productivity
As part of the comprehensive strategy to support the agricultural sector promoted by Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda to strengthen the productivity of Guerrero’s countryside, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Rural Development (SAGADEGRO) monitored the progress of plots planted with improved corn in the municipalities of Pilcaya and Taxco. According to a bulletin, during […]
Classes suspended in several areas of Guerrero due to tropical depression 13-E
This Friday, September 12, classes are suspended in Acapulco, the Costa Grande, and the Sierra de Guerrero regions due to Tropical Depression 13-E, which formed off the state’s coast. In a message posted on social media, Governor Evelyn Salgado indicated that this measure is preventive and in response to the recommendation of the state Civil […]