Tag: Mexico

26 January 2021, 4:36 AM

Mexico's official death toll from the coronavirus passed 150 000 on Monday following a surge in infections in recent weeks ...

The president, who is back in Mexico City after a three-day visit to parts of northern and central Mexico, said he would continue working, and still planned to take part in a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning.

Mexico’s president thanks Putin for vaccine shipments

by Skhangiwe Mthiyane

25 January 2021, 8:40 PM

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19 amid the country’s deadliest week ...

Regarding his infrastructure plan, released this week, Biden said he had already spoken to Republicans to try to get support for a bill in Congress

US to reverse Trump’s ‘draconian’ immigration policies, Biden tells Mexican president

23 January 2021, 7:30 PM

11 January 2021, 10:10 AM

The United States plans to reverse the Trump administration's "draconian" immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes of ...

The DA says government should work with private sector in the vaccination programme.

FACTBOX- Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus

by Busisiwe Radebe

Mexico, France, and Russia confirmed the presence of the new coronavirus variant, first detected in Britain, while infections in China ...

Aerial patrols are conducted over beach areas to prevent entry of swimmers, ahead of Hurricane Iota in Cartagena, Colombia in this still image taken from social media video dated November 15, 2020.

Hurricane Iota threatens catastrophe in Central America, fuel shortages hamper evacuation

16 November 2020, 9:03 PM

9 November 2020, 11:06 AM

Iota exploded into a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane on Monday and bore down on a remote Central American coastal region ...

File Image: Mexico's President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, speaks to the media during a news conference in Villa Hermosa, in Tabasco state, Mexico.

Latino Democrats tell Mexican president to get with the program and back Biden

by Celestine Hendricks

The Mexican president’s hesitation over congratulating Joe Biden on his US presidential election win drew flack from several Latino Democratic ...

According to the Cuture ministry, Marant’s latest collection, including a long cape with stripes and starburst designs in gray and brown hues, includes elements from the Purepecha people of Mexico’s Michoacan state.

Mexico demands explanation from French designer Isabel Marant over indigenous patterns

by Paballo Lephaka

5 November 2020, 7:01 AM

Mexico’s culture ministry on Wednesday questioned French fashion designer Isabel Marant’s use of patterns from indigenous Mexican communities, marking the ...

Restricting both illegal and legal immigration has been a central theme of Trump's presidency.

Supreme Court to review legality of Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ asylum policy

19 October 2020, 6:27 PM

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide the legality of one of President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies ...

Indigenous people are seen by the graves of their relatives during an annual Day of the Dead celebration, in Santa Maria Atzompa Oaxaca, Mexico.

In a pandemic year, Mexico’s Day of the Dead will be more subdued

by Celestine Hendricks

18 October 2020, 7:16 PM

14 September 2020, 3:25 PM

Marigolds, known in Mexico as “the flower of the dead” for a scent believed be strong and sweet enough to ...

Tropical Storm Sally to strengthen to hurricane in Mexico, forecaster says

by Chuma Nobanda

13 September 2020, 5:00 AM

Tropical storm Sally will move over the north-central Gulf of Mexico on Monday before becoming a hurricane as it heads ...

Chevron Corp and Murphy Oil Corp on Saturday started removing workers from offshore oil and gas platforms.

Oil producers evacuate US Gulf of Mexico platforms as storm brews

by Bomkazi Malobola

United States (US) Gulf of Mexico oil producers on Saturday evacuated offshore facilities as a tropical storm brewing off the ...

Felipe Calderon ruled Mexico from 2006-2012.

Mexico rejects ex-President’s bid to register new political party

5 September 2020, 8:30 PM

Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) has denied former President Felipe Calderon’s bid to register his Free Mexico movement as a ...

Mexico’s government earlier this week said 102 494 health workers had contracted coronavirus and the death toll had climbed to 1 378.

Mexico has world’s most health worker deaths from pandemic – Amnesty International

4 September 2020, 1:06 AM

More health workers have died from the coronavirus in Mexico than any other country on the planet, Amnesty International said ...

$Deaths due to coronavirus are on track to hit their lowest weekly total for two months, and new cases have eased since reaching a record daily number at the start of August.$

Mexico nears somber coronavirus milestone even as signs of hope emerge

by Wendy Mothata

23 August 2020, 12:19 AM

Standing in a graveyard on the outskirts of Mexico City decked out in a cowboy hat to cover his rugged ...

The race to produce a vaccine has become a contest for influence and prestige among major powers, while developing economies are trying to ensure a fair distribution of the medicines.

Mexico exploring phase 3 trials of Russian coronavirus vaccine

20 August 2020, 1:32 AM

Mexico told Moscow on Wednesday it would like to carry out phase 3 testing of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine, as part ...

Mexico’s government also has said it is considering other options for bringing a vaccine quickly to its population, the second-largest in Latin America.

Mexico needs 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses; shots could start in 2021

by Bomkazi Malobola

16 August 2020, 5:00 AM

Mexico will need up to 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses, according to a senior government official, and inoculation of its ...

$In partnership with the Mexican and Argentine governments, pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca Plc said it plans to initially produce 150 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine in early 2021 and eventually make at least 400 million for distribution throughout the region.$

Mexico, nearing 500 000 coronavirus cases, to help with vaccine

14 August 2020, 2:24 AM

Mexico, on the cusp of half a million official coronavirus cases and 55 000 deaths as the pandemic rages across ...

South Africa is the fifth worst affected country with 583 653 coronavirus cases and 11 677 deaths.

Argentina and Mexico to produce AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

13 August 2020, 3:06 AM