Mexican banks feel effects of coronavirus downturn
•CLOSURES: Mexican banks are rushing to restructure in the face of the coronavirus downturn with the largest banks shutting permanently...
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Mexico experiences at least 45 massacres in 2020
•MASSACRES: Mexico has experienced at least 45 massacres in 2020 where five or more people were murdered in a single...
Restrictions at US-Mexico border extended through Oct. 21
• RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions to non-essential travel at the US-Mexico land border due to the coronavirus pandemic will be extended through...
Airbnb implements collection of taxes on Mexico rentals
• COLLECTION: Travel lodging platform Airbnb confirmed this week that it has begun collecting a 16% value-added tax (VAT) on...
Missing funds case in Mexican President’s hometown forces city council to resign
•RESIGNATION: The mayor and 12 council members in the city of Macuspana (pop. 165,000), in the Mexican oil producing state...
Mexico reopens famed Teotihuacán’s ruins to tourists
•SITE: The ancient Mesoamerican site of Teotihuacán in central Mexico has reopened after being closed for nearly six months due...
High coronavirus lethality rate reported in Mexico’s poorest areas
LETHALITY: The average lethality rate of coronavirus in Mexico’s poorest municipalities is 17%, with some localities like Ajalpan in the...
Los Cabos eyes ending 2020 at half pre-pandemic levels
•RECOVERY: The number of tourists arriving to the Mexican resort of Los Cabos in 2020 is expected to fall 50...
Mexico stalls US $10.6 billion in power generation investments
•ENERGY: Mexico's energy regulator (CRE) has stalled more than US $10.6 billion in investments in the country's electric sector by...
Thirty airlines have left Mexico since pandemic hit
•TRAVEL: Thirty out of 52 international airlines operating in Mexico before the coronavirus pandemic hit in February have yet to...
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