10 million Mexicans exceed 8-hour workday
• LONG DAYS: More than 10.3 million Mexicans work more than 48 hours a week going beyond the legally mandated...
• LONG DAYS: More than 10.3 million Mexicans work more than 48 hours a week going beyond the legally mandated...
• FIRES: Nine fires have raged during the first five weeks of 2020 across Guadalajara's La Primavera Forest (the wilderness...
• JANUARY: Walmart's Mexico subsidiary reported its weakest January sales numbers since 2014, growing at 2.7% in same-store sales -...
• VENDORS: Two teenagers, ages 16 and 13, were found shot to death Sunday in an abandoned car in the...
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• CHALLENGE: The López Obrador administration effort to cut out large wholesalers for the public health sector -in the name...
• GUNSHOTS: Armed men aboard small boats in the upper Sea of Cortez, fired gunshots Saturday at one of two...
• INVESTMENT: Mexico's cruise ship industry is asking the new López Obrador Administration to incentivize private investment for the modernization...
• DEATH: The severed head of a Polish national who had gone missing last week was found lying outside a...
• TACOMA: Japanese auto giant Toyota formally opened its USD 700 million automotive manufacturing plant in the central state of...
• DECISION: Arguing that its arrest was unlawful, sources say that on Thursday a Mexican federal judge in the central...
• STRIKE: Sixteen schools at Mexico's national public university (UNAM) -both at the high school and undergraduate levels- remain paralyzed...
• FINE: Mexico's information and communications technology chamber (CANIETI) said that a USD 69 million fine against a subsidiary of...
• PARTNER: For the first time in history, Mexico surpassed China and Canada as the US top trading partner with...
• RODEO: Unknown gunmen opened fire Sunday at a local rodeo in the Iguala municipality of the southwestern state of...
• CARRIER: Ultra low-cost airline Volaris remained at the top of Mexico's domestic market for the second year in a...
• INDUSTRY: Mexico's top farm lobby (CNA) sees an opportunity in the effort to decriminalize the possession and production of...
• PROTEST: Hundreds of farmers in the northern state of Chihuahua protested Tuesday against the Mexican Government push to open...
• RECORD: Remittances of Mexican immigrants abroad, mainly in the US, rose to a historic high in 2019, reaching USD...
• KILLINGS: Murders of police officers in Mexico reached a high in 2019, soaring to a total of 446, a...
• INTERCONNECT: A 10-mile long project expected to connect the Mayakan pipeline in the Yucatan peninsula to Mexico's main gas...
• DEAL: Japanese conglomerate Kawasaki has landed a real estate deal to build a new motorcycle engine plant in the...
• REMAINS: Sixty human bodies and more than 400 clues potentially linked to other fatal victims have been recovered so...
• DOMINANCE: State-owned oil company Pemex remains the main player in the Mexican fuel retail industry with at least 80%...
• REPORTS: Reports of truck cargo theft across the country grew 49% in just one year, reaching a total of...
• INCREASE: Wind power generation capacity in Mexico kept its upward trend in 2019, with annual numbers recording 71 wind...
• CRIME: Members of Mexico's most powerful oil workers' union claim that a crime wave of recent years affecting a...
• JANUARY: The number of people seeking asylum in Mexico reached 5,936 in January of this year following an upward...
• MÉRIDA: Air passenger traffic in the city of Mérida's international airport at the heart of Mexico's Yucatán Península grew...
• PLANE: Mexico's Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, said Thursday that the government has no plan so far to dispatch an...
• WAVE: Mexico City experienced an alarming Thursday with several incidents of gun violence, robberies and, homicides across the city...
• ENGAGEMENT: Mexico is exploring trade negotiations with the United Kingdom after Friday’s formal exit from the European Union in...
• UNCERTAINTY: Mexico's statistics agency (INEGI) reported that the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) suffered a major setback in 2019...
• ESCAPE: Three inmates wanted by US law enforcement, including one high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel -with close links...
• DEAD: Prosecutors confirmed they have found the body of Homero Gómez, a local leader who was known for his...
• CONTROL: Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex has openly admitted it seeks operational control over the Zama oilfield, one of...
• BOWL: Mexican avocado producers are reporting record levels of exports of avocados to the US, before the National Football...
• PROPOSAL: Mexico's largest business lobby (CCE) says it has presented the López Obrador Administration with a list of 137...
• TICKET: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador unveiled yesterday what he said was the prototype of a lottery-style ticket,...
• EXPANSION: Texas-based Valero Energy announced it will open fuel service stations in Mexico, joining other firms already operating in...
• MURDER: Former Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Narciso Elvira, 53, and his son, 20, were killed in Mexico's Gulf coast state...
• FORFEITURE: A local judge in Mexico City authorized the embargo of property owned by renowned university professor Sergio Aguayo,...
• COURTS: Mexico's National Agriculture Council (CNA), said Monday, it will go to court to appeal the new government regulation...
• PROJECT: The new Baja California government has decided to move forward with negotiations to build a new international airport...
• GUN BATTLE: One Mexican soldier died after a gunfight erupted, while military troops conducted the seizure of an aircraft...
• CHALLENGE: The US Trade Representative (USTR) is challenging before the World Trade Organization (WTO), Mexico's new regulation mandating front-of-package...
• MARCH: Hundreds of protestors gathered in the central city of Cuernavaca to begin a four-day march towards Mexico in...
• CARAVAN: Mexican National Guard troops and immigration officials stopped Thursday, a migrant caravan traveling from the Guatemalan border to...
• CORONAVIRUS: Mexican health authorities are investigating five new potential cases of the new deadly coronavirus in the states of...
• INCREASE: The volume of Mexico's foreign trade is expected to increase somewhere between 4% and 7% in 2020 as...
• PARADE: A vigilante group operating in a poor and mountainous area of Guerrero -in Southern Mexico- presented Wednesday, a...
• SUSPICIOUS: Mexico's health authorities will confirm Thursday whether a 57-year old university professor currently residing in the Northern state...
• PRECARIOUS: The share of Mexicans working in precarious conditions reached a new record of 18.6% in 2019 -a number...
• LITHIUM: The development of a 420 million mining project just 150 miles from the U.S. border in the northwestern...
• LOW POINT: Mexico's state-owned oil giant Pemex hit its lowest crude output level in 15 years in 2019 -...
• MEASURES: Mexico's health authorities said they have implemented a protocol of measures to monitor the potential spread of the...
• GUN BATTLE: Authorities in the city of León (pop. 1.5 million) confirmed on Tuesday that security forces engaged in...
• CONCERN: Only 30% of Mexican workers with privately managed retirement accounts (AFORE) will be able to enjoy a pension...
• PUBLIC: The López Obrador Administration has discarded public-private partnership contracts (PPP) as a way to finance the 950 miles...
• RECORDS: Total number of homicides in Mexico hit a new annual record in 2019 with at least 34,582 victims...
• DOWNGRADE: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised downward Mexico's economic growth forecast for 2020 to 1% (a 0.3% decrease...
• SHORTAGES: Parents across Mexico are reporting shortages of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine for children in public...
• SURVEY: Nearly one third of women in Mexican cities (27.2% of total) said it was victim of harassment or...
• SALES: Among most sold cars in Mexico, the Kia Rio subcompact was the only car model that did not...
• BATTLE: Mexican military personnel deployed in the state of Tamaulipas killed 11 armed civilians after a confrontation south from...
• TAXES: Starting in June, digital platforms operating Mexico such as Netflix and Xbox Live will be forced to collect...
• EFFORT: Mexico's judicial branch should convene a special group of judges along with a team of prosecutors that could...
• CRIMINAL: Under new anti-tax evasion laws, Mexican authorities will begin to prosecute for organized crime offenses -punishable by up...
• CONCERN: Global companies operating in Mexico warned of an increasingly difficult environment due to mixed messages from the López...
• CODES: Mexico's powerful Catholic Bishop's Conference demanded Tuesday for state government's across the country to eliminate statutes of limitations...
• INVESTMENTS: A new rule of origin in the US, Mexico and Canada trade agreement (USMCA) requiring automakers to purchase...
• CHARGES: Mexico's Attorney General Office (FGR) has filed organized crime charges against five suspects linked to the November 4th...
• RECORD: Dry bean production in Mexico recorded a total 717,000 tons in 2019 hitting its worst year in 27...
• RECORD: Mexico’s tequila production set a new annual record of 351 million liters in 2019 due to growing exports...
• PROJECTS: The total number of new home-building projects across Mexico fell 28% in 2019 amid economic uncertainty among developers...
• TROOPS: The López Obrador Administration has a plan to deploy between 4,500 and 5,000 of National Guard troops in...
• DECREASE: Gross fixed investment recorded its worst monthly decline since February 2014 by falling down 1.46% in October 2019...
• ROUTES: The two most important airline routes originating in Mexico bound to the US (Mexico City/Los Angeles and Mexico...
• INCREASE: Retail prices of dry pinto beans in Mexico are up 37% compared to last year affected by a...
• GROWTH: The rapid growth of e-commerce sales across Mexico is spurring real estate demand for last-mile logistics centers in...
• WEAK: Employment in Mexico grew at its weakest pace in 2019 since the Great Depression impacted by a sluggish...
• DISORDER: The López Obrador Administration's decision to shut down Seguro Popular -a national public health insurance covering 53.5 million...
• GUERRERO: The Coahuila state government confirmed that eight alleged suspects presumably linked to the Cartel del Noreste gang were...
• HISTORY: The Mexican economy posted an annual inflation rate of 2.83% in 2019, the second lowest number since 1970...
• ARRESTS: American authorities have arrested two people in the US linked to the November 4 massacre of three women...
• DROP: Mexican worldwide car exports shrank last year for the first time since the Great Recession due to a...
• PROBLEM: Mexico's obesity epidemic is having a huge impact in the country's economic well-being by costing 5.3% of GDP...
• PRICE: Known as a signature infrastructure project for the López Obrador Administration, the 950 miles long Mayan Train will...
• AIRPORTS: Despite a record year in cruise ship visitors, the number of air passengers arriving at the Mexican island...
• HIGHWAY: A 100-mile-long stretch of highway running parallel to the Rio Grande on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico...
• FALL: Mexican auto sales fell to a 5-year low in 2019 according to new annual numbers by Mexico's statistics...
• DEAL: Mexico's Finance Ministry announced it was able to raise USD 2.3 billion in a two-part global bond deal...
• FINDING: Texas-based Talos Energy touted a new study showing that production estimates for the Zama oilfied in Mexico -the...
• CHANGE: Mexico's Supreme Court sweared in Margarita Ríos Farjat, the former head of the Mexican tax agency, as new...
• GROWTH: Mexico's largest craft brewery, Cerveza Minerva, says that the company's share of sales in Mexican supermarkets grew from...
• DISAPPEARANCES: The López Obrador Administration said Monday that there at least 61,733 people who remain 'disappeared' in Mexico including...
• PIRACY: The Mexican counterfeit market of electrical equipment -like voltage regulators and uninterruptible power systems (UPS)- grew 5% in...
• ROBBERIES: Freight train robberies increased in the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa during 2019 in what some...
• LOYALTY: Despite resigning back in October, the former boss of the powerful oil-workers' union Carlos Romero Deschamps will continue...
• ATTACK: A 13-year-old was killed after a family of US permanent residents came under attack Saturday along a stretch...
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