Despite many rumors to the contrary, Mexico’s Seguro Popular health care program will continue in its present form, at least for the time being.

The federal government has announced a new strategy to help locate Mexico’s 40,000 disappeared people that includes the setting up of a new “National Search System” and substantial federal funding.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador debuted yet another new initiative this past week in Mocorito, Sinaloa, this time promoting literacy under the #EstrategiadeLectura hashtag. The objective is simple: to encourage reading among his constituents.

Mexico may appear to be a bountiful country with countless food stands, markets and grocery stores, but that doesn’t negate the fact that one out five people experienced moderate to severe food insecurity in 2016, according to a report by the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL).

Lawyers for Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman delivered their closing arguments Thursday in a trial that has lasted almost 40 days, with more than 50 witnesses having taken the stand for the prosecution.

The number of people killed in a fuel pipeline explosion on Friday, January 18 in the central state of Hidalgo has risen to 100, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) said Thursday. Another 48 are receiving treatment for their injuries.