Mexicana de Aviación, the new airline operated by the Ministry of Defense (Sedena), has signed a contract with Brazilan manufacturer Embraer to acquire 20 new single-class aircraft: ten 108-seat capacity E190-E2 planes and ten 132-seat capacity E195-E2 planes.

Financial markets have reacted  negatively to the election of Claudia Sheinbaum as Mexico’s next president, with the peso the major casualty.

Mexico’s Health Ministry has called out the World Health Organization (WHO) for alarmism following the death of a 59-year-old man in a Mexico City hospital who became infected with a new strain of bird flu, although he had no history of exposure to poultry or other animals.

Democrats Abroad Guadalajara is sponsoring online voter registration help at the American Society of Jalisco (AMSOC) on the second and fourth Thursdays in June during the society’s weekly lunch, held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. AMSOC is located at Avenida San Francisco 3332, Colonia Chapalita.

The granddaughter of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews who arrived in Mexico between 1920 and 1940, Claudia Sheinbaum, 61, (Mexico’s virtual president-elect) grew up in middle-class Tlalpan, the largest of Mexico City’s 16 boroughs. 

The ruling Morena party and its allies (the Partido Verde and Partido del Trabajo) won important victories in federal Congressional races on June 2.