Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travels to Mexico for a two-day visit Thursday, October 12 during which he hopes to “strengthen bilateral ties.”

Despite having more than enough to deal with domestically, the Mexican government is sending an aid package to the island of Puerto Rico, laid waste to byHurricane Maria last month.   

British multinational oil and gas company BP has inaugurated its first two branded gas stations in Guadalajara, with eight more planned by the end of the year.

As of Thursday, September 28, the death toll from the 7.1 Central Mexico earthquake of Tuesday, September 19, which had its epicenter 32 miles below the earth’s surface in the state of Puebla, had risen to 343 people, 204 of which were registered in the nation’s capital.

Search and rescue crews from Jalisco have been key in liberating survivors trapped in collapsed buildings following Tuesday’s earthquake in central Mexico, Guadalajara Spanish-language daily Mural reported Thursday.

Thursday, September 14 was the Dia del Charro, a day earmarked annually around Mexico for the celebration of charreria, a competitive tradition similar to rodeo in the United States.