General News

As reported in last week’s edition, Mexico is changing its telephone dialing system, with all numbers dialed within the country, from both land lines and cellphones, to contain ten digits as of August 3. This means the prefixes 01, 044 and 045 will no longer be necessary.

Figures released by the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS) show that 39 percent fewer jobs were created in the first six months of 2019 compared with the same period in 2018.

Mexico is simplifying its domestic telephone dialing procedures as of August 3.

Mexico has spent US$17 million to remove over half a million tons of foul-smelling sargassum seaweed from its Caribbean beaches.

That iconic duo from the hit TV show “Breaking Bad,” actors Bryan Cranston (Walter White) and Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman), have teamed up to launch a new mezcal under the brand name Dos Hombres.

Senators have approved changes to the Mexican Constitution that make dying without pain a constitutional right for all citizens.

A judge in New York Wednesday sentenced Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to life in prison, plus 30 years, for importing billions of dollars’ worth of narcotics into the United States over a period of almost 30 years.

Policy disagreements that led to this week’s shock resignation by Mexican Finance Minister Carlos Urzua are to be expected during a major transformation such as the country is undertaking, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared this week.