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If three phases of trials go according to schedule, Mexico could be rolling out its own Covid19 vaccine by the end of 2021, the nation’s president has announced.

On Monday, March 15, Mexico takes the day off to mark the birth of Benito Juarez, one of the nation’s most respected presidents. 

On Sunday, March 28, Mexico will receive 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, part of a package of 2.7 million doses that the Joe Biden administration promised to “loan” to its southern neighbor. (Mexico has agreed to replace the vaccines at a later date.)

A total of 280 archaeological pieces were repatriated to Mexico at a ceremony held at the Consulate General of Mexico in Nogales, Arizona March 9.

While urging his compatriots to forgo travel during the Easter holiday, Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell warned this week that Mexico could experience a third Covid-19 wave, similar to the one currently blighting several European nations, including Germany, France and Italy.

Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán, the Mexican drug capo who is serving a life sentence in a maximum security federal prison in Florence, Colorado, has denounced his treatment in solitary confinement, describing it as “inhuman.”

Although many questions have been raised about the efficacy of the Chinese-made Sinovac Covid vaccine, Chapala area residents rushed – and in some cases waited many hours – to get jabs this week.

Marijuana reform activists  were cautiously optimistic this week after Mexico’s lower house (Camara de Diputados) approved a bill that will allow adults to smoke cannabis legally and grow their own plants.