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U.S. investment bank and financial services corporation Citigroup has announced the pending sale of its Mexican retail banking business, Banamex, which reportedly has assets of around US$70 billion.
Speaking via video from Covid-19 isolation, President Andres Manuel López Obrador outlined various foreign policy goals for 2022 during a reunion of Mexican ambassadors and consuls held January 11 at the National Palace.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended Mexico’s federal health regulator, Cofepris (Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios), after the institution approved the Abdalá Covid-19 vaccine developed by Cuba.
Despite getting his Astra Zeneca booster jab on December 7, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time.
A 22-percent increase in Mexico’s minimum daily wage took effect on January 1.
Mexico’s federal government has acknowledged the rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Mexico but insists the situation is under control.
With another year of unknowns regarding traditional Mexican festivities lying ahead in 2022, it’s impossible to predict what will transpire over the next 12 months.
Ricardo Salinas, one of Mexico’s wealthiest businessmen, reckons individuals should refocus their investments on virtual markets based on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
Even though children as young as 5 years of age are getting anti Covid jabs in many countries, Mexico is not considering including anyone under 15 years of age in its inoculation program, Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell confirmed this week.
