General News

Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies (lower house) has asked Mexico’s Supreme Court for more time to analyze pending legislation on the recreational use of marijuana that was approved last month by the Senate.

Mexico’s lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, has modified the federal penal code to allow prosecution for the crime of abandoning an elderly person.

Covid-19 vaccinations will begin this month for front-line medical personal in Mexico, federal health authorities confirmed this week, while also outlining the 2021 inoculation schedule for the general public.

World Health Organization (WHO) President Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged Mexico to take the Covid-19 epidemic “very seriously,” after seeing the number of cases and deaths double between mid and late November.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hinted Thursday that he will likely acknowledge Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election after the electoral college meets on December 14.

Despite more than 100,000 Covid-19 deaths and a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) asked Mexico to take the health emergency more seriously (see story below), President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying his administration’s strategy has allowed the country “to gradually emerge from adversity.”

Mexico’s lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, has modified the federal penal code to allow prosecution for the crime of abandoning an elderly person.

One might forgive U.S. foreign service personnel for being more than a bit miffed with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who this week announced plans to host a yuletide coronavirus “superspreader” party for almost 1,000 people in Washington D.C.