General News

Mexican legislators are urging the country’s Ministry of Health to issue an internationally accepted digital certificate, or QR code, that can be used on cellphones to prove that a citizen or resident of Mexico has been vaccinated against Covid-19.

Despite seeing his Morena Party’s majority in Mexico’s lower house slashed in the June 6 midterm elections, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced major initiatives that will require changes to the Mexican Constitution.

Arturo Sarukhán, the former Mexican ambassador to the United States and a noted journalist, has issued a timely reminder to U.S. senators about the value of the so-called “Dreamers,” undocumented people who came to the United States as children who find themselves in legal limbo.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador greeted U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the National Palace in Mexico City Tuesday.

Hugo Lopez-Gatell, Mexico’s chief coronavirus spokesperson, has terminated the nightly media updates that he has carried out religiously for the past 15 months.

Spirit Airlines will launch three new flights to Puerto Vallarta, from Los Angeles, Houston and Dallas, as of July 1. In total, the low-cost airline will operate 13 weekly flights to the western Mexican resort.

The U.S.-Mexico border should reopen for non-essential travel before the end of next month, sources on both sides of the border are telling media outlets.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday that the federal government will focus on “fully vaccinated” Canadians when the time comes to begin relaxing travel and other restrictions.