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Mexico observes Labor Day May 1

Friday, May 1, Día del Trabajo, is an official statutory holiday in Mexico. Like the nation’s other six días de asueto, all salaried employees are entitled to a day off from their jobs on Labor Day, or regular pay plus double time for hours worked on that date. 

Will new train line finally make capital’s Felipe Ángeles Airport fly?

At last! Three years after its opening, Mexico City’s second airport has an essential direct rail connection to the capital’s central zone.

The federal government is hoping the new link will persuade more airlines to shift flights to the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) — the shiny new facility located northeast of the capital in Zumpango, State of Mexico — from the centrally located but saturated Mexico City International Airport (AICM).

Trump’s ‘perfect deal’ is now a ‘bad trick’ as USMCA renegotiation begins

Mexico and the United States launched a second preliminary round of USMCA review negotiations on April 20, as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer traveled to Mexico City for working sessions with Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard. The discussions centered on priority sectors including steel and aluminum, automotive, agriculture, rules of origin and trade policy coordination, reports said.

Columbine-obsessed copycat shatters peace at pyramids

Mexico has been blissfully free of the kind of crazed lone-gunman attacks that have plagued the United States in recent decades. This country’s struggle with violence has been of a different nature: cartel wars, targeted assassinations, organized crime. But mass shootings by isolated, ideologically driven individuals? Those belonged somewhere else. 

Mexico joins global trend to shield minors from social media harms

A federal legislator has introduced a proposal that would restrict minors under 16 in Mexico from accessing social media and digital platforms. Ernesto Sánchez cited similar laws being enacted in other countries, arguing the measure is about safety and addressing risks associated with unsupervised online activity, and not curbing free expression.