The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Don’t expect to hear any fireworks on the evening of September 15, as most “Grito” ceremonies across Mexico have been cancelled, in addition to Independence Day (September 16) parades.
Between April and July of this year, Mexico registered 123,000 more deaths than in 2019. Only one-third of the 2020 deaths have been confirmed as Covid-19 related.
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced Thursday that Mexico and Argentina have agreed to produce between 150 and 250 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Astra-Zeneca and the University of Oxford.
The new warning labels on products that are high in saturated fat, trans fat, sugar, sodium or calories are starting to appear on supermarket shelves in the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
Ever since taking office, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has stressed that he is disinclined to target former Mexican presidents tainted by accusations of wrongdoing, even though he has made the eradication of political corruption of one of his chief goals.
Mexico’s lower house (Camara de Diputados) this week unanimously approved legislation to strip former presidents of any kind of immunity from prosecution.
Despite the fierce opposition of retailers, state legislators in Oaxaca have voted to ban the sale of “comida chatarra” (junk food) to minors, the first state in Mexico to take such drastic action in a bid to reduce childhood obesity.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is adamant that Mexico is about to make a speedy recovery from the economic contraction caused by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown of March, April and May.
Mexico’s sizable – and wealthy – Lebanese community will step up to assist the victims of this week’s explosion in Beirut that killed 137 people and injured at least 5,000, members of the country’s Lebanese community confirm.
