Inflation surge prompts new interest rate hike
With inflation showing no sign of easing, the Banco de Mexico, the country’s central bank, Thursday raised its benchmark interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point to 7.75 percent.
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With inflation showing no sign of easing, the Banco de Mexico, the country’s central bank, Thursday raised its benchmark interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point to 7.75 percent.
On a recent visit to Cuba, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that 500 Cuban doctors will be given permission to work in Mexico in order to make up the shortage in medical professional staff this country is experiencing.
Morena won four of the six gubernatorial elections held on June 5, meaning that President Andres Manuel López Obrador’s party now controls 19 of Mexico’s 32 statehouses—a remarkable achievement for a party formed just over a decade ago.
Officials at the Plaza México, Mexico City’s historic bullring, say they will fight a decision by a judge placing an indefinite ban on the activity that animal welfare supporters say is an abomination in the modern world.
The celebration for the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II will extend to Mexico, reports Jon Benjamin, the British ambassador to Mexico.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said it is “very likely” that Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Mexico will be eliminated because it is “unpopular” and “harmful to health.”
Gubernatorial elections in six Mexican states Sunday, June 5, are expected to confirm that while President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador garners plenty of criticism for his idiosyncratic style of leadership,
Registrations for Covid-19 vaccines for children from ages 5 to 11 began on Thursday, June 16, following the announcement of the new program earlier this week by Mexico’s Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell.
Covid-19 cases in the Americas increased by 10.4 percent last week compared to the previous week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday.