The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
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.
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.
Mexico registered another 639 Covid-19 deaths Thursday, July 30, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to exactly 46,000.
Ten state governors have demanded the immediate dismissal of Hugo López-Gatell, Mexico’s deputy health minister and the federal government’s chief architect of the coronavirus pandemic strategy.
With the coronavirus emergency looking set to continue well into the fall, organizers of upcoming cultural events are making early alternative decisions.
Airline passenger traffic to Mexico from the United States and Canada last month was down 90.7 and 98 percent respectively compared with 2019.
Mexico is one of 75 nations that have submitted expressions of interest to protect their populations and those of other nations through joining the COVAX Facility, a mechanism designed to guarantee rapid, fair and equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines worldwide.
Mexico’s Education Secretary Esteban Moctezuma is expected to hold a press conference on Monday, July 3, that will lay out federal plans for a safe return to face-to-face classes.
The carbonated soft drinks industry has slammed Mexico’s chief coronavirus spokesperson for describing the sector’s products as “bottled poison.”
