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López Obrador has previously bragged about the peso's strength, and a reduction in the number of Mexican living in poverty (though extreme poverty has increased.) But experts say the peso's strength and poverty gains are due in part to the fact that remittances have almost doubled since 2019, as migrants increasingly sent money back to their families.

Remittances rose from about $36 billion in 2019 to $63.3 billion in 2023. According to the World Bank, remittances accounted for 4.2% of Mexico's entire GDP, a number that is almost certainly higher now.

In the first four months of 2024, remittances rose by 8.3% compared to the same period of 2023.

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Para obtener más información, visite el sitio web que estará disponible próximamente AQUÍ o la presencia en Facebook de la Dra. Andrea Sarai Ortiz AQUÍ

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On September 16, Mexicans around the globe will celebrate the anniversary of the country’s independence from Spain. The day is marked by a national holiday in Mexico, a reenactment of a historic moment from the revolution’s leader, and an array of performances from fireworks to dance routines. Often confused with Cinco de Mayo by people living in the United States, Mexico’s independence day actually marks the moment in 1810 when Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest known as Father Hidalgo, made the first cry for independence. After a moving speech in the Mexican town of Dolores, Hidalgo took up the banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a Roman Catholic image of the Virgin Mary as she appears to Juan Diego, an indigenous Mexican believer who was later sainted by the church.

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At the current pace, it would take a decade to vaccinate all Mexicans!! Mexico’s vaccine program sees disastrous launch. Pace for vaccinations has slowed as government website to register crashes repeatedly and Covid-19 death toll is third highest globally. Many countries, including Canada and EU member states, have struggled to roll out their vaccine programs but Mexico’s disastrous launch came at a particularly bad time. The country’s daily Covid-19 death toll averaged more than 1,000 during January, while hospital beds, oxygen tanks and intubation drugs were in short supply. The official death toll is now more than 163,000 – the third highest in the world. The crashing health secretariat website only fueled the sense that the government’s response was awry.

“It feels like a placebo,” Bárbara González, a political analyst, said after enrolling her parents for vaccinations. “It’s hard to believe things will start to get better when they have done such a poor job until now.” Human rights groups also raised concerns that many people, including migrants from other countries and internal migrants, do not have an official ID number. “Health is a human right that cannot be denied to anyone for any reason, including their nationality or immigration status,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International.

Mexico was the first country in Latin America to receive Covid-19 vaccines and started vaccinating health workers on 22 December. But the pace has slowed to just 4,365 doses a day, according to Bloomberg’s vaccine tracker, and at the current pace, it would take a decade to vaccinate all Mexicans. Mexican health officials expect more doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 400,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine to start arriving later this month – quantities insufficient for the country’s 750,000 frontline health workers, according to the Associated Press.

Health workers have complained that administrators have been vaccinated first. Questions have also been raised over vaccinating teachers in southern Campeche state – where infections are low – so classes can restart. Mexico was the first country in Latin America to receive Covid-19 vaccines and started vaccinating health workers on 22 December. But the pace has slowed to just 4,365 doses a day, according to Bloomberg’s vaccine tracker, and at the current pace, it would take a decade to vaccinate all Mexicans.

Mexican health officials expect more doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 400,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine to start arriving later this month – quantities insufficient for the country’s 750,000 frontline health workers, according to the Associated Press. Health workers have complained that administrators have been vaccinated first. Questions have also been raised over vaccinating teachers in southern Campeche state – where infections are low – so classes can restart.

Source / Content credits: The Guardian

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Impossible Orchestra holds virtual performance to battle Mexico's domestic violence. Overcoming obstacles put in place by the coronavirus pandemic, some of classical music’s most beloved artists are coming together to create a virtual ensemble to raise funds for women and children suffering domestic abuse in Mexico. Founded during the pandemic crisis by Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra, the 27-artist “Impossible Orchestra” on Tuesday released a video of the Danzón No. 2, a classic modern Mexican composition inspired by a Cuban dance.

The video featured classical artists such as Emmanuel Pahud, Maxim Vengerov, Rolando Villazón and Alisa Weilerstein, and the Danzón video performance was filmed and edited during the lockdown period.

Combining individual footage from 14 countries, the video shows all the artists performing with a custom “groove track” of percussion, piano and bass. Its creators say this was “to approximate as closely as possible the magic of live, collaborative music-making.”

Source/Credits: Reuters

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Mexico on Thursday registered 3,377 new cases of coronavirus and 447 deaths, bringing the total numbers to 81,400 cases and 9,044 fatalities, according to information provided by health authorities. They have also acknowledged that the true death toll is higher, but difficult to estimate due to a low testing rate. The true number for both figures is almost certainly significantly higher due to the low level of testing nationwide.Mexico’s testing rate ranks among the lowest in Latin America, with just 0.4 tests per 1,000 people.

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Mexico registered 501 new deaths from the coronavirus on Tuesday, its biggest single-day increase in fatalities yet, as the jump in new cases also set a record. The country’s totals now stand at 74,560 cases of coronavirus and 8,134 deaths, health authorities told a press conference. They have also acknowledged that the true death toll is higher, but difficult to estimate due to a low testing rate. The true number for both figures is almost certainly significantly higher due to the low level of testing nationwide.

Mexico’s testing rate ranks among the lowest in Latin America, with just 0.4 tests per 1,000 people.

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The Mexican state of Puebla said on Friday that conditions “do not exist” yet to re-start activities in its automotive industry due to the #coronavirus pandemic, putting the brakes on carmakers rebooting their operations there. German automakers Volkswagen AG and Audi have major plants in the state southeast of Mexico City, but they have idled production due to the pandemic. In an official decree issued on Friday night, the Puebla state government said its decision, which also applies to the local construction industry, would remain in place until sanitary and safety conditions permitted a restart.

Barbosa, an ally of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, said he wanted to reopen the state’s economy “but not at the cost of the lives of the people of Puebla.” Mexico’s government issued guidelines on Monday for restarting operations in carmaking, mining and construction even as the impact of the pandemic intensified.

Source: Reuters

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It was just a week ago that we had to scroll down 5-fold on that sheet to find Mexico. Now we are at the first page with trend upwards!! The important thing is the last column showing the tests performed. They basically can only guess on how many people are infected. Mexico’s health ministry reported on Tuesday 1,223 new known coronavirus cases and 135 new deaths, bringing the total to 16,752 cases and 1,569 deaths.

The government has said the real number of infected people is significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

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AI translated from #Infobae - find the source link (in Spanish) below. The Mexican health authorities reported this Wednesday, April 8, that there are already 3,181 cases confirmed by COVID-19 in the national territory and 174 fatalities due to this disease. For the first time, also, since the epidemic began, the Ministry of Health (SSa) presented an estimate of total cases: there would be 26,519 in the entire country, that is, eight times more than those that have been confirmed.

The calculation was made using so-called "sentinel surveillance" which was also used during the H1N1 influenza crisis.

Source: Infobae

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The Covid-19 coronavirus disease, which originated in Wuhan, China, has swiftly spread around the world since it was first detected in December. With thousands of cases now being reported globally and significant outbreaks in China, the United States, South Korea, Iran, and Italy, the World Health Organization has declared Covid-19 a pandemic.

You might be wondering: How do I protect myself from the coronavirus? How dangerous is it? What are the symptoms? Is it safe to travel internationally? This Vox guide will provide answers to your biggest questions about the disease and help you better understand the scale and scope of the outbreak, 

its economic impact, and how to prepare and protect yourself if you live in or have to travel to an area affected by the outbreak.

Vox guide to Covid-19

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Kill viruses and germs the Mexican way.... :)

Not only does it kill viruses and germs, it also prevents you from sticking your fingers in your eyes, nose, and mouth (and other places) a second time.

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Michael Wolf, American arrested for the assault. A local fisherman was attacked by an American yesterday morning at La Paz bay who shot him from his yacht several times with a rifle. After the assault, the injured person was taken by ambulance to a public hospital. The foreigner was later on arrested yet released after 1 day in detention.

Find information here at English language La Paz BCS website or at NBCS news in Spanish.

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Indestructible, breathable and noble: After cotton, leather is arguably the most popular natural raw material in the fashion industry. But for the production of bags, pants, jackets and shoes, animals often have to give their lives under agonizing conditions. Environmentalists also complain that hazardous chemicals such as chromium are used in tanning. Two Mexicans now want to have developed a purely herbal alternative: a bioleather of cactus. It is breathable and resistant like real leather and can be made into purses, belts and clothes. However, the shelf life of the vegan alternative is limited to only about ten years.

Otherwise used imitations made of plastic also have their disadvantages, because in the production carrier materials are used with plastic. When artificial leather textiles have become obsolete, harmful substances can be released into the environment. According to the start-up from Guadalajara, the new cactus product is not only environmentally friendly, because it does not need any plastics, but also very sustainable. Because the nopal cactus, from which the material is made, requires very little water to grow and can be planted in many places in Mexico. The crop, whose name comes from the Aztec language, has had many uses for centuries. Prickly pears and the young plant shoots are popular ingredients for salads or other dishes in Mexican cuisine. In addition, the crop is cultivated as feed in agriculture. Every year, thousands of tons of nopal are harvested in Mexico alone.

However, it is also possible to produce tissue from the fibers. Three years ago, a Mexican team from the Universidad Aeronáutica in Querétaro developed a fibrous material from the bark of the plant that, in combination with the slimy plant cellulose of the cacti and epoxy resin, formed a solid composite material. The manufacturing process is similar to carbon fibers. For the leather from the cactus, the two developers Adrián López and Marte Cázarez work with a carrier material made of cotton, on which the nopal fibers are applied. The two fiddled until they had developed a material that resembled leather. "In the beginning, many people thought we were crazy, even our engineers," they said, according to a report in the Mexican newspaper El Heraldo de México.

Similar developments using leather-like fabrics made of apple remnants or pineapple fibers have inspired López and Cázarez. The German fashion company Hugo Boss has been offering vegan sneakers made from pineapple fibers for some time now.

A cactus bag should not be cheap. Per meter, the cactus leather is about $ 25 cost. Faux leather is much cheaper, the meter is already under one euro to have. In addition, the fashion world still has to wait for the first cactus leather products. After all, López and Cázarez do not want to go into production with their company, but only supply the material.

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Many of us seen the past 48 hours the gruesome news of nine people with dual citizenship, three women and six children, killed in an attack by suspected drug cartel gunmen in northern Mexico on Monday. Officials have not named the victims, but family members have identified those killed as members of the LeBaron family. It might be interesting to read a Julian LeBaron published article calling for Mexicans to stand up against organized crime. Keep in mind, this was written April 2010!! What has changes since?? Nothing! The blame-game got refined, the new Mexican president wants to solve the situation with hugs instead bullets. I'm sure he preaches to the right people like the one that shot a baby in the back during that incident!! Here the full opinion commentary by Julian LeBaron, a cousin of one of the women killed.

I call upon those who cultivate the land; those who care for animals; those who work in commerce, mines and construction. I call upon those who labor in our industries, those who care for our children, and to all who live honestly but have almost stopped dreaming because they feel defeated by a system that does not make good our efforts.

I am petitioning those who are victims of murder, kidnapping or extortion - by people who force the involuntary sacrifice of our good, so they can live further entrenched in their evil and ruin the lives of those who know how to live, for the benefit of parasites who do not.

In my state of Chihuahua and throughout Mexico, innumerable lives have been devastated by the loss of freedom and respect that are the right of every human. A system that does not respect the life, property and conscience of the individual is a system of criminals. A society ruled by men, and not by law, is a society of vultures and cannibals who feed on desolation.

I petition all who resent laws that forbid self-defense but cannot enforce justice, because I, Julian LeBaron, have had the outrageous experience of being chased at high speed by murderers who wore ski masks and were heavily armed. When my vehicle ramped a bridge at 70 mph, I stalled in the middle of the town of Ignacio Zaragoza. In a residential area, in view of many too afraid to help, I was severely beaten with machine guns. In the presence of my wife and children, they threatened to kidnap me, terrorizing my family. Innocent people suffer humiliation continually.

On May 2, my 10-year-old brother, Eric, was kidnapped from our father's ranch by parasites who demanded $1 million so that they would not return him in pieces. We refused to pay and got him back.

On July 7, I suffered as I would never have imagined after the kidnapping and execution of my older brother, Benjamin, my best friend and the head of a civil peace-activist organization, the SOS Chihuahua. Another dear friend, Luis Widmar, seeing 20 heavily armed men next door, went to my brother's assistance and was killed, as well. Having never offended anyone, these two men left 10 children and two inconsolable widows, because they resisted losing their freedom.

Of course, these are not isolated incidents. Throughout our nation, countless people have lost their lives or their security in a similar manner, while politics of confusion and volumes of magic words appear to have more sway than reality - a disgusting pretense that nothing exists outside of a refusal to identify it. I want to engrave upon the conscience of all honorable Mexicans that our country does not belong to criminals. Shall we continue to accept the illusion? Or will we raise a standard to which honest and upright citizens aspire, a standard of truth and justice?

My desire is to act (as I wish we all would) - and represent a gathering point for those who hunger for integrity and justice. I seek places where honorable men and women can live with dignity and self-respect. I look for these goals not in our towns or cities, but in the hearts of more than 100 million Mexicans. It is time we awaken the lion!

Let each man accept his individual responsibility and demand his sacred right to life, property and freedom of conscience. It is not so much for love of our neighbor, but for love of ourselves. Civilization is not attained by force, but by morality.

This year marks the anniversary of our independence in 1810, as well as that of our revolution in 1910. Let us invite the spirit of liberty and emulate our liberators who gave us freedom of conscience, the right to property and an example of dignity. Let us petition our government for a just punishment for crime, so the innocent can be respected, and let us dare to be content with nothing less than freedom.

Mexican President Felipe Calderón recently said, "I have the will, but I need men." My response is: I love my country, Señor. Here in Chihuahua, there is a man you can count on.

Source: Julian LeBaron, farmer and freelance writer with dual American and Mexican citizenship living in Chihuahua.

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In the state of Sinaloa, the Mexican army confiscated several marijuana plantations on a mountain and then burned them on site. Video footage shows soldiers tearing plants out of the ground and throwing them into the fire. A total of 30,000 square meters have been used for the cultivation of marijuana.

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Four competing drug cartels are extorting avocado producers in Michoacán, Mexico, showing how the fruit is becoming an increasingly important source of illicit profits in the context of shifting criminal dynamics in the state. The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación - CJNG), the Nueva Familia Michoacana, the Tepalcatepec Cartel and the Zicuirán Cartel are all involved in this growing criminal economy, according to Michoacán's attorney general. Michoacán produces over 80% of Mexico's avocados, with an annual export value of around $2.4 billion, earning the fruit the nickname "green gold."

The extortion of Michoacán's avocado growers is not new, but is now resurging as the industry's profitability has boomed as criminal economies in the state have withered.

Read the full report here at Business Insider