Mexico News Today Monday, November 9, 2020

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Tabasco sees worst flooding in 50 years  Weekend flooding was severe in Macuspana, the Tabasco municipality where President López Obrador was born. FULL STORY RELATED: Heavy rains leave 21 dead in 3 states; thousands of homes damaged. FULL STORY

Three more states backslide to high risk on Covid map Sonora, Sinaloa and Guanajuato will change to orange on the stoplight risk map while Nayarit, Michoacán and Quintana Roo move from high risk to medium. FULL STORY

Guerrero implements stricter Covid-19 measures  The heightened coronavirus restrictions aim to avoid a spike in case numbers with the approaching Christmas season. FULL STORY Despite Covid, Buen Fin shopping event sales expected to match last year’s The government and the private sector anticipate total sales of 117 billion pesos (US $5.75 billion), 3 billion pesos shy of last year. FULL STORY Coronavirus won’t stop Christmas Ornament Fair  The town of Tlalpujahua refuses to let Covid-19 ruin its Christmas spirit: artisans are preparing to go ahead with a 50-plus year tradition. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT OPINION  Environmentalists see blue skies ahead under new US administration The next four years offer Presidents Biden and López Obrador an exceptional opportunity to tackle global warming and the loss of biodiversity, write Omar Vidal and Richard Brusca. FULL STORY THE MND POLL THE STORY: Guerrero announces stricter Covid measures ahead of Christmas holidays FULL STORY THE QUESTION:  Should wearing face masks be mandatory to prevent the spread of Covid-19? VOTE HERE LAST POLL: Was Day of the Dead Covid hospital scene inappropriate and insensitive? 64% said it wasn't. FULL RESULTS AMLO decides to wait on congratulating Biden Unlike many world leaders, President López Obrador said he'll wait for official results before congratulating Joe Biden on his announced victory. FULL STORY Cartels issue threat against governor of San Luis Potosí The Gulf Cartel and the Cartel de los Alemanes warned that his government should cooperate because they plan to "seize the entire state." FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE  Monterrey doll artisans’ work bears a ‘neither here nor there’ perspective Doll artisans Mayra René and Bertha García bring the best of traditions from north and south of the border into their work, avoiding cliches, writes Leigh Thelmadatter. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE  Arroz con leche varies with every Mexican grandmother who makes it In Mexico, finding the “best” arroz con leche recipe depends on whom you ask, writes Janet Blaser in The Tropical Table. FULL STORY

• Foreign Affairs official cleared of charging for personal travel • Guerrero farmers face obstacles if they’re to switch to legal crops • Golfer’s PGA win at Houston Open is first for Mexico in 42 years