Mexico News Today Friday, December 4, 2020

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2020

In CDMX, hospital workers feel the pressure  The coronavirus situation continues to worsen as hospitals are filling up and crowds of residents throng the streets. FULL STORY

Private-sector doctors worried over influenza vaccine  Unable to obtain enough flu vaccines, the doctors are expressing concerns that the situation risks increasing the illness's spread in the coming months. FULL STORY

Despite a travel ban, Mexico prepares to welcome half a million countrymen home  In the winter season, the Programa Paisano plans to welcome 500,000 Mexican nationals for the holidays. FULL STORY Coronavirus has shuttered a million small businesses Over 1 million small and medium-sized businesses closed forever. FULL STORY Querétaro begins rapid testing for Covid-19 Querétaro has followed Mexico City's lead to speed up the identification and isolation of cases. FULL STORY The challenges Mexico’s search commissioner faces Karla Quintana's gargantuan and unenviable task is leading the search for over 79,000 people, most of whom have disappeared since 2006. FULL STORY 1 person dead, 56 homes destroyed in BCS fires  Four Baja California border communities were hit by fires this week fueled by Santa Ana winds. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT Cold front delivers first snow of the season in Chihuahua Five municipalities — Buenaventura, Bachiniva, Guerrero, Batopilas, and Galeana — were blanketed in white Friday morning. FULL STORY Best Buy closes its stores, drawing huge crowds The chain's liquidation sale generated such fervor that the company had to close all its stores early. FULL STORY Gang violence escalates in Michoacán: clash between rival cartels leaves 6 dead Firefights between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and rival criminal group Cárteles Unidos raged in four municipalities this week. FULL STORY Business-friendly bureaucrat resigns as AMLO’s chief of staff President López Obrador announced that his chief of staff was stepping down but would keep on being his 'main link' to the private sector. FULL STORY Petroleum pipeline thefts continue to plague Pemex  The company saw 1,103 illegal taps in September and 1,077 in October, according to the government's online transparency platform. FULL STORY Government turns off natural gas to ethylene plant with ties to Odebrecht The federal government has been critical of a contract that obliges Pemex to sell ethane to the plant at a price it claims is unfair. FULL STORY Mercado Libre aims to speed delivery with new aircraft The Amazon rival has unveiled a fleet of four cargo planes to up the delivery speed of products across Mexico. FULL STORY Analysts say new public-private infrastructure plan falls woefully short The plan to build 68 infrastructure projects at almost 526bn pesos will have a limited impact on the economy, experts say. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Where to exercise when the pandemic has closed gyms? A skatepark! Skateboarding, as Luis Medina discovered in his 40s, offers not only germ-free exercise but also friendship, writes John Pint. FULL STORY

• Authorities shut down party of 500 in Acapulco street • Talks fail to reach accord on controversial outsourcing legislation • Senior official in Sinaloa prosecutor’s office shot and killed