Mexico News Today Friday, April 16, 2021

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021

NGO delivers scathing report on AMLO and government: constant lies, few results The group says that the president lies to the Mexican people and that his administration has delivered few “visible and tangible results.” FULL STORY

Sargassum arrivals leave low to moderate accumulations on Quintana Roo beaches The ocean weed's annual season is well and truly underway: large quantities have washed up on beaches in Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Cozumel. FULL STORY

Private sector doctors continue to battle for right to receive Covid vaccination Some 31,000 health workers who work in private facilities still don't have a coronavirus inoculation, but the president wants seniors to go first. FULL STORY Study finds higher Covid patient mortality rate in public sector healthcare According to the report, the higher death rates were partly due to a lack of medical personnel well-trained in respiratory care. FULL STORY Michoacán governor confirms Aguililla held hostage by feuding cartels Silvano Aureoles has finally conceded that the town has been 'hijacked' by two feuding criminal organizations, with residents caught in the middle of the conflict. FULL STORY Man dons dinosaur costume to relieve mom’s stress while in vaccination lineup To alleviate the anxiety of a long wait, a man decided to accompany his mother as she stood in line for her immunization — and dressed himself as a T. Rex. FULL STORY US college to reunite lost historical Mayan urn with its 'twin' back in Mexico The artifact used for rituals in what is now Chiapas will be displayed in a museum next to another just like it after spending half a century in the United States. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Exhibit sheds light on life and rituals of Jalisco’s ancient inhabitants During the Postclassic period, the life-and-death struggle for rain drove area Huicholes to carve entreaties to the sun god into stone, John Pint writes. FULL STORY Senate votes to give chief of Supreme Court, an AMLO ally, two more years If the proposal is passed, Arturo Zaldívar will head the court until November 30, 2024, a month after President Lopez Obrador's term ends. FULL STORY Government signed 4 contracts to conduct cell phone espionage In 2019 and 2020, the federal Attorney General's office spent US $5.6 million on programs to track mobiles and collect internet use data. FULL STORY Water commission issues widespread drought alert Conagua has called on citizens and the government to use water responsibly given that more than 70% of the country is experiencing drought conditions and dams are at low levels. FULL STORY Morelos firefighter laments loss of forest land in Tepozteco National Park “What's happening to our forests hurts," said firefighter Jacobo Rivera López, who fought the wildfires in the Morelos preserve this week. FULL STORY Students organize animal rescue project in wake of Morelos forest fire Biology students from the Autonomous University of Morelos have organized volunteers and experts to save wildlife impacted by the Tepoztlán blaze. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT Marijuana growers worry about an uncertain future under plant's legalization With legislation awaiting final Senate approval for recreational use and sale, some growers have already seen their sales shrink. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Zapotec author's book captures the troubled duality of modern indigenous life Pergentino José's book, Red Ants, is the first literary work to be translated from Zapotec to English, Rich Tenorio writes. FULL STORY