Mexico News Today Friday, April 30, 2021

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021

CDMX remains Covid orange but city restaurant restrictions further relaxed  The capital will stay at the high-risk color on the coronavirus stoplight map for another week although hospitalizations are trending downward. FULL STORY

Estimated 4,000 Haitian migrants arrived in Chiapas this week, many with nowhere to go  Large numbers from the Caribbean country are stranded in Tapachula, where immigration and refugee offices are nearly overwhelmed with the influx. FULL STORY

Second wave of Covid-19 slowed 1st-quarter growth  The economy registered growth between January and March this year of only 0.4% more than the previous three months. FULL STORY Every day, 3 children die in traffic-related accidents Between 2010 and 2019, 11,155 Mexicans aged 14 and under were killed in such incidents, making them the leading cause of death for minors. FULL STORY Business groups and private landowners fight protected area designation in Bacalar The opponents say legal instruments already exist to regulate sustainable growth in Quintana Roo's lagoon region. FULL STORY In sweeping vote, lawmakers approve ‘revenge porn’ bill Known as the 'Olimpia Law' after a young woman who campaigned for the introduction of such laws in Mexico, the legislation prohibits publishing private sexual videos, images or audio without the subjects' consent. FULL STORY Businessman arrested for theft of 5bn pesos from Infonavit housing fund Teófilo Zaga Tawil was apprehended for organized crime and money laundering relating to contracts with the government organ. FULL STORY Canceled airport wins belated architectural nod The Mexico City project that never was still managed to win first prize and glowing praise in the 2021 Rethinking the Future Awards. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Despite cartels and climate change, the Rarámuri keep Easter tradition alive Just outside Chihuahua's Copper Canyon, these indigenous groups deal with crime and global warming, yet still hold on to their ancestral ways, Robyn Huang writes. FULL STORY OPINION Campeche’s elections: a potential bellwether for the nation’s political future? Nearly every political candidate's watchword here this year is 'change.' Writer Shannon Collins asks, what does that indicate about voter sentiment in Mexico? FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Bright star of Tonalá’s famed burnished pottery artisans began as an outlier Unlike many of Tonalá's acclaimed maestros, José Luis Cortéz didn't grow up with the craft. He fell in love with it as a factory worker, Leigh Thelmadatter writes. FULL STORY Exodus from Aguililla: families flee death threats and extortion, head north Some 200 families have fled the Michoacán municipality's cartel violence with few belongings and hopes of asylum in the US. FULL STORY CJNG launches new attacks in Michoacán but self-defense forces fight back No casualties were reported in two clashes between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and armed residents who took them on. FULL STORY Contracts without tenders, an invitation to corruption, hit record numbers in 2020 Federal government spending on deals made without a competitive process hit an unprecedented high last year. FULL STORY Freedom of information agency challenges federal biometric data registry The government's transparency and data protection body will argue before the Supreme Court that the collection of such information violates civil privacy rights. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT After 20 years of delays, new Oaxaca highway to be ready next March: governor The new roadway will significantly reduce travel time between Oaxaca city and the Pacific coast. FULL STORY OPINION What will the Kansas City Southern merger mean for the country's railroads? AMLO may love trains, but how will his Mexico-first worldview mesh with an even bigger foreign entity running many of the nation's routes, Carlisle Johnson asks. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE At Dolphin Beach, it's just pristine sands, lush jungle, some racoons and you Do you dream of a deserted beach visited by Flipper? With easy highway access but no visitors, this paradise is worth the search, John Pint writes. FULL STORY

∙ Oaxaca city airport reopens after four-day blockade by students ∙ Storm collapses roof over Mexico City’s Templo Mayor ∙ GM investing US $1 billion in electric car manufacturing, paint plant ∙ ‘Dogtores,’ a colonia for homeless dogs in Puebla