Mexico News Today Wednesday January 20, 2021

 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2021

Mexico sees record number of Covid deaths Nearly half a million people are now vaccinated, but Mexico hit a new single-day record for coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and had its third-highest total for new cases. FULL STORY

Best-case scenario for international tourism this year: 26% fewer visitors than in 2019 The number of foreign travelers to Mexico will increase 33.7% in 2021 compared to last year, say the Tourism Ministry's rosiest predictions. FULL STORY

Federal Covid loan program to aid small businesses The government will help 60,000 establishments affected by the coronavirus pandemic and related economic restrictions. FULL STORY Political group says poor have been hit hardest by Covid, lack of support The coronavirus and the lack of government aid to mitigate its economic impact appear to have significantly increased inequality. FULL STORY Pfizer cuts vaccine deliveries As Mexico faces its worst month of the coronavirus pandemic, Pfizer factory work caused a Tuesday Covid vaccine shipment to arrive with only half the expected doses and immunization delays to come. FULL STORY Water shortage creates emergency for 15,000 farm families in Tamaulipas A lack of irrigation water could push farmers into bankruptcy because they can't plant new crops. FULL STORY Environment ministry to declare a new land reserve in San Luis Potosí The San Miguelito Sierra will be made a natural protected area in the second half of this year, the federal agency said. FULL STORY OPINION The AMLOve affair is over: why I’ve changed my mind about the president President López Obrador generated lots of good faith at the beginning of his presidency, but these days it's gotten so hard to defend him, Sarah DeVries writes. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE  Scholar’s mission: help modern readers discover a Mayan creation story Learning about the Popol Vuh as a teen, Amherst College scholar Ilan Stavans was fascinated by the millennia-old text, Rich Tenorio writes. FULL STORY For Joe Biden, contentious issues lie ahead in the Mexico-US relationship Strained security cooperation as well as opposing views on climate change and renewable energy will loom high on the agenda, Jude Webber writes. FULL STORY Former ambassador to manage border policy in Biden administration Rachel Jacobson will be coordinator for the southwestern border on the United States National Security Council. FULL STORY Spaniards massacred women, children in reprisal for sacrifices, cannibalism The mass killings occurred in an Aztec-allied town 500 years ago after residents sacrificed and apparently ate a group of Spaniards. FULL STORY 68% of Mexicans feel unsafe in their communities; number down from 73% Almost seven in 10 Mexican adults fear violence where they live. Fresnillo, Zacatecas, is seen as the least safe city in the country. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT 'Overtaken by crime:' 9 murdered in Fresnillo The Zacatecas city's mayor acknowledged that the notoriously unsafe municipality has little ability to combat violence. FULL STORY OPINION Power outage dims Mexico's climate change hopes  In 2015, the US hailed Mexico for setting an example on climate policy. The president’s championing of fossil fuels has changed all that, Jude Webber writes. FULL STORY

• These Mexico City labs offer PCR tests to travelers who require them • President defends federal funding of his brother’s baseball team’s stadium • Zihuatanejo’s Paella Fest gets creative in the face of Covid-19 • Marriott to open new ‘lifestyle hotel’ in Tulum next month