Day

May 19, 2020

Couple arrested in Puerto Vallarta for crossing Malecon blockade

A couple was arrested on Monday afternoon in Puerto Vallarta for violating the blockade that municipal authorities installed on the Malecon in the wake of...
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Mexico records its largest single-day increase of COVID-19 cases, and second deadliest day

The Ministry of Health (SSa) reported this Tuesday, May 19, that the accumulated COVID-19 infections are 54,346, adding 2,713 new cases today. Today marks the...
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Mexican judge suspends official order that froze opening of new renewable power plants

A Mexican judge has provisionally suspended an official order that froze the opening of new renewable power plants and sparked complaints from some of Mexico’s...
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Mariachis delight quarantined Colombians with jolts of street music

The boisterous music - usually heard at family celebrations and raucous birthdays - bursts through the eerily quiet streets of Colombia’s capital, Bogota. The mariachis...
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Tourism industry in Mexico is losing 114 jobs every hour

One of the economic sectors hardest hit by the health emergency caused by COVID-19 is tourism. Due to mobility restrictions to reduce the spread of...
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‘This is war’: Virus charges beyond Latin American hot spots

Beyond the hot spots of Brazil and Mexico, the coronavirus is threatening to overwhelm Latin American cities stretching from Chile to the Colombian Amazon in...
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Civic group: Mexico City virus deaths 3 times those reported

A registry of death certificates in Mexico City suggests there were 4,577 cases where doctors mentioned coronavirus or COVID-19 as a possible or probable cause...
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