Centers in Mexico providing vital healthcare and support services to indigenous and Afro-Mexican women are running out of money and could be forced to close due to government spending cuts, organizers say. The 35 mostly state-funded houses for indigenous and Afro-Mexican women (CAMIs) provide health care during pregnancy, traditional births, advice for victims of violence,...Read More

The Ministry of Health (SSa) reported this Tuesday, June 9, that the accumulated COVID-19 infections are 124,301 admitted cases. Furthermore, since the beginning of the epidemic, Mexico has suffered at least 14,649 fatalities. Numbers are reported are not accurate because the Federal Government only reports COVID-19 cases in the public health system. Cases of COVID-19...Read More

Mexico’s government-funded news agency, Notimex, says it will shut down temporarily starting Tuesday until an agreement can be reached with striking workers. The unionized workers went on strike earlier this year, arguing some members had been unfairly fired or harassed by management appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The strike started in February, but...Read More

New coronavirus cases in Mexico will keep rising for weeks to come, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Tuesday, after the number of confirmed cases exceeded several expected peaks for the country in recent weeks. “We still haven’t reached the maximum point,” Lopez-Gatell said at a regular news conference. “For several more weeks, we...Read More