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September 28, 2020

Mexico increases its estimated COVID-19 cases by 137,000

Mexico upped its “estimated” COVID-19 deaths to 89,612 on Monday, and boosted estimates of its total number of cases to 870,699, almost 137,000 more than...
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500 years ago, another epidemic swept Mexico: smallpox

There were mass cremations of bodies; entire families died and the inhabitants of the city, afraid to pull their bodies out, simply collapsed their homes...
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Mexico to close prison famous for drug lord escape

Mexico announced Monday it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman....
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Mexican women demanding legalization of abortion clash with police

Women charged police lines and threw Molotov cocktails at officers in Mexico City on Monday during protests demanding the legalization of abortion in the majority...
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Mexico adds 608,000 jobs in August, unemployment 5.2%

Mexico’s unemployment rate was 5.2% in August, official data showed on Monday, the first time the figure has been published in five months after the...
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Mexico virus data may not be available for years

Mexico’s top coronavirus official said Sunday that definitive data on the country’s death toll from COVID-19 won’t be available for “a couple of years.” The...
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