Headline News from PVDN

The latest news and entertainment from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Local, National, and International News for expats living in Mexico.

Color-coded passage: Why smugglers are tagging U.S.-bound migrants with wristbands

Along the banks of the Rio Grande in the scrubby grassland near Penitas, Texas, hundreds of colored plastic wristbands ripped off by migrants litter the...
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Mexico leans on China after US rules out vaccines sharing in short term

Mexico is turning to China to fill a vaccine shortfall with an order for 22 million doses, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday, a...
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Women’s Day clashes in Mexico leave over 80 police, protesters injured

Clashes between police and protesters in Mexico’s capital on International Women’s Day left 81 people injured, most of them female police officers, authorities said late...
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Mexico’s landmark cannabis bill one step closer to becoming law

Two special committees of Mexico's Lower House of Congress late on Monday approved a draft bill to decriminalize marijuana and sent it on to the...
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Puerto Vallarta and other Mexico beach destinations record worst February for tourism

Tourism to beach destinations in Mexico is less than half that of the same period last year, before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, and marks...
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U.S. warns against travel to Mexico for Spring Break 2021

US citizens should reconsider Spring Break vacations and non-essential travel due to the covid-19 pandemic, the US Embassy in Mexico warned. In a health and...
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Mexico rescues US citizen held by drug cartel for over a year

An operation coordinated by the police and military in Mexico managed to rescue a US citizen: she had been kidnapped since February 2020 in safe...
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More than 11,000 displaced by Colombia violence this year

More than 11,000 people have been displaced from their homes by fighting between Colombian armed groups so far in 2021 - equivalent to seven people...
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Women’s Day marches in Mexico bring anger to the streets

Women across Mexico geared up for marches to mark International Women's Day on Monday, driven by anger that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has backed...
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Kimberly LaRue’s ‘Rendezvous’ is a hit! (And more news from Incanto)

Kimberly LaRue recently debuted her all-new show Rendezvous to rave reviews featuring the MIA dancers with entertainers Hal Bonta and Alison Lo singing many of...
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Kim Kuzma and Enrique De Allende Perform at The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Vallarta's Queen of Song, Kim Kuzma, joins singer extraordinaire, Enrique De Allende, for a fabulous night of music at The Church of Our Lady of...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline in Jalisco

The number of people hospitalized in Jalisco due to complications generated by COVID-19 continues to decline, as of Saturday, the Jalisco Health Secretariat (SSJ) reported...
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COVID-19 travel insurance becoming a vacation staple

COVID-19 insurance policies are increasingly joining passports and sunscreen as vacation staples, creating opportunities for insurers as more countries require mandatory coverage in case visitors...
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Distribution of Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Sinovac Begins in Mexico

The Ministry of Health reported that this Saturday began the distribution of the 800,000 vaccines from the Chinese pharmaceutical Sinovac, to the 32 states in...
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Oxford study indicates AstraZeneca effective against Brazil variant

Preliminary data from a study conducted at the University of Oxford indicates that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.L) is effective against the...
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After record COVID-19 deaths, President Bolsonaro tells Brazilians to stop ‘whining’

After two straight days of record COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday told Brazilians to stop “whining” and move on, in his...
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Mexican president defends 10-foot barriers to wall off women protesters

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday said a metallic barrier to wall off the presidential palace ahead of a planned women’s march on...
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Night and day in South America: Buenos Aires welcomes nightlife, new lockdowns in Brazil

In Buenos Aires on Friday night the doors of the Colón Theater reopened for the first time in a year since being shut because of...
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Uptick in crimes against Mexican politicians points toward violent midterm election

More than a hundred murders of Mexican officials and candidates in recent months point to the country's midterm elections becoming the most violent in decades,...
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Mexico City launches Latin America’s latest cable car line

Mexico City has launched the first of what it hopes will be several cable-car lines serving the poorer outskirts of the city of 9 million....
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