Environmentalists and tourism operators on Mexico's Caribbean coast are complaining about mounds of foul-smelling sargassum - a seaweed-like algae - that are piling up on beaches. Playa del Carmen and Tulum have been hit hardest, while Cancun, Cozumel and Isla Mujeres have largely been spared.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced on Thursday, June 17, the Mexican government's foray into green energy through its construction of a solar park in the northern state of Sonora. The proposed solar park takes the administration's current energy policy in a new direction.
The United States Department of Homeland Security announced land borders with Canada and Mexico would remain closed to non-essential travel until at least July 21. The land border closures have been in place since March 2020 due to coronavirus concerns.
Yucatan has two new weapons in the fight against Covid-19: dogs that can detect the virus. Specially trained to detect cases of the disease based on smell, Hocky and Kadet are German shepherds that are now part of the K-9 unit of the state's Ministry of Public Security.
Mexico has recovered 34 pre-Columbian artifacts that were voluntarily returned by two German private collectors, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. 28 of the objects were in the city of Monheim am Rhein in western Germany and the remaining six in Recklinghausen, some 70 kilometers away.
U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Ken Salazar, a former interior secretary and senator from Colorado, to serve as ambassador to Mexico. Salazar's nomination will now go to the U.S. Senate, which must confirm him before he can take over the U.S. embassy in Mexico City.
During the month of May, Jalisco generated 4,723 jobs, bringing the total number of jobs created during the economic reactivation period of August 2020 to May 2021 to 72,972, and positioning the state as the second largest generator of formal employment in the country.
After 'staying in the green' on Mexico's Covid-19 Risk Traffic Light Map for 6 consecutive weeks, the Jalisco Board of Health unanimously approved adjustments and modifications to health protocols for commercial, social and recreational activities, increasing the capacity of many spaces from 50 to 75%.
Mexico is delaying import permits for GMO corn and glyphosate, according to National Agricultural Council President Juan Cortina Gallardo, even though the ban is not set to go into effect until 2024. Gallardo said that COFEPRIS is currently delaying approvals by up to two years.
Work on Guadalajara's 13.3bn-peso (US$674mn) line No. 4 of the Mi Tren light rail system will start during the second half of 2021, according to a Jalisco transport official. Construction will take three years while the testing stage is expected to finish by March 2024.
