Mexican authorities forecast up to 39 named storms during the 2021 hurricane season, which will once again be 'above average,' after beginning with 'Andres' on May 9 - the earliest on record. Between 14-20 tropical storms are predicted for the Mexican Pacific, where Puerto Vallarta is located.
585,000 doses of anti-covid vaccine arrived at the Mexico City International Airport on Tuesday, and another 1.5 million are expected this week. According to officials, Mexico expects to receive almost a million and a half doses of vaccines every week between now and the end of June.
Trade entails, among other things, the swift transportation of local goods to the global market. An ambitious tri-national project, the USMCA Corridor, aims to improve logistics across the three countries through a rail line that will link numerous cities from Sinaloa to Canada.
The high temperatures in the state of Guanajuato have caused a drought that, in addition to affecting the municipalities of the industrial corridor and the agricultural sector, has uncovered a church that has been hidden underwater for the better part of 40 years.
Mexican workers abroad sent home a record amount of cash in March, aided by stimulus checks from the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden. Total remittances reached $4.15 billion, up 31% from the previous month, according to central bank data released on Monday.
Mexico's agricultural and fishing exports grew five percent year-on-year in March, totaling over US$2.1 billion, according to data obtained by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The most important export increase was fresh strawberries at almost 70 percent.
General Motors announced last week it will invest $1 billion in a manufacturing complex in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, that will build electric vehicles by 2023. GM said the first stage of the project will include building a new paint plant at the Ramos Arizpe site, which will begin operations in June.
At a global meeting in Cancun, member businesses of the World Travel and Tourism Council said they want to fund projects in 4 Mexican states - Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Baja California Sur (BCS) and Jalisco. About $1.6 billion will go to Quintana Roo, while BCS and Jalisco will each get in excess of $250 million.
Mexico's data protection body plans to challenge a controversial new law that requires telecoms companies to gather user biometric data, saying it will argue before the Supreme Court that it violates privacy rights. The law, which passed in April, aims to stop criminals using unregistered mobile phones.
Mexico's Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, traveled to Moscow last Sunday for a visit with Russian officials, his office said, amid talks to hammer out plans for Mexico to bottle Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine domestically after delays in shipments.
