The Jalisco Plan for Economic Reactivation continues to show favorable results. With 62,634 formal jobs created from August to November, Jalisco ranks first at the national level for the creation of new jobs in Mexico during the economic recovery period.
Mexico's Senate last week approved a proposal to raise the daily minimum wage by 15% in 2021, the third consecutive major increase aimed at restoring the purchasing power of the country's lowest earners. If passed, minimum wage will be 140 Pesos a day as of January 1.
Mexico plans to begin vaccinating against COVID-19 next week, starting with health workers, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Tuesday, He said the vaccines will be 'universal and free' and hopes the full population will be vaccinated by the end of 2021.
Mexico's Roman Catholic Church last week announced the cancellation of what's considered the world's largest Catholic pilgrimage, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To prevent so many people from coming into close contact, this year's Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe will be broadcast online.
Jalisco is the first state in Mexico to start preparing to distribute and administer the Covid vaccine, Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez announced Friday, when signing the collaboration agreement with the University of Guadalajara, which will provide its infrastructure and medical team.
The Mexican Senate voted last Thursday in favor of a bill that endorses the recreational use of marijuana, increases the possession limit, establishes a regulation for at-home cultivation, and regularizes the sale of the plant and its derivatives.
Non-essential travel restrictions on the Mexico-U.S. land border will be extended for another month. Mexico's Foreign Ministry announced via Twitter on Wednesday that both countries agreed to extend the restriction until 11:59 pm on December 21, 2020.
Now that the 'Emergency Button' mandates have been lifted, and following the recommendations of the World Health Organization, Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez has announced the new measures that are now in place to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 in Jalisco.
Mexican legislators met virtually on Friday to discuss the latest version of a bill to legalize adult-use cannabis and, in doing so, comply with a Supreme Court mandate to pass a law by December 15. The new version of the bill is expected to be approved by Senate commissions on Wednesday.
The Bank of México put the new 100-peso banknote in circulation last week. Featuring 17th century feminist Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz on one side, and monarch butterflies in a pine forest on the other, the new bill is made of polymer rather than paper.
