The Ministry of Foreign Relations announced on Tuesday that the governments of Mexico and the United States have agreed to extend the restrictions on non-essential land traffic on their common border until August 21, due to the continued spread of COVID-19 in both countries.
A second foreign company has announced a multi-million dollar manufacturing investment in neighboring Chihuahua, Mexico. France-based Safran Group will pump an initial $10 million into a new airplane-seats factory that'll bring up to 800 jobs to the state, Mexican officials said.
An agreement between Ria Money Transfer and OXXO enables customers from all over Mexico to receive money at great exchange rates through Ria's network of approximately 402,000 locations in more than 150 countries, including the U.S. and Canada, at any OXXO location.
The role of children as climate change educators is often overlooked in policy - but it can play a significant role. A new initiative, presented to Mexico's Congress, hopes to insert climate change education into the national curriculum for schools.
In a July 7 message via his social networks, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro said that if the number of new coronavirus cases in the state continues to grow, an 'Emergency Button' plan will be activated that would bring all activities to a 'dead stop' for 14 days.
The new North American free trade agreement that came into effect on July 1 was touted by US president Donald Trump as an engine of American job creation. But Japan's automakers are largely opting instead to keep their Mexican operations in place and pay their workers more.
As Mexico begins its second month of the 'new normality,' the number of coronaviruse cases in the interior of the republic continues to grow. The latest Covid-19 Risk Traffic Light Map shows 7 states that were orange last week returning to red this week due to an increase in infections.
Aeromexico has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. to implement a financial restructuring amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. This legal process will not interrupt the operations of Mexico's largest airline; all tickets, reservations and bonus points will be honored.
Jalisco is among the 18 states that moved from maximum risk to high risk on the federal government's 'stoplight' map last week, which means that as of June 29, more coronavirus restrictions were eased with the gradual reopening of certain businesses and public spaces.
Despite the global economic crisis generated by the pandemic, foreign direct investment has not stopped reaching the state of Jalisco and the expectation is to at least reach the same amount that it registered in 2019, according to the head of the Ministry of Economic Development.
