During President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's Tuesday, Feb. 11 news conference, Mexico's Health Undersecretary, Hugo López Gatell, said that though it is highly probable that the coronavirus will eventually reach Mexico, to date, no one has tested positive for the virus.
For the fifth consecutive year, Ad Age and Adlatina are recognizing a group of women who stand out in the field of marketing and communications in Mexico. These 17 women will be honored for their accomplishments in the ad and marketing industries on March 31 in Mexico City.
At FITUR 2020, an International Tourism Fair held in Spain January 22-26, Mexico's Secretary of Tourism, Miguel Torruco Marques, announced that the first part of a strategy to promote LGBTQ+ tourism in the country has already started in Yucatan and Mexico City.
A 'Snow Moon,' this winter's second full moon and this year's first supermoon, will light up the skies this weekend. According to NASA, it will be one of the biggest moons of 2020, and it'll be at its fullest at 1:33 am CT on Sunday, February 9.
Netflix Inc. is moving its Latin American headquarters to Mexico City and staffing up in the office that opened just last year. The company has pledged to invest $200 million in Mexican productions in 2020, adding to a slate that includes 'La Casa de Las Flores' and 'Diablero.'
Construction of the first 951 km phase of Mexico's Mayan Train is set to begin in April after the government revealed the tendering process for the ambitious railway project during President Andres Manuel López Obrador's January 24 news conference.
February 5th is Mexican Constitution Day, commemorating the day the Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos was signed in 1917. Nowadays, the official observance is on the first Monday in February, which in 2020 is on the 3rd, so everyone can enjoy a long weekend.
A Frost & Sullivan analysis says Mexico has the ability to be the regional innovation leader in emerging industries, 4G/5G telecommunications rollout, and affordable, smart and green housing, as well as in more established areas, like tourism and medical devices, by 2025.
In 2019, avocado exports from Jalisco increased almost 30%, even as producers in the state remained locked out of the lucrative U.S. market. 110,000 tonnes of the fruit were sent abroad from the state last year, a 29.4% increase over the 85,000 tonnes exported in 2018.
At his Monday morning press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that construction on a 31.5bn Peso (US$1.6bn) light rail line - which will nearly double the current size of the light rail system in the greater Guadalajara area - has been completed.
