The lower house of Congress has approved hikes to two taxes that foreigners pay to enter Mexico, triggering criticism from business groups that are urging the Senate to vote against them. If passed, tourists would be required to pay a total of 1265 MXN ($66 USD) to visit the country.
Nine teenagers from Mexico participated in the FIRST Global Challenge 2019, an international robotics competition held in Dubai, that brought together over 1,500 students from 191 countries to develop robots to clean up the millions of tons of pollutants in the oceans today.
Mexico's Senate has passed changes to the health law aimed at reducing the country's obesity crisis. The bill, which requires processed foods with high levels of sugar, saturated fat, sodium and calories to have warnings on their labels, was approved Tuesday with only two abstentions.
Mexican Senate committees last week unveiled draft legislation for the marijuana legalization bill. According to the document, persons of legal age may obtain permits to possess cannabis for personal use, cultivate up to 4 plants and purchase marijuana from licensed retailers.
When Mexico's berry sector gathered for the annual Aneberries congress in early August, the mood was buoyant and rightly so. The outlook for Mexican berries is bright, with all four fruits - blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries - experiencing strong export growth.
Mexico's Oscar-nominated actress Yalitza Aparicio and computer programmer Paola Villarreal were on the BBC's list of the 100 Most Inspiring and Influential Women for 2019. To determine who would make the list, the BBC asked: 'What would the future look like if it were driven by women?'
Mexico's Senate will vote on a bill that will fully legalize marijuana by the end of the month, Senator Ricardo Monreal said in an interview on Monday. He added that, if approved by the Senate and passed by the lower house, the bill would be enacted without delay.
If you are traveling to Mexico at the end of this month, you will literally be going back in time. That's right, Daylight Saving Time 2019 officially ends for most of Mexico at 2 am on Sunday, Oct. 27, while US citizens will not set their clocks back until 2 am on Sunday, Nov. 3.
Mexico City will invest almost 4 billion pesos in an elevated trolleybus that will connect the Metro stops of Constitución de 1917 on Line 8 and Santa Marta on Line A. The new bus line will benefit around 160,000 people in Iztapalapa and nearby municipalities who work in central Mexico City.
Cubico Sustainable Investments, a global investor in renewable energy backed by two of Canada's largest pension funds, recently announced that one wind park and one solar farm, with a combined capacity of 600 MW, have become operational in Mexico.
