Candidates spar in Mexico's first presidential debate ahead of June 2 election
In Mexico’s first presidential debate ahead of June 2 elections, former Mexico City Mayor and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum appeared comfortable with her lead, remaining calm amid ex-Senator Xóchitl Gálvez’s personal attacks.
Mexico's presidential candidates promise security or continuity as campaigns officially begin
Tens of thousands of people packed a stadium in a violence-torn Mexico state while even more did so in Mexico City’s central square as the country’s leading presidential candidates officially kicked off their campaigns.
Mexico is likely to get its first female president after top parties choose 2 women as candidates
With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will have for the first time two women from its main political powers competing for the presidency.
Con votos o con balas, cárteles también participan en elecciones mexicanas; van 79 políticos asesinados
En México las elecciones se ganan con votos, pero también a balazos. El caso más reciente es el asesinato a balazos de Abel Murrieta, candidato a la alcaldía de Cajeme, un municipio al sur del estado fronterizo de Sonora, pero no es el único: a menos de un mes para las votaciones, suman 79 políticos asesinados, así como 119 personas cercanas a ellos.
México supera un millón de contagios de COVID-19 confirmados
Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. “He tenido discusiones en la calle acerca de ‘Oye, ponte por favor tu cubrebocas’, y gente que me pone de argumento que el presidente no lo usa. Tiene mucha influencia en la población nuestro presidente”. Eso ha sido un rasgo característico del gobierno de López Obrador: no ceder nunca, no cambiar nunca de rumbo, y reafirmarse ante los desafíos. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press.
Mexico City closes bars, limits eateries as virus cases rise
A healthcare worker collects a sample to test for the new coronavirus inside a mobile diagnostic tent, in the Coyoacan district of Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Mexico City announced Friday it will order bars closed for two weeks after the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 rose to levels not seen since August. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY – Mexico City announced Friday it will order bars closed for two weeks after the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 rose to levels not seen since August. The city closed nightclubs and bars in the spring, but later allowed some to re-open as restaurants. Mexico City has seen about 175,000 cases and at least 12,279 deaths from the virus.
Brazen ambush of Mexico police chief leaves few options
The Jalisco gang is also suspected in that attack. “Now we have given great importance to intelligence," López Obrador said. López Obrador said this month that he ordered the release to avoid more bloodshed. At the time, López Obrador pushed aside criticism that it was a sign of weakness that organized crime would continue to exploit. There are also nearly a dozen pending extraditions of Jalisco gang associates, Buscaglia said.
Mexico City to increase virus testing in break from feds
Mexican artisans block Paseo de la Reforma as they protest in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)MEXICO CITY Mexico City pledged Wednesday to start mass testing to reach 100,000 tests per month by July, while the federal government appeared to stick by its policy of administering very few tests during the coronavirus pandemic. While the capital has by far the most cases in Mexico, there are other hot spots. On Wednesday, federal Assistant Health Secretary Hugo Lpez-Gatell lavished praise on the Mexico City plan, calling it extremely relevant, promising and one of the most opportune efforts taken to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The predictions were overtaken by waves of cases, Lpez-Gatell said.
Mayor says Mexico City will begin gradual reopening June 1
(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MEXICO CITY Even as Mexico saw its largest one-day death toll, Mexico City announced Wednesday it will begin a gradual reopening June 1. Authorities predicted the pandemic is nearing its peak in Mexico City, but hospitals in the capital are already about three-quarters full. As of Tuesday night, Mexico City reported more than 15,000 confirmed coronavirus infections and nearly 1,500 deaths. Despite it all, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico City will begin a gradual reopening June 1, when some sectors of the economy would be allowed to resume operations. City death records reported by an anti-corruption watchdog group suggested the death toll could be three times as high in the capital.
Mexico City coronavirus deaths triple official toll, group says
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)MEXICO CITY – A registry of death certificates in Mexico City suggests there were 4,577 cases where doctors mentioned coronavirus or COVID-19 as a possible or probable cause of death, more than three times the official death toll in the city. The federal government acknowledges only 1,332 confirmed deaths in Mexico City since the pandemic began, less than a third as many as the investigation revealed. The additional 3,245 deaths in Mexico City, if they are confirmed or added to official counts, would push the national death toll from the 5,666 reported by federal officials Monday to 8,911. But Mexico City, with 9 million residents, has been the hardest hit area of the country, and where official death counts have been subject to the greatest questioning. But it noted that official counts showed only 1,060 coronavirus deaths during that March 18-May 12 period.
Civic group: Mexico City virus deaths 3 times those reported
(AP Photo/Christian Palma)MEXICO CITY A registry of death certificates in Mexico City suggests there were 4,577 cases where doctors mentioned coronavirus or COVID-19 as a possible or probable cause of death, more than three times the official death toll in the city. The federal government acknowledges only 1,332 confirmed deaths in Mexico City since the pandemic began, less than a third as many as the investigation revealed. The anti-corruption group Mexicans Against Corruption said in a report Monday that it got access to a database of death certificates issued in Mexico City between March 18 and May 12. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has acknowledged there are more deaths than have officially been reported, and has said a special commission will review the death figures. Mexico City, with about 9 million residents, has been the worst hit part of the country.