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04/06/2022
Katya Echazarreta se convirtió este sábado en la primera mujer nacida en México en viajar al espacio. La joven originaria de Guadalajara y ciudadana estadounidense participa en una misión de la empresa Blue Origin.
“Quiero dedicarle este vuelo al espacio a mi país y a toda la comunidad latinoamericana. Mi deseo es que veas esta misión, creas en ti y sepas que puedes ser el próximo”, dijo en un video publicado en redes sociales.
The quantity of water stolen daily is equivalent to 100 pipas of 10,000 liters each
Date: May 10th, 2022
Source: Mexico News Daily
Any resource that runs through government-owned pipelines – petroleum, LP gasand even water – is fair game for Mexican thieves.
According to authorities in Ecatepec, México state, 1 million liters of water are being stolen every day in the municipality, which adjoins the northeastern Mexico City borough of Gustavo A. Madero.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An auditor’s third report on a deadly Mexico City metro accident last year for the first time identified maintenance shortcomings as one of four causes of the collapse of the rail overpass, according to an unpublished version of the study seen by Reuters.
Date: May 10th, 2022
Source: US News
A Mexico City official familiar with the document confirmed the authenticity of the report by Norwegian firm DNV, which was produced at the behest of the city’s government to determine the cause of the crash that killed 26 people.
It was meant to be the last of the auditor’s three reports since the May 3, 2021, crash on the Line 12 metro service, and it was the first one to cite maintenance as a main cause, according to a Reuters review of the studies published by the city.
MEXICO CITY, May 9 (Reuters) – A Mexican official overseeing an investigation of an incident in which two aircraft nearly crashed on a runway at the country’s main airport said on Monday operations at the over-stretched facility would be reduced by 25%.
Date: May 10th, 2022
Source: Reuters
A video of the Saturday near-miss at Mexico City International Airport showed one plane coming in to land just over another one waiting to take off on the same runway.
Deputy Transport Minister Rogelio Jimenez Pons said he was concerned about a number recent air safety incidents.
MEXICO CITY, April 18 (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s plan to increase state control of power generation was defeated in parliament on Sunday, as opposition parties united in the face of a bill they said would hurt investment and breach international obligations.
Date: April 18th, 2022
Source: Reuters
His National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and its allies fell nearly 60 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed in the 500-seat lower house of Congress, mustering just 275 votes after a raucous session that lasted more than 12 hours.
Seeking to roll back previous constitutional reforms that liberalized the electricity market, Lopez Obrador’s proposed changes would have done away with a requirement that state-owned Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) sell the cheapest electricity first, allowing it to sell its own electricity ahead of other power companies.
Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican lawmakers rejected constitutional electricity reforms at the center of diplomatic tensions with the United States, in a blow to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who accused his opponents Monday of betraying the nation.
Date: April 18th, 2022
Source: France24
Lopez Obrador promoted the changes to strengthen the state-owned electricity provider and roll back the effects of liberalization under previous governments that he says benefited private companies.
But his plans alarmed the United States and Canada, prompting warnings that Mexico is in danger of violating its trade commitments by favoring state-run entities heavily dependent on fossil fuels.
The Mexican navy’s unofficial policy is to ‘ask fishermen to move their nets without forcing them’
Date: April 14th, 2022
Source: Mexico News Daily
The Mexican government’s erratic approach to saving the vaquita marina porpoise in Gulf of California has only furthered the critical threat illegal fishing poses for the species.
After years of collaboration with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to combat illegal fishing, the Mexican government announced the birth of two vaquitas in early April. Both the nongovernmental organization and the Mexican navy credit their thorough patrols of the area for the small sign of recovery.
The court couldn’t muster the supermajority needed to revoke key provisions
Date: April 8th, 2022
Source: Mexico News Daily
The Supreme Court (SCJN) has confirmed that the most important articles of a controversial electricity law can be implemented, delivering a ruling that is a significant victory for President López Obrador in his quest to reform Mexico’s energy sector.
The Electricity Industry Law (LIE), which gives power generated by the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) priority on the national grid over that produced by private and renewable energy companies, was passed by Congress in March 2021.
‘To support the murderers … is to participate in their crimes,’ she said
Date: March 25th, 2022
Source: Mexico News Daily
Ukraine’s ambassador to Mexico has slammed lawmakers who joined a Mexico-Russia friendship group, asserting that expressing support for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he commands the invasion of her homeland is to “participate in a crime.”
A group of deputies formally established the friendship group on Wednesdayat an event attended by Russian Ambassador Viktor Koronelli.
Transportation infrastructure is still lacking
Date: March 11th, 2022
Source: Mexico News Daily
Only four airlines will initially use the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), which will open north of Mexico City later this month, and the only international flight will be to and from Caracas, Venezuela.
Volaris, VivaAerobús and Aeroméxico will operate four flights each per day between the army-built AIFA and other Mexican airports starting March 21, while Venezuelan state-owned airline Conviasa announced it will fly to and from Caracas once a week on Mondays, although at present its website is only accepting bookings for March 21.
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