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Sargassum seaweed levels begin to drop in Quintana Roo after record peak

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Sargassum is beginning to recede from Quintana Roo beaches after peaking in June and July, but the Mexican Caribbean remains on track for one of its worst years on record. The decline began this month and should become more pronounced in September and October, Esteban Amaro Mauricio, hydrobiologist and director of the Quintana Roo Sargassum Monitoring Network, said this week. The arrival of the seaweed has been erratic, however. Tulum and Mahahual still have major accumulations while Playa del Carmen has seen less. Puerto Morelos, recently clear, received a significant influx this week. At the beginning of this month, 30 beaches in northern Quintana Roo alone were on red alert for excessive sargassum. Amaro said the network’s latest monitoring report put 22 of the state’s northern beaches in red, 17 in orange, 13 in yellow, 45 in green and three free of the algae. Tonnes on Quintana Roo beaches Conditions had improved less in the south, where 30 beaches remained on red alert, wi...
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Trump administration strips AMLO’s son of his US visa

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The U.S. government revoked the visa of Andrés Manuel López Beltrán on Thursday, prompting the son of the former Mexican president to publish an aggressively worded   letter to President Donald Trump on social media. In the letter, López Beltrán (often referred to as “Andy” by Mexican media) went on the offensive, calling the decision “politically motivated and propagandistic, in the Hitlerian style.” He also dismissed the impact of the action, saying he has no problem not visiting the U.S. during times of “hate, racism and drug addiction.” Andy insisted there is “no reason whatsoever” for the “crude and perverse act of villainy” against him, declaring that he is guided by “the ideals, principles and honesty instilled in me by my parents and practiced out of conviction in my political work.” The letter also speculated that Trump could be unaware of the decision, saying that if the U.S. president were aware then it is an “arrogant” action and “demonstrates, as my father recently wro...
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Mexico has a trash-dumping problem. Could this new clean-up project from Monterrey be the fix?

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You see it across Mexico — on roadways, over vacant lots and along waterways.  But a new project aims to create a model that could help cities tackle the nation’s illegal trash-dumping problem. In the northern state of Nuevo León, a Tecnológico de Monterrey project is testing whether data, cleanup campaigns and community participation can turn one trash-strewn stream into a model for urban restoration. One of the first orders of business in a massive cleanup job is to know what it is that you’re trying to get rid of. In the case of the Arroyo Seco-San Augustín waterway, plastics make up more than 70% of the debris, with textiles, tires and construction rubble making up most of the rest. (Tecnológico de Monterrey) The Arroyo Vivo initiative focuses on the 13-kilometer Arroyo Seco-San Agustín, a waterway where several sections have become illegal dumping grounds. The stream begins in the mountains above Monterrey and flows through the city before joining the La Silla River. Dur...
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Sheinbaum, Goldman Sachs executive discuss Plan México investment at high-level meeting

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Details surrounding Mexico’s ambitious goals of becoming the world’s 10th largest economy were tabled at a Tuesday meeting between President Claudia Sheinbaum and Golden Sachs president John E. Waldron. Plan México , the government’s flagship national economic and industrial policy, seeks to create 1.5 million new jobs, reduce imports from Asia, raise total investment to over 25% of GDP, alleviate poverty and create more specialized jobs. The plan also aims to see the Mexican economy soar from the 15th largest in the world to enter the top 10.  En Palacio Nacional, recibí al presidente y director de operaciones de Goldman Sachs, John E. Waldron, y a su equipo; conversamos sobre la percepción favorable de nuestro país en los mercados internacionales y las buenas oportunidades de inversión que brinda el Plan México. pic.twitter.com/bjszVRcLxM — Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) August 12, 2026 The high-level meeting between President Sheinbaum, senior executive Waldron and M...
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Avocado operations fully resume in Michoacán after export pause

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U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson on Wednesday announced the full resumption of official U.S. government activities — including the processing of avocado exports — in the state of Michoacán. In a social media post, Johnson said that security measures implemented by the Mexican government led to a positive evaluation of conditions on site, though officials will continue to monitor the situation and adjust operations as needed. Avocado growing may be a rural, even pastoral, enterprise, but the processing for export requires modern facilities and state-of-the-art equipment. (Adeac) “I commend the Government of Mexico, particularly its Security Cabinet, for the actions and close coordination that made this full and efficient resumption possible,” he said. “Our priority remains the safety of U.S. personnel and the people of Michoacán.” The U.S. — which absorbs more than 80 percent of Mexican avocado production — had suspended avocado imports from Michoacán on Aug. 5 due to uns...
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Mexico in Numbers: How do Mexicans spend their time?

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Every five years, the national statistics agency INEGI conducts a National Survey on Time Use (ENUT). The most recent survey was conducted at more than 32,000 homes in 2024. The results of the survey were published in August 2025. In this week’s “Mexico in Numbers” article, we look at some of the key results. Reading about how Mexicans spend their days and weeks may seem uninteresting on the surface. But some of the ENUT results might just surprise you! And, after all, how we spend our time is how we live our lives. * N.B. — Males and females aged 12 and over participated in the 2024 ENUT.  How many hours do Mexicans work per week?  On average, Mexicans spend 59.6 hours per week performing paid and unpaid work, including domestic chores, care work and volunteer work. In other words, Mexicans spend around 35% of their time each week working. On average, women work 61.1 hours per week while men work 58 hours per week. On average, women spend 39.7 hours per week...
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Ángel Aguirre, ex-Guerrero governor, ordered to stand trial for alleged part in the Ayotzinapa abductions

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A judge has ordered former Guerrero Governor Ángel Aguirre to stand trial over his alleged involvement in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from the Atoyzinapa Rural Teachers College. Aguirre, governor of Guerrero from 2011 until his resignation around a month after the students disappeared in Iguala, Guerrero, on Sept. 26, 2014, was arrested in México state last week . 🚨Videos clave del caos Ayotzinapa no desaparecieron por un error técnico, según FGR. Esto fue lo que presuntamente destruyó Ángel Aguirre. pic.twitter.com/6YjhgPylFp — Aristegui Noticias (@AristeguiOnline) August 7, 2026 While governor, he is alleged to have ordered the concealment and destruction of security camera video footage that showed a bus on which the Ayotzinapa students were traveling at the time it was stopped by police in Iguala. The students disappeared after police allegedly handed them over to members of a local crime gang. All 43 young men were presumably murdered, although the remains of just...
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