Mexiconews

Bilateral communications were front and center in Mexico the week of Sept. 7, with developments running the gamut from encouraging to combative. U.S. President Donald Trump’s remark that Mexico has “nothing” the United States needs beyond “hot tamales” and “tomatoes” caught fire over the weekend, unleashing a fresh round of provocations from Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the days that followed. Among Mexico’s US $61B in exports to the U.S. are vehicles, auto parts, machinery, medical devices, AI servers, alcoholic beverages and fresh food, including tomatoes. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley) Mexico, however, continued to highlight trade and security collaboration with its northern neighbor, though the PISA test results and next year’s midterm elections sparked more conversations at home. Meanwhile, the annual inflation rate ticked up to 3.26% — as expected according to Banxico, w...

Mexico City is having a long-overdue and well-deserved moment in the spotlight. People from all over the world of all ages are discovering the city and everything it has to offer. Entire neighborhoods are being influenced and transformed by the influx of new foreign residents and tourists. Some locals lament the changes, others celebrate them. We had one of our local CDMX writers reflect on it here. As of late, I now hear from several people a week who have just visited the city for the first time and were blown away by how awesome it is. I can’t help but smile. When I first visited the city over 30 years ago, it was love at first sight — the history, the energy, the people, the contrasts. I would always tell people that it was one of my very favorite cities in the world and have gushed about it in articles and podcasts: When did Mexico City get so cool? A perspective from our CEO Podcast: Confidently Wrong about Mexico City The team at Mexico News Daily is excited to annou...

Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that people with personal recreational cannabis authorizations can now make marijuana-infused edibles for their own personal use — but people still cannot legally buy or sell them. The ruling — which applies to gummies, brownies and other homemade edibles laced with cannabis — expands what the Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) must allow under an authorization for adult recreational self-consumption. If you can make a THC-laced gummy, you (and only you) can enjoy it, according to a recent Mexican Supreme Court ruling that allows cannabis edibles for authorized recretational marijuana users. (Elsa Olofsson / Unsplash) The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) said incorporating marijuana or THC into prepared or semi-prepared food for personal consumption is ordinary cooking, not the manufacture of a product subject to specialized health controls. The ruling, approved by a 7-2 vote and issued on Thursday, o...

Mexico has a new ally as it decides how classrooms across the country will use artificial intelligence. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has agreed to support the Public Education Ministry (SEP) with technical assistance, teacher training and research into how to responsibly use AI and other new technologies. Education Minister Mario Delgado Carrillo and UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences Lidia Arthur Brito signed the letter of intent on Monday at Mexico City’s Muralism Museum (the historic headquarters of the SEP). The agreement aims to drive the digital transformation of education in Mexico and guide the safe and inclusive use of AI in classrooms. El cambio tecnológico avanza a pasos gigantescos, pero su impacto en el bienestar de nuestras niñas, niños y jóvenes requiere atención inmediata. Hoy, más del 70% de las y los docentes detecta problemas de ansiedad e insomnio en sus alumnos, el 66% nota dificultades e...

Education Minister Mario Delgado on Wednesday addressed the low scores earned by Mexican students in the latest international PISA evaluation test by blaming “the excessive use of cell phones and computer screens.” Speaking in Mexico City during the opening of National Days of Traditional Games, Delgado expressed doubt that the results amount to a comprehensive evaluation of the Mexican educational system, though he did concede that the sample was “statistically representative.”  Delgado was blunt about the role that screens play in Mexican 15-year-olds’ poor reading test scores: “Screens make it easy to ‘read’ or consume images, and [therefore] teenagers find it difficult to read more complex and longer texts.” (SEP / Facebook) “The low reading comprehension scores can be explained by the fact that screens make it easy to ‘read’ or consume images, and teenagers find it difficult to read more complex and longer texts,” he said. Mexico ranked 64th out of 91 countries eval...

Mexico’s annual inflation rate rose slightly in August compared to July, ending a four-month streak of declines. The national statistics agency INEGI reported Wednesday that the annual headline inflation rate was 3.26% in August, up from 3.12% in July . Month-over-month inflation was 0.20% in August, while the annual core rate, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was 3.88%, down from 3.95% in July. Both the annual headline rate and the core rate came in just below the median estimates of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg . The increase in Mexico’s annual headline rate came after inflation slowed on a month-over-month basis in each of April, May, June and July. The headline rate thus fell from 4.59% in March to 3.12% in July, a decline of 1.47 percentage points. During the same period, the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points on two occasions, lowering it to 6.75% in March and 6.50% in May . The central bank, which targets 3% i...

Low-pressure troughs and Tropical Wave 37 were baking large swaths of Mexico on Thursday, even as the Mexican monsoon was dumping heavy amounts of rain over much of the rest of the country. The Pacific Coast states received the brunt of the storm system, although the Gulf-side municipality of Coatzacoalcos suffered extensive flooding after being pounded by an intense storm on Wednesday. A map issued Thursday by the National Meteorological Service shows clearly where Mexico’s hot spots are, keeping in mind that 38 C equals 100 F. The Pacific Coast states indicated in the map as experiencing ultra-high temperatures may also be getting heavy rain. (SMN) Cooler temperatures are expected on Friday, but for Thursday the National Meteorological Service (SMN) issued a heat alert for residents in north and northwestern Mexico. Temperatures above 45 C (113 F) were forecast for parts of Baja California and Sonora, with temperatures between 40-45 C (104-113 F) in parts of Sinaloa, Coahuila...