A commission of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement is calling on Mexico to respond to allegations that it hasn’t adequately protected a critically endangered porpoise in the Sea of Cortez.

Sonora’s new governor was sworn into office Monday. During his first public address in office, he slammed previous leaders as corrupt and ineffective, and promised to bring major changes to the state.

It’s been seven years since a major mining spill in neighboring Sonora, Mexico, dumped millions of gallons of toxic waste into Sonoran waterways. Now, a group of researchers are out with a new report asking for more work to be done to monitor the damage.

Sonora’s incoming governor has announced the appointees to important cabinet positions. A historic number of those posts will be held by women.

Parents, teachers, health experts and politicians around the world have been grappling for more than a year now over how to educate children during a pandemic. In Mexico, the only option for the vast majority of students was distance learning on TV, radio and the internet, until last week, when classrooms across the country reopened for the first time.
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Mexico has not opened up its vaccination campaign to people under 18, so some families are going through the courts to secure vaccines for their children. Now, the president is casting doubts on their motives.

The United States and Mexico have signed a new agreement focused on combatting discrimination against Mexican and Mexican-American workers in the United States.

Mexico’s Senate has unanimously passed a new law banning animal testing for cosmetics. That makes Mexico the 41st country to institute a ban on animal testing for beauty products — the first in North America and the third in Latin America.

Schools across Mexico reopened for in-person classes Monday for the first time in more than a year. But attendance was sparse in neighboring Sonora, Mexico.