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This week, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced he had good news: his government reached a deal with business and labor representatives to implement a 20% minimum wage hike starting on Jan. 1.
Dec. 1, 2022
A constitutional reform allowing the Mexican military to remain on the country’s streets for an additional four years will move forward after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled against an appeal to the change.
Nov. 30, 2022
By early next year, Sonoran officials say the coastal municipality of Guaymas, which has long struggled with a collapsing sewage system and spotty access to drinking water, will take control of its own water operations.
Nov. 30, 2022
The United States' agriculture secretary said the U.S. would pursue legal remedies available through the USMCA trade deal if a resolution is not reached.
Nov. 29, 2022
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the decision came after successful pushback from opposition parties.
Nov. 29, 2022
Security Secretary Maria Dolores del Rio also said that Sonora's state police officers could be the best paid in the country as soon as next year.
Nov. 28, 2022
Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador called for his march after a major mobilization against an electoral reform he is pushing.
Nov. 28, 2022
Mangroves are considered one of the planet’s most important ecosystems. But they are disappearing world wide because of threats including climate change, urban development and other human activities. So, an Indigenous conservation group is working to protect some of the northernmost mangroves on the North American continent.
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Nov. 23, 2022
Gov. Alfonso Durazo also participated in a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding between the Mexican embassy and Arizona State University.
Nov. 22, 2022
For several years, Caborca has been an epicenter of violence in the state, but through the end of September, 117 murder cases had been registered in the city, the highest figure for that period since at least 2015.
Nov. 21, 2022
Soberana is the second Cuban vaccine to be approved for emergency use in Mexico, and one of about a dozen in total.
Nov. 21, 2022
With the holiday season upon us, leaders in Sonora are taking a new tack this year: encouraging people traveling long distances to the U.S. border to stay in Hermosillo for a night.
Nov. 21, 2022
A recent federal court decision to end a policy of returning would-be asylum seekers to Mexico has been welcome news among Venezuelans stranded in Mexico.
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Nov. 21, 2022
A search and rescue dog who gained fame in Mexico after a major earthquake in 2017 has died. The yellow Labrador Retriever became a national symbol of hope.
Nov. 18, 2022
He plans for the march to end in Mexico City's massive central plaza, where he will give his state of the union address.
Nov. 18, 2022
Tour operators in neighboring Sonora are trying to come to an agreement with communal landowners near the El Pinacate biosphere reserve after blockades have cut off entrance to key areas.
Nov. 17, 2022
Mexico’s president is moving forward undeterred with a controversial proposal to reform the country’s election system, and says there could be more than one way to achieve those changes.
Nov. 16, 2022
During a visit to the border in Sonora, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico touted binational cooperation, and the importance of Arizona and Sonora to that cross-border relationship.
Nov. 16, 2022
Backers of the Downtown Hermosillo project hope to turn the city's center into a more inclusive, sustainable and bike- and pedestrian-friendly space.
Nov. 15, 2022
Mexico's president, who supports the reforms, was dismissive of the protests, and claimed they were poorly attended.
Nov. 14, 2022