Mexico President tests positive for coronavirus for 3rd time
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico President tests positive for coronavirus for 3rd time

The Hindu  

Mexico’s President suspended a tour of the Yucatan peninsula on Sunday, April 23, 2023, after acknowledging he tested positive for the coronavirus, having previously suffered two bouts of COVID-19. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote in his social media accounts that “it isn’t serious.” The comment followed reports in the local press that Mr. López Obrador felt faint Sunday morning and had to cancel his tour, something his presidential spokesman denied. Mr. López Obrador, 69, who has acknowledged a history of heart problems, wrote that he would isolate for “a few days” in Mexico City. Mr. López Obrador declined to enact mandatory mask mandates and he refused to wear a mask even at the peak of the pandemic unless it was absolutely necessary, as on airline flights. That could provide a boost for the interior secretary's flagging campaign to win the presidential nomination of Mr. López Obrador’s Morena party for the 2024 elections.

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Aides’ vehicle in a convoy carrying Mexico’s next president involved in a crash that killed 1
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Aides’ vehicle in a convoy carrying Mexico’s next president involved in a crash that killed 1

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A highway accident Friday involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality. Sheinbaum’s spokesman said the advance car hit another vehicle on a highway in the northern state of Coahuila, and that one person in the other car was killed. The accident happened …

This woman is the front-runner to be Mexico’s next president
1 year, 6 months ago

This woman is the front-runner to be Mexico’s next president

LA Times  

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters in Mexico City during a rally June 15 before stepping down to enter the primary race for president. “Nothing is more contrary to the agenda of autonomy/feminine empowerment that marks a new generation of women.” The 60-year-old Sheinbaum would also be the first president from Mexico’s small Jewish community. When López Obrador was …

Mexico’s López Obrador tests positive for coronavirus for the third time
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico’s López Obrador tests positive for coronavirus for the third time

LA Times  

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has already suffered two bouts of COVID-19, has tested positive for the coronavirus again. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suspended a tour of the Yucatan peninsula Sunday after acknowledging that he tested positive for the coronavirus again, having previously suffered two bouts of COVID-19. López Obrador wrote on his social media accounts …

Mexico weathers the Omicron surge, but experts warn against complacency
2 years, 11 months ago

Mexico weathers the Omicron surge, but experts warn against complacency

LA Times  

People wait outside a pharmacy to get tested for the coronavirus in Mexico City on Jan. 10. “This variant of COVID doesn’t have the lethality, the danger of the previous variant, the so-called Delta,” a smiling President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared in a video address last week after disclosing that he had recuperated from a second bout of the …

Mexico’s President Obrador tests positive for COVID again
2 years, 11 months ago

Mexico’s President Obrador tests positive for COVID again

Al Jazeera  

The announcement came hours after the 68-year-old president spoke to journalists during a news conference without wearing a mask. Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said he tested positive for the coronavirus again amid the latest wave of infections in the country fuelled by the Omicron variant. The announcement came hours after the 68-year-old president spoke to journalists during …

Mexican president announces he has COVID-19 for 2nd time
2 years, 11 months ago

Mexican president announces he has COVID-19 for 2nd time

LA Times  

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has come down with COVID-19 again. Mexico’s president on Monday announced that he has come down with COVID-19 a second time, as coronavirus infections spike in the country and tests become scarce. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote that he tested positive after sounding hoarse at a morning news briefing. Mexico last week passed …

Mexico president tests negative after COVID illness
3 years, 11 months ago

Mexico president tests negative after COVID illness

Al Jazeera  

Lopez Obrador, who refused for months to wear a mask, was said to have suffered mild symptoms. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced he has tested negative for COVID-19, nearly two weeks after being diagnosed with the virus. Lopez Obrador, who refused for months to wear a mask or abandon his cross-country tours, was said to have suffered …

Mexico’s Lopez Obrador hopeful worst of his COVID illness is over
3 years, 11 months ago

Mexico’s Lopez Obrador hopeful worst of his COVID illness is over

Al Jazeera  

The 67-year-old leader appears in a video message from the National Palace to allay concerns about his condition. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said he was hopeful that he was through the worst of his coronavirus infection as he reappeared in a video message to the nation. Lopez Obrador said that while in isolation he continues to work …

Mexicans want more info while president out with COVID-19
3 years, 11 months ago

Mexicans want more info while president out with COVID-19

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And it didn't go over well when Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell said later …

Mexican president works from isolation after virus test
3 years, 11 months ago

Mexican president works from isolation after virus test

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador worked from isolation Monday, a day after announcing that he tested positive for COVID-19, and was absent from his daily news conference for the first time in his two years in office. López Obrador appeared “with resolute spirit, working and looking good,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, who is also isolating …

Mexico’s president becomes latest world leader to contract Covid
3 years, 11 months ago

Mexico’s president becomes latest world leader to contract Covid

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel …

Mexico’s Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he has COVID-19
3 years, 11 months ago

Mexico’s Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he has COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

Mexican leader has rarely been seen wearing a mask and kept up his busy travel schedule despite the pandemic. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19, but that his symptoms were mild and he felt “optimistic”. “ comes at a time in Mexico when there are serious problems in dealing with the …

Three of Mexico’s most powerful men have COVID-19
3 years, 11 months ago

Three of Mexico’s most powerful men have COVID-19

LA Times  

A man reads the front page of a newspaper reporting that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has COVID-19 on Monday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 67, a center-left populist known to his legions of fans as AMLO, said on Sunday that he had tested positive for the virus and had isolated in his apartment in Mexico’s National Palace with …

Sergio Perez Says He May Have Got Coronavirus During Visit to Mom in Mexico
4 years, 5 months ago

Sergio Perez Says He May Have Got Coronavirus During Visit to Mom in Mexico

News 18  

Formula One driver Sergio Perez says he might have contracted the coronavirus during a trip to Mexico between races in Hungary and Britain. The Racing Point driver tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and will miss Sunday's race at Silverstone and another the following week at the same track while in isolation. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/9IjDKMaWy3 — Sergio Pérez July 31, 2020 …

Honduras president hospitalised for COVID-19, pneumonia
4 years, 6 months ago

Honduras president hospitalised for COVID-19, pneumonia

Al Jazeera  

Juan Orlando Hernandez announced he had tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday and said his symptoms were mild. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been hospitalised for COVID-19 and is being treated for pneumonia, a health official said on Wednesday, a day after the Central American leader’s diagnosis was revealed. While his condition is serious enough to require specialised medical …

Mexico doc visits, supports COVID-19 survivors in free time
4 years, 6 months ago

Mexico doc visits, supports COVID-19 survivors in free time

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — When Dr. Juan Antonio Salas finishes his shifts in coronavirus wards at two Mexico City public hospitals, his work is not done. The 25-year-old lung specialist volunteers his limited free time visiting patients — a 92-year-old woman who spent nearly a month intubated and lived to tell about it; a pregnant mother who saw death all around …

Mexican president defies leftist label in virus response
4 years, 7 months ago

Mexican president defies leftist label in virus response

Associated Press  

When Andrés Manuel López Obrador won Mexico’s presidency after years of agitating for change, many expected a transformative leader who would take the country to the left even as much of Latin America moved right. On Tuesday in the Yucatan capital of Merida, López Obrador said Mexico’s economy would bottom out in April, May and June, but “from July forward …

Mexican President says Trump promised 1,000 ventilators
4 years, 8 months ago

Mexican President says Trump promised 1,000 ventilators

The Hindu  

Mexico’s president said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump has promised Mexico will be able to buy 1,000 ventilators and other intensive-therapy equipment used in treating severe cases of COVID-19. Mr. Lūpez Obrador wrote in his Twitter account that Trump “guaranteed me that by the end of this month we would 1,000, and we can acquire more.” Mexico currently …

Mexico's President Greets El Chapo's Mom And Lawyer, Ignoring Coronavirus Rules
4 years, 9 months ago

Mexico's President Greets El Chapo's Mom And Lawyer, Ignoring Coronavirus Rules

NPR  

Mexico's President Greets El Chapo's Mom And Lawyer, Ignoring Coronavirus Rules Enlarge this image toggle caption Marco Ugarte/AP Marco Ugarte/AP Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador told his countrymen this weekend, in video announcements, "Don't go out into the streets unless it's for something absolutely necessary." In a video shared on social media, the president is seen in Sinaloa state …

Mexican president flouts coronavirus protocol to shake hands with mother of ‘El Chapo’
4 years, 9 months ago

Mexican president flouts coronavirus protocol to shake hands with mother of ‘El Chapo’

LA Times  

It was bad enough that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was seen shaking hands with a 92-year-old woman Sunday, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. El presidente @lopezobrador_ saludó de mano a la madre de Joaquín “El Chapo Guzmán, Consuelo Loera, durante su gira por la comunidad de Badiraguato, en Sinaloa 👉🏼 Nota: https://t.co/q07ke4dcA8 pic.twitter.com/OPFq6vcM0O — Proceso March …

Mexican President’s virus missteps come at great risk (opinion)
4 years, 9 months ago

Mexican President’s virus missteps come at great risk (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Alice Driver is a freelance journalist whose work focuses on migration, human rights and gender equality. I was upset and worried, though not surprised because, at that point, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had not yet decided to cancel any large events in Mexico due to coronavirus. Dr. Francisco Moreno, who is overseeing Covid-19 patients in one …

Why are these three presidents downplaying coronavirus warnings?
4 years, 9 months ago

Why are these three presidents downplaying coronavirus warnings?

CNN  

Mexico City CNN — Brazilians have been tricked by the media over a “little flu,” according to president Jair Bolsonaro. “Let’s continue living life normally.” People enjoy a day at the beach in Cancun, Mexico, over the weekend, despite the coronavirus pandemic. “We aren’t testing enough because there aren’t enough tests, and we do not remotely have enough beds, enough …

Mexico’s government under pressure over coronavirus response
4 years, 9 months ago

Mexico’s government under pressure over coronavirus response

Al Jazeera  

Mexico’s health system, already strained and underfunded, may not be equipped to cope with the pandemic. While authorities in major cities shut their borders, announced major lockdowns and ordered curfews in an effort to stem the global spread of the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of people flocked to a two-day music concert in Mexico and the country’s top women’s football league …

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