5:54 AM MYT MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) Light vehicle sales in Mexico plunged 28 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year, marking a nine-year low due to the novel coronavirus disease, according to official figures published on Wednesday. The automotive market sold 949,353 units last year, versus 1,317,931 vehicles in 2019, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported. It was the lowest yearly figure since 2011, when 905,893 units were sold, Inegi records showed. According to the Mexican Association of Automotive Distributors, expected sales for the Mexican market in 2021 is in the order of 1,065,000 units, which would mean an increase of 12.6 percent compared to 2020.
To the editor:
Open Letter to Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Legislature:
We appreciate the challenge of governing during a global pandemic. Instead of meeting with colleagues and constituents, we now rely on video chat, texts, emails, and phone calls. We are in an extraordinary time, where safety requires us to maintain physical distance from one another. We believe government is essential and applaud the efforts to adapt. We cannot allow this virus to grind the gears of government to a halt.
Even so, this is not the time for business as usual, especially for the Vermonters we represent. Although state leaders have strived to keep engagement up between the citizens, committees and the Administration, the 2020 session provided many examples showing major challenges to gathering necessary data and testimony to craft quality policies. The organizations listed below represent hundreds of thousands of working Vermonters. We ask that our elected leaders of all political parties fo