Mexico vaccinating young people, those most affected by 3rd Covid wave 3 minutes read
By Eduard Ribas i Admetlla
Mexico City, Jul 27 (EFE).- Mexico City on Tuesday became one of the first spots in the country to vaccinate people between 18 and 29 years old against Covid-19, those most heavily affected by the third wave of the virus, while the government is insisting that the immunization program is limiting mortality during this renewed outbreak.
“They urged me, for protection because it’s been a long time, very long for everyone and it’s a very complicated situation,” Carlos Aguilar, a recently vaccinated 22-year-old in the capital’s Campo Marte district, told EFE.
In Mexico, pot remains in legal limbo after high court ruling 3 minutes read
By Eduard Ribas i Admetlla
Mexico City, Jul 26 (EFE).- A month after the historic Mexican Supreme Court ruling that lifted the prohition on the recreational consumption of marijuana, cannabis remains in a confused legal limbo, given that such use remains a criminal offense in the Penal Code and the government still has not authorized the issuance of permits for personal consumption.
“We’re seeing a contradiction between these two laws that govern us. It’s something that’s very worrying and we have to keep demanding this change,” Zara Snapp, the cofounder of the Instituto RIA, which investigates drug policy in Mexico, told EFE in an interview on Monday.
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By Eduard Ribas i Admetlla
Mexico City, July 26 (EFE).- An apartment of a student in Mexico City has become a second home for Mexican LGBTQ youth who have been forced into homelessness because they are gay.
Ricardo had not as such planned to open the doors of his humble apartment for the sexual minorities.
But he set on the endeavor eight months ago when he began supporting people living on the street.
“I found many LGTB people are (homeless). It is something we do not pay attention to. They go unnoticed, they do not exist,” the 27-year- old said.
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Mexico betting on vaccination to overcome 3rd Covid-19 wave 3 minutes read
By Eduard Ribas i Admetlla
Mexico City, Jul 13 (EFE).- Given the evidence of a third wave of Covid-19 infections, the Mexican government on Tuesday insisted that the progress being made in its vaccination program is limiting both deaths and hospital admissions, and it passed on announcing new social restriction measures.
“Now that there is this incipient but new wave of infections, there are fewer hospitalizations and, most important of all, fewer deaths, because vaccination is moving forward,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said during his morning press conference at the National Palace.