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Mexico requires warning labels on some processed foods

by Rodrigo Cervantes

Dec 4, 2020

The "junk food" labeling warns that some foods are high in sodium, or have excessive sugars.

Esteban Pérez works in the family business: a store in Mexico City that his grandfather started decades ago. He shows a soda can with the new warning labeling in Mexico.

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Mexico's tourist industry struggles as the pandemic continues

by Rodrigo Cervantes

Nov 27, 2020

Tourists from the U.S. are the main source of foreign tourism in Mexico. Hotels there are operating at just 30% of capacity.

Tourists walk on Madero street in March in Mexico City.

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The pandemic threatens to push more people in Mexico into poverty

by Rodrigo Cervantes

Oct 1, 2020

And Mexico doesn't pay unemployment insurance.

One economic researcher says almost 1 in 5 people in the Mexican labor force have lost their jobs. Pictured: Andres Tolentino Hernandez, who lost his job at a printing workshop when the virus hit.

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In Mexico, auto industry struggles to rev up operations

by Rodrigo Cervantes

Sep 24, 2020

As the auto industry reopens, unions say they are concerned about working conditions in plants.

Auto industry activity is resuming at factories in Mexico. But, unions are concerned about working conditions.

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In Mexico, the once-thriving theater industry is in decline

by Rodrigo Cervantes

Sep 18, 2020

The vice president of the Mexican Society of Theater Producers said the industry has lost about $1 billion since theaters closed in early March.

People sit outside the closed Hidalgo Theater in Mexico City in March.

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Mexico's crumbling economy leads to border arrests, more COVID-19 fears

by Andy Uhler

Sep 10, 2020

Roughly 40% of the population of Mexico lives in poverty. The struggles were present even before COVID-19 hit.

A sign with indications to cross to the United States near El Chaparral pedestrian crossing port in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sept. 1.

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Southeastern produce growers say they need trade relief

by Emma Hurt

Aug 31, 2020

The USMCA trade agreement has not relieved their concerns about Mexican imports. The situation is dire, a Georgia blueberry farmer says.

Joe Cornelius, left, and Russ Goodman, south Georgia blueberry farmers, at Goodman’s blueberry farm in Cogdell, Georgia. Cornelius says in five years, the blueberry industry in Georgia might be done.

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Pandemic forces small farmers in Mexico to adapt

by Rodrigo Cervantes

Jul 21, 2020

Some farmers are trying to reinvent their businesses by selling in new ways.

Esteban de Jesús Durán is part of Plantas y Flores de Xochimilco, a community of decorative plant growers based south of Mexico City.

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What menudo can tell us about Mexico

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar

Mar 11, 2020

There's more to Mexican cuisine than tacos and burritos.

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U.S. basketball plays to score and win in Mexico

by Rodrigo Cervantes

Feb 18, 2020

The NBA just opened its first official store in Mexico. It’s also starting a major partnership in Mexico City.

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