President López Obrador and Dr. López-Gatell disagree

President López Obrador and Dr. López-Gatell disagree

During the past week, health authorities reported the highest COVID-19 contagion numbers since the pandemic started, although we know the results are delayed for weeks. Since the country went through an earthquake and was shocked after Mexico City Security Minister Omar García Harfuch was attacked, no-one noticed the disagreement between President López Obrador and Dr. López-Gatell : while López Obrador affirms Mexican people have set an example to the rest of the world, Hugo López-Gatell confirmed people didn’t follow preventive measures . Moreover, the epidemiologist was upset when the media reminded him that he said the epidemic could be over in Mexico City by June 25; nevertheless, he did mention that it would be over by this day if people followed stay-at-home orders . So Mexicans didn’t follow preventive measures and now there are 26,000 fatalities.

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Why is the CNDH staying silent?

The National Human Rights Commission , led by Rosario Piedra Ibarra, condemned the violent discourse, misogynistic comments, and the threats used by Chiapas’ Health Minister, José Manuel Cruz Castellanos , against a reporter. Nevertheless, the CNDH has yet to address the comments made by Public Administration Minister Irma Eréndira Sandoval and her husband John Ackerman, after a journalist questioned them over the properties they have accumulated over the years. The couple branded their critics “media gunmen,” and the expression was condemned by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Committee to Protect Journalists. So why is the CNDH staying silent?

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Candelaria Ochoa will resign soon

Although it is not official yet, everything indicates Candelaria Ochoa will leave the National Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence Against Women ( Conavim ) next week. Sources inside the federal government said that several issues are pushing Ochoa to resign : the lack of results in the fight against gender violence, the difficult relationship with other government departments, and the complaints of national and international organizations against her work.

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Mexico will repatriate 500 urns

After hundreds of Mexicans died of COVID-19 , the wait might be over for the families. We’ve been told that next weekend, Mexican authorities are expected to send an airplane to New York to transport over 500 urns back to Mexico. Thew families who want to send the urn to Mexico and have the necessary paperwork have until July 2 to bring the urn to the Mexican consulate in New York.

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