VSZ-20, the Mexican ventilator developed for COVID-19 patients
MEXICO – Given the growing demand for ventilators for COVID-19 patients, biomedical engineers from the National Institute of Medical Sciences…
San Diego may not see fast rebound of air travel
SAN DIEGO – San Diego’s airport has suffered as the COVID-19 pandemic discourages people from flying in airplanes. A new…
California allows most counties to reopen hair salons and barbershops
CALIFORNIA – California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that the state’s counties will be allowed to reopen hair salons and barber…
Texas economy could lose US$24 billion due to oil prices
The downturn in the U.S. oil industry could lead to more than US$24 billion of lost GDP for Texas alone,…
Texas amusement parks hoping to reopen soon
TEXAS – With the summer travel season getting under way, Texas tourism leaders are working with the governor’s office to…
Mexico’s foreign trade drops 41%
MEXICO – Mexican exports plummeted 41% annually in April, their biggest decline in 34 years, in the face of the…
Canaero calls on Mexicans traveling during the next months
MEXICO – The National Chamber of Air Transport (Canaero) called on people interested in traveling in the coming months to…
Fiat Chrysler restarts operations in Mexico
MEXICO – Fiat Chrysler reopened its two plants in Toluca after it gradually had reactivated its operations at its Saltillo…
BORDERNOW June 2020
Laredo begins economic recovery with high hotel occupancy
25 May, 2020LAREDO – During March and April of this year, hotel occupancy in Laredo remained at an average of 41.9%, surpassing…
Retail sales grew 5.5% in March in Chihuahua
25 May, 2020CHIHUAHUA – While nationally retail sales presented an annual fall of 1.1% during March, the state of Chihuahua recorded an…
Exports from Ciudad Juarez to the United States rose in March
25 May, 2020CIUDAD JUAREZ – In the midst of a lack of Chinese inputs faced by the maquiladora industry last March, Ciudad…
Hotel industry in Juarez does not have a reopening date
25 May, 2020CIUDAD JUAREZ – The difficult outlook facing the hotel sector in Ciudad Juarez could be aggravated by the fact that…
Mexico’s economy will contract 10% this year, predicts BofA
25 May, 2020MEXICO – The Bank of America Securities (BofA) expects Mexico’s economy to contract 10% this year. This figure is worse…
Grupo Aeromexico to add 33 international frequencies in June
25 May, 2020MEXICO – During the month of June, Grupo Aeromexico will add 33 weekly frequencies on its international routes in some…
Nissan Mexicana resumes operations in Aguascalientes
25 May, 2020AGUASCALIENTES – Today Nissan announced that it is preparing to gradually resume its operations in Mexico under strict security measures…
Small Businesses Buckle Under Shutdown
25 May, 2020By Nancy J. Gonzalez With the world’s busiest land port deserted, dozens of small business owners in Tijuana and San…
Border Economy Slow Recovery From Pandemic
25 May, 2020By Nancy J. Gonzalez Even though the supply chains around the globe are restoring little by little, the economic effects…
