Tag: "swine flu outbreak"
Money from Mexican migrants to Mexico continues to fall
The money that Mexicans living abroad send home to their families here in Mexico fell again in May, in what the Associated Press calls the biggest monthly decline on record. “Money sent home by Mexicans working abroad fell by 19.9 percent in May, the biggest monthly decline on record as the U.S. recession slashed jobs. [...]
Mexico City museums ask for help after influenza
Visits to some of Mexico City’s museums have fallen by as much as 90% since the outbreak of the H1N1 virus last month that prompted a near shutdown of numerous facilities
Taxi-driver conspiracy theory on swine flu outbreak
If you’ve spent any time in Mexico, especially Mexico City, then you’ll be acquainted with Mexicans’ love of conspiracy theory.
Video: Swine flu outbreak brings quiet to Mexico City
– Deborah Bonello in Mexico City for La Plaza.
Visual artist's work is fitting during flu outbreak
Mexican-Canadian visual artist Alec Dempster, who lives in Xalapa in the state of Veracruz, got in touch to send us some images of his that are part of a series called “Toxic Love.”
Video: Mexico City restaurant business battered by swine flu
Fonda Garufa, a restaurant in the trendy Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, is feeling the effects of the swine flu outbreak.
Reactions in Mexican times of swine flu
The Internet really comes into its own during these times of swine flu. Here in Mexico, as many people sit out the crisis at home the Web is where many of them turn to express their feelings and stay in touch with what’s going on in the real world.
Photo-blogging swine flu
Deanna Dent is an American photographer currently in Mexico City documenting what’s going on at ground level.
Track the swine flu outbreak on Google Maps
Well, as usual, Google is ahead of the game. You can watch the cases of swine flu outbreak around the world pop up here on Google Maps….
Hospitals are my new Mexico City hangout
Over the course of the last three days I have been to five hospitals. I was expecting to find lines of people, all of them coughing into their government-issued face masks, winding around the block. Not so.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse in Mexico…
then Mexico gets hit by a 6.0 earthquake!
Filming the knock-on effects of swine fly in Mexico City Sunday
I was out shooting all day in downtown Mexico City Sunday, trying to get a sense of how the swine flu outbreak is affecting local businesses.
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