Mexican tourism in perspective: A slow recovery

Synopsis As commented in previous Vital Signals alerts about tourism, this sector faces the most profound and most severe crisis in its modern history, characterized by the total or partial paralysis of its assets (supply shock). Also by the goods and touristic services demand contraction. All this, due to the mobility restrictions (internal and between … Read more

Economic impact in the tourism sector

Synopsis The sanitary crisis impact has permeated the business environment in tourism through its different economic activities. This situation is caused by the activities related mainly to services demanding physical presence and people mobility (both providers and petitioners). The mobility in department stores decreased 71% (April 10th, 2020) in the most critical moment of the … Read more

Anatomy of tourism in mexico

Synopsis Previous to the sanitary crisis, tourism contributed 8.7% of the Gross Domestic Product (PIB for its acronym in Spanish) in Mexico. It was the main source of currency in dollars in the Good and Services Account (24,573.2 million dollars in 2019, 2,163.9 million dollars higher than oil exports). At the same time, it employed … Read more

Regional polarization & federalism

Synopsis With the allocation process, the Mexican political system began facing new challenges, especially in jurisdictional matters. The federalism built with the long democratization process seems not to have been designed deliberately but due to the political regime changes in the country and diverse political junctures. Among the two emerged conflicts in the new federalist … Read more

In the course to a Mexican militarism

Synopsis Since 2008, an open militarization process started in Mexico. The disposition to start frontal armed combat with organized crime was taken by the then president Felipe Calderón, who reinforced the use of the Army and the Navy to perform different national security tasks, especially the ones related to the country’s public safety. Ever since, … Read more

Education: The uncertain future of a generation

Synopsis Education is one of the most influential factors in the progress and development of people and decreases conditions such as poverty, ignorance, violence, and discrimination; a mechanism that is at stake and feeds a tremendous academic concern in light of the lack of immediate planning of an uncertain future in educational matters. The signs … Read more

Human Rights, Setback

Synopsis Since years ago, there is a consensus about the severe violation of human rights in Mexico. Diverse non-governmental international organizations have documented the humanitarian crisis in the country. The very same Lopez Obrador criticized, as candidate and opponent, the Mexican state’s actions in the human rights matter and considered it the main responsible of … Read more

Poverty: A crisis without a vaccine

Synopsis The social impact resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic is devastating, and its aftermath keeps getting deeper. It is estimated that the pandemic has left 70 million poor in Mexico. Hence if we are 126 million people, more than 50% of the current population cannot find the needed resources to cover their basic needs. Unfortunately, … Read more

Discrimination & vulnerability

Synopsis The vulnerable groups in México had been in an abusive environment, and the Covid sanitary condition has propelled its enhancements. The arrival of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been te condition enough to increase the tendency or risk to suffer a different affectation (economic, physical, psychic, emotional) without being necessarily related to poverty. There are … Read more