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Alamos, Sonora a model for COVID-19 mitigation and prevention
Municipality closes and deploys preventive measures against the virus The popular tourism destination of Alamos, Sonora has closed access to non-residents and taken widespread measures to prevent the occurrence and spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Municipal...
Sonora receives coronavirus test kits
Preparing for COVID-19 Although there have not yet been any novel coronavirus COVID-19 cases in Sonora, the state is preparing for a potential outbreak. As a first step, Sonoran media reported last week that the state health ministry can now test for the novel...
Coronavirus affects Sonoran manufacturers
International supply chain issues The coronavirus, which started last year in Wuhan City, China and has spread throughout the world, is causing global supply chain issues. And Sonora, Mexico is not immune from that problem. In an interview with El Imparcial yesterday,...
Peñasco diversifies as Chinese look to Sonora for investment
Contact with Chinese government and investors Puerto Peñasco municipal alcalde (mayor) Kiko Munro presented the potential for investment in that city at an initial December 2019 meeting with Yo Bo, the general consul of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Tijuana,...
Sonora January jobs created down 27 percent from 2019
But the state is in top 4 among job creators nationally The Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) announced that Sonora’s year-over-year job growth fell 27 percent in January, although the state was one of the leading job-creating states in the Republic of...
Tucson consul fired by Mexican foreign service
Removed for foreign service and workplace violations Tucson consul Guillermo Rivera Santos was removed from his post on February 7 following charges of partisanship in diplomatic relations and sexual harassment. Appointment Rivera Santos was appointed titular consul...
Crops damaged by cold weather in Southern Sonora
Freezing temps cause partial to complete damage The newspaper El Imparcial reported this morning that producers, irrigation districts and Sonora’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Hydraulic Resources, Fisheries (SAGARHPA) have reported that 30,000 acres (12,000...
What the US could learn from Mexico
And Arizona could learn from Sonora We recently published stories about Sonoran state government officials connecting one-on-one with needy residents; government methods and metrics for societal progress; and state government executives who were certified in...
Sonora governor connects personally with citizens
Pavlovich’s “work tours” directly benefit residents Hermosillo newspaper El Imparcial reported that Sonora Governor Claudia Pavlovich met with Sonora residents this week as she assisted in a neighborhood project in Hermosillo and went on a “work tour” of the Sonoran...
DIF director visits families in Southern Sonora
A Southern Sonora assistance tour with products and productive projects Sonora DIF Director Karina Zárate Félix toured Southern Sonora municipalities in January to connect with and provide support to local residents, according to the Sonora state government. DIF DIF,...