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Mexico, Sep 28 (EFE) .- Three years ago, the Mexican Juan Pedro Franco broke the Guinness record for the largest human being in the world, weighing almost 600 kilos on the scale, now he is a survivor of COVID-19.
New York, July 12 (EFE/EPA).- New York bid farewell to 250 Mexican "heroes" in a heartfelt ceremony at the St. Patrick's Cathedral, before the remains of Covid-19 victims in the city were transferred to their native country on a Mexican military plane, marking the largest repatriation in its history."Thanks to these 250 heroes, who are known as front liners, this city continued to function," the Mexican consul in New York, Jorge Islas Lopez, who traveled to Mexico with the urns, said at the ceremony on Saturday."They were workers who were in the first line of defense (...), whether preparing food in restaurant kitchens, working in construction, cleaning hospitals. They were the invisible and anonymous heroes who allowed all New Yorkers to stay home, and that cost us a lot, it cost us lives," he said. (Camera: ALBA VIGARAY). SHOT LIST: A MASS CELEBRATED IN ST PATRICKS CATHEDRAL HONORING THE COVID VICTIMS FROM MEXICO, IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US.SOUND BITE: CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Mexico City, Apr 18 (EFE).- Cremation without wakes for COVID-19 victims are part of the protocol that funeral homes have to comply with in Mexico City, where the novel coronavirus has so far caused 136 deaths.Jesus Rodriguez, who runs the Balbuena Funeral Home, right next to the hospital of the same name in the capital, has so far dealt with "ten or fifteen" bodies of COVID-19 patients."We review the death certificate before removing the body. And in the hospitals they are already putting a label on those who are from COVID (cases)," he said.(Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE)FOOTAGE SHOWS A FUNERARY HOME IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUNDBITES: JOSÉ JESUS RODRÍGUEZ, FUNERARY OWNER (IN SPANISH)( 00:00:10 - 00:00:35) "We tell them with a bit of calm so that they don't get bothered. They are explained why this is happening and in some way, they are aware," (00:00:39 - 00:00:54) "We review the death certificate before removing the body. And in the hospitals they are already putting a label on those who are from COVID," (00:00:58 - 00:01:32) "All the bodies that are COVID related, we give them a certain respect, because people are going through these very sad moments. We as a funeral agency support them as much as possible and give them a better service, so that they can leave in peace and it gives a certain tranquility to the relatives,"
Mexico City, Dec 4 (EFE).- Mexico's energy company Iberdrola Mexico on Wednesday launched the "Construir para Educar" project (Build to Educate), with which it will invest 80 million pesos ($4.1 million) to rebuild 50 schools affected by the 2017 earthquakes in the southern state of Oaxaca. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE).FOOTAGE SHOWING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO CITY BY THE CONFEDERATION OF INDUSTRIAL CHAMBERS OF MEXICO (CONCAMIN) DURING WHICH THE PROJECT WAS ANNOUNCED.SOUNDBITES: ENRIQUE ALBA, CEO OF IBERDROLA MEXICO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: 1.) In this project we will rebuild schools destroyed by the earthquakes (in 2017) because the priority is for children to return to school and return to school in decent conditions to learn and have a better future (00:12-00:25).2.) Real friends never leave you in good times and bad. And Iberdrola Mexico, yes, we do want to continue investing in the country, generating quality local employment, as well as social projects such as the one we present today (00:25-00:46).
Mexicans hold a minute of silence in the country’s capital to commemorate the anniversary of the 1985 and 2017 earthquakes that claimed more than 350 lives and more than 10,000 lives respectively. IMAGES
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