By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican onion exporters took a big hit when the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning on Wednesday, Oct. 20, saying that fresh whole red, white and yellow onions from the northern state of Chihuahua were responsible for a salmonella outbreak that has impacted 37 U.S. states and sickened at least 600 people
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s total exports amounted to $39.632 billion in August, representing a drop of 4.58 percent compared to the previous month, its biggest drop in 15 months, according to seasonally adjusted data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). The nation’s imports also decreased in August to $42.829 billion, down 3.36 percent compared
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite repeated promises by the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) that the country will be self-sufficient in the production of corn — Mexico’s main grain — by the end of his six-year term, halfway through his sexenio, the nation continues to import more than a third of its maize demands.
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By KELIN DILLON Thanks to a nasty freeze in the north of Mexico at the beginning of the year (which brought a whole lot of other trouble along with it) and a long-lasting countrywide drought, more than 360,000 hectares of Mexico’s crop output were ruined in the first six months of 2021, approximately four times the amount lost in the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS A long-term drought has struck more than two-thirds of Mexico’s farmlands, and environmentalists are warning that the situation is only going to get worse in the weeks ahead due to soaring temperatures, severe crop damage and impending water supply shortages. But as experts desperately try to sound the alarm that climate change is already taking a toll
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The Mexican Government’s Support for Farmers
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As of the end of 2020, Mexico is now the world’s largest exporter of strawberries, displacing Spain for the very first time in more than two decades- According to the Mexican Secretariat of the Economy, the country’s international strawberry sales totaled $851 million in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 12.4 percent. In that same
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By KYLIE MADRY Domestic, Sexual Violence Continue to Rise Domestic and sexual violence are on the rise for the 5th straight month in Mexico, according to statistics released by the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP) Sunday, Oct. 25. In September, 20,087 criminal complaints were filed for domestic violence. That’s the second highest month this year, after
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By KYLIE MADRY Dr. AMLO’s In Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) reported testing negative for covid-19 Wednesday, Oct. 21, following positive cases among several of his cabinet members over the past week. He threw in his two cents at his morning press conference, telling Mexicans to eat healthy to avoid catching the virus. “Don’t eat in excess, don’t
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