U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar announced that Mexico and the United States have agreed on a course of action that identifies potential risks to inspectors and issues a coordinated response plan to said scenarios ahead of time.
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Increasing climate threats, higher agricultural and industrial demand, poor infrastructure and a rapidly growing population will exacerbate the insecurity if steps are not taken to reconcile available water supply with growing demand
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The costs in human lives and deterioration of citizens’ security in both countries cannot be overstated
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The Bajío gastronomic festival at the Cantina Palacios includes an array of traditional Bajío gastronomic specialties, carefully curated and supervised by master chef Cynthia Martínez, culinary director of La Conspiración de 1809 restaurant in Morelia, Michoacán
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Michoacán’s avocado growers would purportedly experience three to four truck thefts per day before the amped-up patrols, with many of the criminals not only electing to steal the avocado haul, but also commandeering the transport vehicle themselves
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By KELIN DILLON Throughout a 48-hour period at the beginning of the week of Feb. 14, organized crime groups and cartels operating out of Mexico’s Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range in the Michoacán region executed 27 murders in typically violent narco-style, demonstrating the clear weaponry strength of the region’s criminal organizations and affecting the area’s important international avocado trade.
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After a U.S. agricultural inspector in the Mexican state of Michoacán received an anonymous phone call threatening his life, the United States has suspended Mexican avocado indefinitely, disrupting a $2.4 billion industry, Mexican authorities said Sunday, Feb. 13. According to Mexico’s Agriculture Secretariat, the U..S. official received a threatening message on his cellphone, leading
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — More than four months have passed since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced, in his most recent visit to the region, the implementation of a Support Plan for the central Mexican state, which was suppose to transform the future of the wartorn state by promoting the development of its inhabitants and guaranteeing
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Since the start of the year, some food prices in Mexico have doubled, and others have increased by as much as 148 pecent, according the the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). The price of avocados has increased by 45 percent since January, while onion prices are up 44 percent and tomatoes are
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The second annual Goula Awards were presented during a virtual ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 4, to leading Mexican food and beverage companies nationwide. The awards, which recognize good business practices within the country’s food and beverage sector, were presented by a multidisciplinary panel of 21 experts who evaluated a range of food products and services for consumer
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