On the Mark: Mexican Athletes Deserve Better Than Ana Guevara
Guevara’s cutting of the swimming team’s budget and her subsequent combative stance earned swift backlash
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Mexican Swim Team Wins 3 Golds, 1 Bronze Despite Funding Cuts
The Mexican team finished second only to Spain, an impressive feat considering its members had to sell swimsuits and towels to pay for their preparations for the tournament
Read moreMexico Barges into Semis of Caribbean Series
Venezuela’s loss drops the team into a three-way tie for second place at 3-2 in their bracket
Read moreOn the Mark: LIV Golf Brouhaha Continues
By MARK LORENZANA On Saturday, July 16, Irish golf superstar Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland — a 24-year-old Norwegian ranked number nine in the world — shared the lead at 16-under par after the third round at the British Open, the oldest and most prestigious golf tournament in the world. It’s a shame, though, that the British Open — a PGA
Read moreMexico Gives 2 Billion to Baseball, Leaving Others in the Outfield
By KELIN DILLON New reports show that Mexico’s federal government has invested nearly 2 billion pesos into the funding of new baseball fields for the country, while only giving 830 million pesos to the National Institute of Women, despite the country’s femicide rate rising by 7.1 percent in 2021 from the previous year. The government has reportedly attempted to justify
Read moreAMLO Establishes Sports Training Program for Middle Schoolers
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Thursday, May 20, the creation of a national post-secondary level education program in sports training. “We are going to create a career, a profession, at the upper secondary level, for the training of sports technicians,” AMLO said during his daily morning press conference. “Nationwide, there will be
Read moreSanta Lucia Field Construction Continues…That Is, its Baseball Field
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Work at Mexico’s controversial new Santa Lucia airport field is coming along right on track, according to government sources. Of course, the field in question is not Santa Lucía’s airfield, but its baseball field. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who has made no secret of his personal penchant for the sport (even though the majority
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO An Irate Response After Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) asked Supreme Court Chief Justice Arturo Zaldivar to order an investigation into Judge Juan Pablo Gómez Fierro (who indefinitely suspended the president’s controversial new electricity bill), Zaldivar complied and requested the officer in charge of the Council of the Judiciary, Carlos Alpízar, to pay a visit
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Cienfuegos, Talk of the Town The release last week of former Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos from an imminent trial in the United States by U.S. Attorney General William Barr continues to be the talk of the day in Mexico. The fact is is that nobody has the hard facts needed to have a sound opinion on
Read moreMexico’s Necaxa Names Cruz Head Coach
XINHUA José Cruz has been named manager of Necaxa for the rest of the Liga MX Apertura season, the baseball club announced on Sunday, Sept. 6. The 52-year-old replaces Alfonso Sosa, who was sacked on Friday, Sept. 4, after a 2 to 0 home defeat to León, a result that left Necaxa 15th in the 18-team standings, with just two
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