By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS With the near-citywide water service suspension now entering its second week (with no end in sight) and Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) employees making personal fortunes by selling off tankers of potable water that are supposed to be provided free of charge by the government, Mexico City residents are up in arms and fighting mad. Particularly affected
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICIO STAFF Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the shower (and expect running water), Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) announced on Monday, Nov. 4, that after five days of water service cutoff — from Wednesday, Oct. 31 through Sunday, Nov. 4 — that despite having turned back on the equipment to pump
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By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) announced that, despite some setbacks installing a key part of the tubing needed to replace the damaged sections of the Cutzamala water system, initial water service for Mexico City and the State of Mexico (Edoméx) was reinstated at 8:05 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, when the pumps that supply the areas
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By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF Just in time for Halloween (and the two-day Day of the Dead holiday), Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) is giving roughly half of Mexico City residents and a large share of State of Mexico (Edoméx) residents anything but a “treat” in the form of a massive water service cutoff starting Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 8
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By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF Supermarkets and self-service convenience stores struggled to keep up with demand this week as anxious Mexico City residents rushed to load up on bottled water in anticipation of the potable water cutoff starting at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The National Water Commission (Conagua) has warned that more than 50 percent of Mexico City
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The sale of external water tanks (tinacos) and out-of-town reservations for Mexico’s Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) weekend are on the rise as capitalinos brace for a five-day water cutoff slated to begin Oct. 31. The National Water Commission (Conagua) has warned that more than 50 percent of Mexico City and parts
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Throughout his electoral campaign, Mexico’s now-President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) kept on promising something he calls “the fourth transformation”, as well as the construction of the “Fourth Republic.” In reality, the concept is not new, since AMLO has been hammering on the “transformation” of Mexico since his first run for president back in 2006, when he lost by a
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Nowadays, the big news in México is full of announcements about the shape of things to come for the 2018-2024 administration of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). But the one item that really grabbed public attention this past week as the future president appointed his cabinet was the place where their offices will be: the National Palace. “They will all have
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By RICARDO CASTILLO This week before the Sunday, July 1, presidential election reminds me of the same period back in 2006. At that time, I had been appointed by the then-Federal Electoral Institute – now National Electoral Institute (INE) – to be second aboard in a populous booth located in Colonia Roma in Mexico City. Back then this same period of
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By RICARDO CASTILLO A major theme among candidates in the ongoing Mexican presidential electoral campaign is the huge political squabble over education. And it seems only natural that education be the top topic of discussion since today Mexico celebrates the 100th anniversary of the declaration of Teachers’ Day or “Día del Maestro.” It was conceived during the drafting of the historic 1917
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