Toasting the Ghosts, Ghouls, and Dearly Departed
Despite the fact that every ofrenda you’ll see this week is sure to feature a bottle of tequila – this lively libation is not the only way to toast the souls of yesteryear.
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Small Plane Crashes into Morelos Supermarket
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A small airplane crashed into a Bodega Aurrerá supermarket in the municipality of Temixco, Morelos, on the afternoon of Monday, March 28, killing all three passengers aboard. Morelos Governor Cuauhtémoc Blanco reported that first responders were on the scene almost immediately, providing assistance to three persons injured in the crash. According to Flightaware, a
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Vaccination Rush There are reports of complaints from all over Mexico that throngs of “influential” persons want to use their jobs in government to be the first in line to get access to the much-desired anti-covid vaccines. In Nogales, Sonora, on the border with Arizona, the Social Security for Government Employees (ISSSTE) officials pointed a finger at
Read more‘Buen Fin’ Could Be Boon for Mexican Economy
By KYLIE MADRY Mexico’s “Buen Fin” shopping bonanza could be a much-needed boost to the economy – if the country doesn’t slide back into coronavirus lockdown restrictions before then, officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4. The Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco Servytur) announced that this could be the highest-earning Buen Fin yet, hoping to top 2019’s
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By KYLIE MADRY Foreign Meds to Flood In Mexico’s medicine shortage will come to an end, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced at his morning press conference Thursday, Oct. 29. The country signed a deal with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for 32 billion pesos to buy medicine from outside of Mexico, which, until a few
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO: “I’m not an ornamental vase” There must have been more to the matter than met the naked eye. If not, why did Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) raise so much hell over it? On Sunday, April 26, the Mexican Business Association and the investment department of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) announced that they
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