Tag Archives: Brazil

Mexican Attorney General’s Arbitrary Belief in Accused Pemex Bribes

Posted on by Leave a comment

By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) seemingly believes everything that disgraced former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Director Emilio Lozoya’s claims surrounding who received bribes during his time at the company, despite several witnesses offering testimony to the contrary. After admitting himself to have received bribes from corrupt Brazilian company Odebrecht after his extradition back to Mexico in

Read more

Brandon Moreno Becomes Mexico’s First UFC Champion

Posted on by Leave a comment

By KELIN DILLON Tijuana native Brandon Moreno achieved history on the night of Saturday June 12, when he defeated Brazilian Deiveson Figueiredo in the Ultimate Fighting Club’s (UFC) flyweight division championship, becoming the first Mexican to ever hold a UFC title. Figuieredo and Moreno previously faced off for the belt in December 2020, with the even-handed fight resulting in a

Read more

The Economist Calls AMLO ‘Mexico’s False Messiah’

Posted on by One comment

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After having managed to stay out of the global authoritarian populist limelight for the first two years and a half of his six-year term, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has now grabbed the cover of Britain’s internationally respected The Economist magazine this week. Unfortunately, the portrait that the magazine, which was published

Read more

Mexico Ranks Second Worldwide in Capital Flight

Posted on by Leave a comment

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico placed as the country with the second-highest rate of capital flight in February, according to a report released earlier this week by the U.S. Treasury Department. In total, $11.531 billion in government bonds and corporate securities left the country in February, the Treasury Department said. Only Brazil registered a higher rate of capital

Read more

Mexico Has Second-Highest Excess Mortality Rate in the World

Posted on by One comment

By KELIN DILLON As Mexico begins expanding its administration of vaccines against covid-19 in its population aged from 50 to 59, a study from Free University of Berlin mathematician Raúl Rojas found that Mexico has the second-worst strategy in the world against coronavirus, only behind Peru.  The country has seen over 444,000 excess deaths than anticipated throughout the pandemic, according

Read more

WHO Says Mexico Could Have Avoided 190,000 Covid-Related Deaths

Posted on by One comment

By KELIN DILLON According to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), Mexico could have prevented 190,000 covid-19 related deaths in the nation had it managed the pandemic in a more efficient manner.  “Mexico’s Response to Covid-19: A Case Study” was carried out by the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) by commission from the WHO as

Read more

AMLO Promises ‘Economic Normalcy’ by End of June

Posted on by Leave a comment

XINHUA Mexico could return to “economic normality” by the end of June, with employment at the levels registered before the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (covid-19), Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said on Friday, March 5. Before the pandemic broke out in the country in February 2020, the number of workers registered with the Mexican Social Security

Read more

Mexican Consumer Spending, Fixed Income Plummet in 2020

Posted on by Leave a comment

XINHUA Consumer spending and gross fixed investment in Mexico plummeted in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic, figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) indicated on Friday, March 5. Consumer spending fell 11 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, while gross fixed investment plunged 18.2 percent last year, according to two separate Inegi reports. In the area

Read more
« Older Entries Recent Entries »