By KELIN DILLON After more than a year-long battle against the covid-19 pandemic, during which many Mexican states were designated by the country’s traffic light color-based risk system as being in the dangerous orange and red zones, finally 29 states have been designated within the yellow and green rankings, meaning a lower risk of coronavirus infection, as of Monday, May
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF During the first quarter of 2021, Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) released 50.8 more waste gas into the environment compared to the same period in 2020, reaching the highest average in 12 years, according to the government’s own sources. On average, in the January-to-March 2021 period, 712 million cubic feet of natural
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s controversial Tren Maya tourist train, a pet project of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) that both national and international environmentalists have repeatedly warned could destroy over half of the Yucatan’s fragile species, will also leave more than 3,000 mostly indigenous Mexican families homeless, according to report published in El Universal newspaper on
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By ADRIANA GARCÍA VALDERRAMA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said that he foresees that as soon as all the nation’s education personnel gets vaccinated against the covid-19 virus, classes will return to “normal” to conclude the 2020-2021 school year with live classes. According to Mexican Secretary of Public Education Delfina Gómez, vaccination is already underway in Aguascalientes, Baja
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Bolivian President Luis Arce arrived in Mexico on an official visit late Tuesday, March 23, as an honored guest of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). On the morning of Wednesday, March 24, Arce, a staunch socialist and diehard follower of ousted Bolivian President Evos Morales, was received by AMLO at the National
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By KELIN DILLON A private aircraft was caught illegally transporting 5,775 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus at the Campeche International Airport on the evening of Wednesday, March 17, which were then seized by Mexico’s General Administration of Customs (AGA) and officials from the country’s military. Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) found the doses hidden in the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In an unprecedented effort to inoculate older Mexicans against the covid-19 coronavirus, Mexico City registered a record 81,500 residents over age 60 of the upscale Miguel Hidalgo precinct immunized during a one-week period, city officials announced Sunday, March 14. On Sunday, the capital government completed its vaccination campaign in Miguel Hidalgo, immunizing a total
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 27, that 44.9 percent more people died of covid-related issues from January through August of 2020 than initially reported by the Mexican government, adding another layer of discord to the nation’s dismal handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The government previously reported that deaths during the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO A Birds Story Birds of a feather flock together, says the old adage. This week began with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, Jan. 11, visiting part of his “wonderful wall” in Alamo, a township just east to McAllen, along the Mexico-Texas border. He took the occasion to praise Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) with
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Free Covid Vaccines Attention, expat seniors: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Tuesday, Jan. 12, that vaccinations against covid will be free for all residents, regardless of nationality. The top priority groups in Mexico, in terms of urgency, are medical personnel on covid duty, who are first in line for the covid inoculation, followed by
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