By RICARDO CASTILLO Rumors Abound Ever since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced in a tweet on Sunday, Jan. 24, that he had tested positive for coivd-19 and had gone into quarantine, countless rumors have been flying across the media and gossip mills as to the validity of his announcement. Some critics suggested that AMLO had not, in
Read more
Two former U.S. envoys outline an effective approach
Read more
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read more
By KELIN DILLON Starting on Tuesday, Jan. 26, all travelers (age 2 and above) entering the United States by air will be required to show coronavirus test results taken within three days of the flight before boarding. Travelers to Canada also have to present a negative covid test to the airline prior to boarding, though Canada’s restrictions apply to those
Read more
XINHUA Despite the fact that numerous studies have clearly shown that border closings do little or nothing to slow the spread of coronavirus infections, the United States, Canada and Mexico have once again extended non-essential travel restrictions across their borders through Feb. 21 due to covid-19. On Friday, Jan. 8, U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said that “in
Read more
XINHUA Great Britain and Mexico have signed an agreement aimed at securing the existing bilateral trade following the end of the Brexit transition period on Dec. 31, the British Department for International Trade (DIT) said Tuesday, Dec. 15. The UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement (UKMCA) will provide certainty for British and Mexican businesses “trading the goods and services that make up
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico Pre-Purchases Covid Vaccines Mexico clinched the purchase of 200 million anti-covid-19 vaccines to protect 100 million people (about 80 percent of the population), the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) announced through Twitter on Friday, Nov. 27. SRE Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and the secretariat’s team of vaccine procurement buyers for individual laboratories and the World Health Organization (WHO)
Read more
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read more
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While the Mexican Congress is on the verge of legalizing both the medicinal and recreational use of cannabis, not everyone in the country is in favor of that move. In fact, according to a study conducted by El Financiero newspaper this week, 58 percent of Mexicans are opposed to legalization of the drug. The
Read more
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico is about to become the third country worldwide to legalize the use of marijuana, both for medicinal and recreational purposes. On Thursday, Nov. 19, the Mexican Senate voted overwhelmingly — with 82 in favor, 18 against and two abstentions — to legalize nationwide personal marijuana use and possession of the drug. The Senate
Read more