By KELIN DILLON While work on the fifth section of Mexico’s controversial Tren Maya project was purportedly suspended by a Mexican federal judge last April after the project failed to acquire proper Environmental Impact Statements (MIA) ahead of its construction, building on the Tren Maya’s fifth section has reportedly continued on in spite of the judge’s ruling – and with
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE As more and more U.S. and Canadian citizens discover Mexico as a great place to work remotely, more are moving to Mexico to live and work. Having met countless expats who are in Mexico for a month or so to “try things out,” after the philosophical discussions of how the United States has gone to
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Mexico is known internationally for its privileged geography and variety of climates that make it one of the top tourist destinations. Its diversity is such that, it is possible to find humid forests, mountain ranges, evergreen valleys, deserts and the warm marine waters of two oceans, all in the same country. The Rivera Maya region,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite the fact that yet another federal judge on Monday, May 2, ordered the stoppage of all construction on Section 5 of the Mexican president’s controversial Tren Maya railway project because of its endangerment of the fragile cenote underwater riverways in that region, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Tuesday, May 3, said that
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s high-end hotel chain Grupo Brisas announced Friday, April 29, that, as of Sunday, May 1, Jaime Jaramillo would assume the position of the company’s corporate director of operations. After leading efforts for six years to position Brisas’ exclusive Nizuc Resort & Spa in Cancun, Quintana Roo, as one of the best luxury resorts
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OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The parliamentary defeat on Sunday, April 17, of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform bill was not only a bruising blow for the Mexican president’s National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party, but it was also a chance for the Mexican people to settle some outstanding score within the country’s so-called Green Party. In the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Thanks to international work-from-homers, about 3 million of whom have chosen Mexico as their remote office destination-of-choice since the outbreak of the global covid-19 pandemic, the cost of rents have grown exponentially in some parts of the country. In Mexico City alone, rents have increased by as much as 20 percent in some areas,
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE As April and May approach and transnationals begin discussions with their employees about relocation to Mexico (or any other country), the big question of “what about school for the kids?” ranks right up there with safety. (The same applies for digital nomads who see Mexico as a great place to work at a distance with
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Shots were reportedly fired inside Terminal 3 of Cancun’s International Airport on Monday, March 28. The shots, apparently fired by a single assailant based on footage on social media, led to panic as dozens of people ran out of the terminal building, trampling others in the mayhem. Local police and members of Mexico’s National
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Some of Mexico’s biggest film and television royalty have joined forces to launch a campaign against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) Tren Maya, a massive 230 billion-peso tourist train project that environmentalists have warned will destroy over half the natural flora and fauna in the Yucatan Peninsula. Last month, the government re-charted Section
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