By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The precarious economic situation in which more than 40 percent of Mexicans live, according to government statistics, along with other factors, such as low education levels and the prevalence of a macho culture in rural southern Mexico, have been the perfect prelude to the emergence and establishment of a social phenomenon in which women are
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In a scathing report on the state of poverty in Mexico, the New York Times (NYT) on Monday, July 18, pointed out that while President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has repeatedly claimed that fighting poverty is his most important priority, nearly every policy he has enacted has only served to hurt the poor. Nearly four years
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By MARK LORENZANA Since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office nearly four years ago, the Mexican Armed Forces have not only increased their presence on the streets, but have also embarked on a new mission: to become successful entrepreneurs. On April 13 of this year, Mexico’s Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) announced the creation of a
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO With the shooting death of Noé Ornelas Sanguino, mayor of the town of Villa Jiménez, in the northwestern Mexican state of Michoacán, whose body was found on an abandoned stretch of highway on Monday, June 27, there have been at least 59 mayors and municipal alderman murdered so far under the administration of President Andrés Manuel López
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By KELIN DILLON On Saturday, June 5, Governor of the Mexican state of Nuevo León Samuel García Sepúlveda spoke out in criticism of the federal government’s response to the enduring water shortage in his jurisdiction, claiming that the Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administration has little interest in aiding its citizens affected by the drought. Recounting Nuevo León’s – Mexico’s
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By MARK LORENZANA The federal government of Mexico will spend almost 70 billion pesos more to finish two of its flagship railway projects: the controversial Tren Maya and the extension of the suburban train that will run from Lechería station in the State of Mexico (EdoMéx) to the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA). On June 1, Mexico’s Secretariat of
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By MARK LORENZANA Sunday, June 12, marked World Day against Child Labor under the theme “Universal Social Protection to End Child Labor,” but according to the Network for the Rights of Children in Mexico (Redim), there are about 3.2 million children in the country under the age of 18 who must work to survive. Rubisel, a 13-year-old from the southernmost
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By MARK LORENZANA A group of hooded and masked men in bulletproof vests and armed with high-caliber firearms were caught on camera by terrified residents on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 14, in San Cristóbal de las Casas, a town located in the central highlands region of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. The group, whose members call themselves “Los
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XINHUA The massive caravan that began to pass through the Mexican state of Chiapas on Monday, June 6, with the aim of reaching the United States disbanded Saturday, June 11, after Mexican officials offered temporary visas to the migrants. The caravan, the largest so far this year, left the city of Tapachula, on the border with Guatemala, with more than
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Just eight months after taking office, the mayor of the town of Teopisca, in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, Rubén de Jesús Valdez Díaz, was shot dead on Wednesday, June 8, in the Los Altos region of the state, local authorities reported. Valdez Díaz, who in June 2021 won the elections under the Green Party (PVEM),
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