Don’t Go North, Young Man
Canada has suddenly reversed its stance on illegal migration, saying “no more” in both English and French
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Judge Dismisses Testimony of Witness against García Luna
Two major issues that have been put on the spotlight as the case unfolds, especially in the relationship between the United States and Mexico, are border security and drug trafficking
Read moreThe View from the North: Abbott’s ‘Stunt’ Is Working
OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. To be honest, I did not think that Texas Governor Gregg Abbott’s controversial decision to send undocumented migrants to New York City, Washington, D.C. and other northern cities would do much to change the surging migrant crisis along the U.S-Mexico border. Well, I was wrong, and I happy to admit it. Abbott’s much-publicized stunt has
Read moreChicago’s Hubbard Street Dance Takes on Mexico
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Chicago’s renowned Hubbard Street Dance troupe is slated to perform at Mexico City’s Guillermina Bravo Dance Theater on Monday, June 27, and Tuesday, June 28. One of the most important contemporary dance groups in the United States, Hubbard Street Dance will be performing several choreographic works along with the Mexican company Danza Visual. Founded 44 years ago,
Read moreMigrant Workers Claim Extortion from IMN Agents
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As the Easter Week holiday approaches — a key period in the Mexican religious calendar and a time when many migrants return home temporarily to be with their families — numerous Mexican workers reentering the country have reported being extorted by agents of the National Institute of Migration (INM) near the border town of
Read moreSmoke, Steel and Fire
By RICH GRANT There is no sound quite like a steam whistle echoing off a mountain, as plumes of black smoke rise in the air, the steel wheels screech around a bend, and ahead is the chug, chug, chug of a massive steam locomotive straining up a four percent grade. Riding outdoors in a gondola car with the big skies
Read moreA Review of the First Year of Five Mexican Presidents
By RICARDO CASTILLO The word “recession” currently seems to be striking terror in the heart of most Mexicans. And given the humongous volume of antagonism President Andrés López Obrador (AMLO) is confronting, the word is even more threatening to his opponents. Not only that, AMLO is fighting a war of economic terminology in which the truth is in the voice
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