By KELIN DILLON Farmers in Tamaulipas are facing a state of emergency due the lack of water available in the northern Mexican state’s 25th irrigation district, leaving 15,000 families in the region at risk. Jorge Luis López Martínez, president of the regional Union of Rural Owners and member of the River Basin Council, warned that economic collapse in the area
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XINHUA Health officials in the U.S. state of New Mexico said Saturday, Jan. 9, that they would not verify the residence or citizenship of people when distributing covid-19 vaccines, local media reported Saturday. Las Cruces, New Mexico, television station KFOX14 quoted state officials as saying that they also would not share registrants’ information on immigration status with the federal government.
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By KELIN DILLON A documented 515 Mexican police officers were killed in the line of duty in 2020. The figures come from Cause in Common, a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping the Mexican government responsible and honest with its citizens. According to the report, an average of 43 officers were killed in the line of duty monthly in Mexico during
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Alfonso Romo Quits Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) chief of staff for the past two years, entrepreneur Alfonso Romo, turned in his resignation on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Speaking during his morning press conference on Thursday, Dec. 3, AMLO that Romo “will continue to be my liaison with the business sector.” “The truth is that he
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Día de la Revolución (Revolution Day) officially falls on Nov. 20, but in recent years, the holiday is usually observed on the third Monday of the month in order to allow workers to enjoy a long weekend holiday. This year, it is being celebrated as a national holiday on Monday, Nov. 16. The
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Curfew in Chihuahua An alarming surge of covid-19 contagion in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua forced authorities to impose a mobility stoppage on all activities. The curfew applies Monday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., and will be enforced for the weekend starting on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. through Monday, Nov. 9,
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By KYLIE MADRY Mexico’s “Buen Fin” shopping bonanza could be a much-needed boost to the economy – if the country doesn’t slide back into coronavirus lockdown restrictions before then, officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4. The Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco Servytur) announced that this could be the highest-earning Buen Fin yet, hoping to top 2019’s
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By KYLIE MADRY Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has long been disliked by members of the opposition parties, who formed the country’s ruling class until AMLO and his National Regeneration Movement (Morena) took power. That distaste is turning into open revolt, as the president faces threats from the rightwing National Anti-AMLO Front (Frena), the newly formed Sí por
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By RICARDO CASTILLO In 10 separate gatherings of the so-called Federalist Alliance, the governors of as many Mexican states held meetings to demand that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) not drastically cut their income in the 2021 national budget. They also protested against the recent elimination of 109 federally funded trusts that sprinkled money into their states. In tandem,
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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