By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Graciela Márquez Colín, Mexico’s former secretary of economy, will replace Julio Santaella as the head of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) as of Jan. 1, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Wednesday, Dec. 15. Márquez Colín will replace Julio Santaella. “Being the first woman in the head of the Inegi
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By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Oct. 4, Mexico’s Third District Judge of Amparo in Mexico City Criminal Matters ruled that Attorney General (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero may not continue to speak on the alleged guilt of former Secretary of Social Development Rosario Robles in her ongoing legal process, citing Gertz’s previously public discussion on the topic as interfering with her
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There were no endless trays of freshly rolled sushi, no live performances of traditional Japanese drum shows, and no social intermingling in the residence’s ample gardens while sipping warm sake, but whatever the Japanese Embassy in Mexico’s first-ever virtual national day reception on Wednesday, Feb. 24, lacked in fanfare, it more than made up for in hospitality,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Businesses Hit the Outsourcing Panic Button The start of an Open Parliament to discuss Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposed reform of outsourcing practices forced the leading business organization representatives to call for an emergency meeting with him that very same day. The president received the businessmen at the National Palace. Given the positioning of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The late 19th century and early 20th century writer and critic José Juan Tablada (1871-1945) is generally considered to be the Father of Modern Mexican Poetry. The son of a well-heeled businessman, he travelled abroad throughout much of his early life, living briefly in both Paris and New York. But it was Tablada’s obsession and fascination with
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It was a political rock rattle and roll in the Mexican government Tuesday, July 9, when, over the course of just one hour one Treasury Secretary resigned and a new one was appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). To offer a proper sequence of events, allow me to start from the beginning of the series
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