By RICARDO CASTILLO Covid-19 Vaccine Funds Assured The Mexican government wields, for starters, 20 billion pesos “we have saved because there is no more corruption nor luxuries” to vaccinate every Mexican, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) while on tour in Puebla over the weekend. At the same time, he called upon every Mexican to not be overconfident before
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While the covid-19 lockdown may be stopping you from taking your mom out this year for a special treat on Mother’s Day, you can still celebrate her day with an outing to the circus, albeit virtually. Although the coronavirus pandemic closed down three-ring tents across the country as of late March, the members of
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Partial National Shutdown As of Monday, March 30, Mexico officially entered into a month-long economic standstill to prevent close contact among citizens in order to avoid the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The announcement of the partial national shutdown, which will last through April 30, was made by members of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO)
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Weathering a Perfect Storm Over the past few days, representatives of all o Mexico’s major banks have held separate press conferences previous to the annual Mexico Banks Association Convention, now being held in Acapulco. Each of the interviewed representatives showed acceptance for the policies of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). This is an indicator that
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XINHUA While the federal government in Mexico, where there were 15 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus as of Friday, March 13, is raking a conservative stance in trying to reduce communication of the disease at large gatherings, most Latin American countries are taking a more aggressive proactive approach in trying to curb contractions of Covid-19. The Mexican government did — at
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XINHUA Women across Mexico and throughout Latin America marked International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8, with marches and demonstrations demanding equality and an end to the growing problem of violence against women, or femicide. In Mexico City, women’s organizations marched on the main square, or Zócalo, where they painted the names of fatal victims of domestic violence and other
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Protest, But No Tagging, Please Given the increasing number of feminist protest marches arriving at Mexico’s National Palace, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) sent a stern message to all those groups on Monday, Feb. 17. The protestors are not just extremely noisy, but are committing acts of vandalism wherever they pass through, which includes looting and
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Presidential Turkey Might Just Fly After several weeks of indecision, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has opted to hold a super lottery draw next Sept. 15 to “sell off” the onerous Dreamliner 757 deluxe transport presidential jet used by his predecessors Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto, valued at $130 million. During his daily morning
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By RICARDO CASTILLO First Coronavirus Case in Mexico Mexico’s Health Secretariat was notified on Saturday, Feb. 1, by the Los Angeles International Airport medical authorities of the confirmed case of a 37-year-old Chinese national and Wuhan native who had visited Mexico as of Jan. 21. Taxi service company Uber acknowledged that the infected person used at least two of its
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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