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On the Mark: Germany Draws with Spain, Mexico in Dire Straits

By MARK LORENZANA In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Germany failed to advance to the knockout stage, thanks — or no thanks, depending on whose perspective it is — in large part to an inspired first game by the Mexican National Team. Mexican winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano’s lone goal back then, against Germany, four years ago, was enough to give

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Pacific Alliance Suspended over Peruvian President’s Travel Ban

By KELIN DILLON On the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 22, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) confirmed that the 17th Pacific Alliance Summit – which was set to be held in Mexico from Wednesday, Nov. 23, to Friday, Nov. 25 – will now be suspended indefinitely as summit participant and Peruvian President Pedro Castillo remains barred from leaving Peru

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Preventive Detention, a Means of Control and Abuse in Latin America

By MARK LORENZANA In March of this year, the government of El Salvador, headed by President Nayib Bukele, declared a state of emergency after police recorded a total of 62 homicides in a single day. It marked the most violent day in 30 years for the Central American country, which has contended with criminal gangs for decades. El Salvador has

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On the Mark: Why It’s Called ‘Soccer’ in the United States

By MARK LORENZANA There has been a lot of soccer news lately. Two columns ago, I wrote about a particularly bad stretch for Mexican soccer: how the Mexican Women’s National Soccer Team went winless in the recently concluded CONCACAF W championship despite hosting the tournament here in Mexico, about how Mexico’s U-20 National Men’s Soccer Team suffered a shocking defeat

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AMLO Says without Legal Charges, Salmerón Is Innocent

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) — who is infamous for making unfounded and baseless accusations of corruption and other crimes against his political enemies and members of the press — said Wednesday, Jan. 19, that he would only consider formal legal suits currently under review in reconsidering his controversial appointment of former

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Sinaloa Cartel Involved in Migrant Trafficking

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF New reports have revealed that a lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel has assumed partial control of the trafficking of migrants from countries like Haiti, Venezuela and Cuba into Mexico and up toward the United States, charging $22,000 per person moved from South and Central America up to the U.S.-Mexico border. The alleged lieutenant, only

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Latin America’s Not-So-Lunatic Moonshot

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Although they have yet to resolve the growing covid, economic and poverty crises back on Earth in their respective countries, six Latin American heads of state — led by Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Argentina’s Alberto Hernández — announced on Saturday, July 24, the creation of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE). The

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Mexican Economy Recovering in Fits and Starts

XINHUA The Mexican economy is recovering at different “two speeds” from the collapse caused by the covid-19 pandemic, with exports growing at a steady pace and consumption gradually increasing with fits and starts, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Monday, May 31. During a virtual press conference, OECD economist for Costa Rica and Mexico Alberto González

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