By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Detentions of undocumented migrants entering the United States from Mexico ¿reached a record high of 1.7 million this fiscal year, which ended in September, U.S. border authorities said Wednesday, Oct. 20. The unprecedented surge of illegal migrants has created political riffs and humanitarian challenges for the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, who reversed
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By KELIN DILLON In a letter addressed to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), U.S. Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida expressed their disappointment in López Obrador for accepting contested Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro into Mexico, rather than extraditing him to the United States where he faces criminal charges. Since March 2020, Maduro has had pending
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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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By RICARDO CASTILLO Happy Mexican Independence Bicentennial Anniversary! Sure, most Mexicans still consider Sept. 16, 1810, as the nation’s Independence Day, but in point of fact, the country really gained its sovereignty more than 11 years later. And so, Monday, Sept. 27, is the day that Mexico as an independent nation actually turns 200. For all practical and festooning purposes,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in representation of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), on Thursday, Sept. 23, once again demanded that the United States end its 59-year economic embargo against Cuba. “In the face of the current severe global economic and health crisis, it is
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By SILVIO CANTO, JR. During my time in Mexico years ago, I had lunch once with a Mexican businessman and asked him about his country’s relationship with Fidel Castro’s Cuba. I asked him what’s the big deal? What does Mexico get out of it? He answered by saying that Mexican-Cuban relations are about keeping the left wing protestors in the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The sixth summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), hosted by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace on Saturday, Sept. 18, turned into a daylong shouting match between leftist and conservative leaders, overshadowing any hopes of real regional unity and shining a negative light on AMLO’s already-dubious international
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By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Sept. 15, the eve of the anniversary of Mexico’s 1810 Independence, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) gave his “grito” to the nation from the balcony of the National Palace in the Historic Center of Mexico City, albeit scaled back due to covid-19 social distancing regulations. Rather than having a large crowd gather at
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By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Back in 1988, General Augusto Pinochet had run Chile for 15 years. He had overthrown the Popular Unity government of President Salvador Allende in a controversial military coup in 1973 that gained international condemnation but was little understood by the outside world. Allende’s three-year presidency led to an extended period of social unrest and political tension
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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