Chilpancingo Bishop Located After Kidnapping
Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Icela Rodríguez said National Anti-Kidnapping Coordination would aid in the investigation into Rangel’s abduction
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Family, Friends of Missing Woman Block Mexico-Cuernavaca Highway
At around 4:20 p.m. on Sunday, about 70 people blocked a part of the Mexico City-Cuernavaca Highway for an hour, causing chaos, mainly in the Insurgentes and Viaducto Tlalpan area toward Cuernavaca
Read moreThe Numbers Game in Murder Statistics
It looks as though leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial “hugs, not bullets” policy is not working too well
Read moreItaly to Be Guest Country of Honor at Sabor es Morelos Festival
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Italy will be the guest country of honor at the 11th Sabor es Morelos (Flavor is Morelos) international food festival, slated to take place in Cuernavaca on Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4. “There will be more than 50 restaurants participating in the festival this year,” explained Morelos Tourism Secretary Julieta Godzweig Conejo during a press
Read moreCuauhtémoc Blanco: Morena’s Smart Move or Political Liability?
By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — For years, Mexican politics have been nurtured by high-profile personalities from different areas of Mexican society such as celebrities, businessmen, writers and prominent athletes. This situation, far from being caused by the scarcity of members of the political parties, is rather a strategic move by these institutions to attract voters on a large scale, taking
Read moreMexico City Experiences Rapid Influx of Foreign Remote Workers
By KELIN DILLON While Mexico City (CDMX) and the nearby Mexican cities of Cuernavaca and San Miguel de Allende have long been known for their flourishing expat communities, economic hardships brought forth by the covid-19 pandemic has prompted a new influx of foreigners into the Mexico City metropolitan area who look to match their high-income remote jobs with Mexico’s low
Read moreProtestant Leader Defends AMLO against Catholic Church Criticisms
By KELIN DILLON After repeated tension between the Catholic Church and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) throughout the latter’s presidency, the president of the National Confraternity of Christian and Evangelical Churches (Confraternice), Arturo Farela Gutiérrez. has spoken out against the Church’s repeated distancing from López Obrador, claiming that it’s looking to “set the country on fire” through the
Read moreOpposition Bloc Demands Change in AMLO Security Plan
By MARK LORENZANA The public-security strategy of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is facing a possible review in the Mexican Senate, and the opposition bloc is demanding changes in the fight against organized crime, chief among them strengthening the state police and creating a professional civilian body in charge of public security. Damián Zepeda, a senator from the conservative National
Read moreRope Bridge Collapses Injuring Cuernavaca Mayor, Entourage
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The mayor of Cuernavaca, Morelos, a tourist town just one hour southwest of Mexico City, was injured, along with his wife and several other people, when a wooden suspension bridge collapsed on Tuesday, June 7. According to local authorities, José Luis Urióstegui Salgado, his wife Luz María Zagal, four municipal aldermen and a city trustee were injured
Read moreMexico’s Tahí Farm Enshrines Mystery and Wonder of the Orchid
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For some, they are the very essence of feminine sensuality, their delicate petals unfolding like a vibrant display of female genitalia (think Georgia O’Keeffe’s famous flower paintings that resemble a vagina). For others, they symbolize death and the morose beauty of unobtainable passion. In 1894, H.G. Wells wrote a short story about them, describing their bulbs as
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