By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The democratic political life of Mexico, as in many other Latin American nations, is relatively young. In the last decade, a new chapter began in the construction of Mexican politics after the sudden arrival to the presidency of a newly created party. Breaking through and eventually displacing the parties that historically held political hegemony
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Public Education Secretariat (SEP) announced Saturday, Oct. 9, that all students of basic education return to face-to-face classes in November, given the fact that very few covid-19 infections have been reported so far this school year. Therefore, SEP Secretary Delfina Gómez said that all kindergarten, primary and secondary students will be required to
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By KELIN DILLON Barely one full week after their reopening, 39 Mexican public schools once again temporarily shuttered their doors to in-person classes after a number of their student populations tested positive for covid-19, said Secretary of Public Education (SEP) Delfina Gómez on Tuesday, Sept. 7. A total of 88 schools throughout Mexico reported positive cases, representing .06 percent of
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By KELIN DILLON On the morning of Thursday, Aug. 12, the head of Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) Delfina Gómez announced the nation’s 10.step plan for the return to in-person classes, which are set to resume on Aug. 30, after more than a year long break caused by the covid-19 pandemic. “Why open schools? Children need shelter due to
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In-person classes for grade-level students will return in Mexico starting on Monday, June 7, the Public Education Secretariat (SEP) announced Friday, May 28. The face-to-face classes to end the 2020-2021 school year will be conducted in accordance with all necessary covid-19 protocols, and will be voluntary and staggered in order to maintain social distancing
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By ADRIANA GARCÍA VALDERRAMA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said that he foresees that as soon as all the nation’s education personnel gets vaccinated against the covid-19 virus, classes will return to “normal” to conclude the 2020-2021 school year with live classes. According to Mexican Secretary of Public Education Delfina Gómez, vaccination is already underway in Aguascalientes, Baja
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), headed by Delfina Gómez, has announced its intention to rework 18 primary school textbooks in just under two weeks as part of its “New Mexican School” concept, raising serious concerns over the quality of the new educational materials. The textbooks, specifically for grades three through six, will be reworked by teachers
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By KELIN DILLON Despite Jesús Ramírez Cuevas, general coordinator of social communication to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), having tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend, AMLO ignored his own government’s covid-19 safety protocols after exposure to the virus to continue with business as usual on Monday, Jan. 11. The Mexican government recommends for anyone who has come into
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Ebrard and Sullivan Talk Migration A new era in Mexican-U.S. diplomatic relations began Wednesday, Jan. 6, with a video conference between Foreign Relations Secretary (SRE) Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón and President-elect Joe Biden’s National Security spokesman, Jake Sullivan. Both agreed that the most important issue in a new bilateral agenda is to collaborate in order to have a
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