By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The U.S. State Department lowered its travel advisory for Mexico from a Level 4 (red, do not travel) to a Level 3 (orange, reconsider travel) on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The new, downgraded advisory specifically warns U.S. citizens to “reconsider travel to Mexico due to covid-19,” and to “exercise increased caution in Mexico due to
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO and Governors Powwow Mexico’s 32 governors are giddying up to meet on Wednesday, Aug. 19, with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in San Luis Potosí. Previous to the in-person summit, a group of 10 governors known as the Federalist Alliance video conferenced on Saturday, Aug. 15, to outline a plan of discussion with the president.
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Inside the Closed Dinner Does the name Patricia Armendáriz ring a bell? Most likely not. But, she was the only business woman invited by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to join him at last week’s White House meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. Armendáriz, who runs a highly successful savings, loans and investments organization called
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The sudden cancellation of a coal-purchasing contract by Mexico’s state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) came as a bucket of ice water to supplier mining company Micare, a subsidiary of steel mill Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA). The issue, however, is a lot more complicated than just a breach a contract. The first thought that comes to mind
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Gradual Business Reopenings Begin Ever so trepidly and not without fear that it might not be the right move to make, Mexico City and 16 Mexican states will begin gradual reopening for business as of Monday, June 16, after a harrowing 90-day lockdown that began on March 15. City and state authorities have warned that if there
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The New Normal Has Arrived The political debate carried out last week in Mexico over how to go about bringing a solution to the economic standstill caused by the covid-19 pandemic posed a medical, political and economic quagmire. On the one side, there was the voice of Mexican Public Health Undersecretary epidemiologist Hugo López-Gatell announcing on Friday,
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By RICH GRANT There is no sound quite like a steam whistle echoing off a mountain, as plumes of black smoke rise in the air, the steel wheels screech around a bend, and ahead is the chug, chug, chug of a massive steam locomotive straining up a four percent grade. Riding outdoors in a gondola car with the big skies
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Thus far in Mexico’s Covid-19 pandemic, 13 state governors are criticizing the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Whatever he does, he does wrong in the eyes of these 13 beholders. In return, AMLO and his supporters are claiming that at least 11 of the 13 governors, who should be running their states according to
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Extended Isolation The full containment of the Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico will require much time than originally planned, so the stay-home period may have to be extended from the original April 30 to May 30, said Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell, who is in charge of monitoring the spread of the disease. The announcement was made during
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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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