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Budget Debate Sparks Chaos in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies

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By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies debated over potential changes to the country’s Income Tax Law on Tuesday, Oct. 19, particularly concerning areas that would cause civil society organizations (CSOs) to receive less donations, differences between the in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) and opposition parties resulted in a number of unprofessional situations, including deputies turning their backs and

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Portrait of Agustín de Iturbide, Mexico’s Other Great Liberator

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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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Opposition Demands Return of Columbus Statue

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Opponents and critics launched a petition on Sunday, Sept. 12, demanding that the government of Mexico City restore the statue of Christopher Columbus on Paseo de la Reforma, the capital’s main avenue. “We Mexicans, and particularly the inhabitants of the capital of the country, are outraged by the withdrawal of our historical heritage on

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Former Mexican President Fox Hospitalized with Coronavirus

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By KELIN DILLON After testing positive for covid-19, former Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada, who was in office from 2000 to 2006, and his wife Martha Sahagún were hospitalized on Saturday, Aug. 7, to treat the illness. Both Fox and his wife are reportedly stable with no serious symptoms. The former first couple of Mexico had already completed their full

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Denise Dresser Calls AMLO’s Referendum ‘a Sad Simulacrum’

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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Four days before what it describes as Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) “farcical referendum,” the New York-based  Americas Quarterly on Thursday, July 28, published a scathing review on the absurdity of the Sunday, Aug. 1, public polling to decide whether to prosecute the country’s former presidents for their alleged misdeeds. In the article, which is

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Peña Nieto Paid $32 Million for Pegasus Spyware

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto paid $32 million for the Israeli-developed Pegasus spy program, Santiago Nieto Castillo, the head of Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), reported Wednesday, July 21. Speaking during the morning press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in the National Palace, Nieto Castillo said that this software was

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Mexican Auto Parts Exports Soar in First Quadmester

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s auto parts exports increased by 27.5 percent in the first four months of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, according to the National Auto Parts Industry Association (INA). The surge — the largest increase since 2010 — was primarily the result of the implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which

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