By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, Jan. 4, offered Wikileaks founder Julian Assange political asylum. “I am in favor of Assange being pardoned,” AMLO said during his daily morning press conference at the National Palace. “And not only that, I am going to ask the secretary of foreign relations (Marcelo Ebrard)
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XINHUA Great Britain and Mexico have signed an agreement aimed at securing the existing bilateral trade following the end of the Brexit transition period on Dec. 31, the British Department for International Trade (DIT) said Tuesday, Dec. 15. The UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement (UKMCA) will provide certainty for British and Mexican businesses “trading the goods and services that make up
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The U.S. Embassy in Mexico will host a virtual Fourth of July celebration for the U.S. expat community in Mexico on Saturday, July 4, starting at 9 a.m. local time. The gala online event will be hosted by U.S. Ambassador Christopher Landau and his wife Caroline Landau and will de in lieu of the traditional
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By RICH GRANT At just 36 miles in length, the Niagara is one of the shortest rivers in the world. And one of the most violent. Almost a million gallons of water cascade down the river every second, reaching speeds of 30 miles per hour. The river is actually not a river at all – it is the drainage runoff
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Budget Change Controversy Harsh times demand harsh measures, and this week Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) sent a bill to the Chamber of Deputies proposing to rearrange the government’s budget to meet the inevitable health and financial crisis looming for the nation. AMLO’s adversaries, through the non-governmental organization México Evalúa (Evaluates) has claimed that the
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By RICH GRANT It is forever Christmas at McKonkey’s Ferry Inn. The dining room in this lovely tavern, located on the banks of the Delaware River, 42 miles upstream from Philadelphia, is always decorated as it would have been on Christmas night, 1776, when George Washington had dinner here. As Washington dined, 2,400 of his men assembled outside along the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … The demise of two top judges during the early half of October is rattling the Mexican juridical system…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … The resignation of Mexican Supreme Court Judge Eduardo Medina Mora has certainly shaken up the Mexican political system…
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By RICH GRANT It took just 15 minutes of battle in 1759 to end the empire of New France, but it’s taken the 257 ensuing years to create the marvelous concoction that replaced it — the wonderful walled, multi-cultural city of Vieux Quebec. Old Quebec is the most European-looking town in America, a twisting maze of cobblestone streets lined with colorful
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As millions of people around the world commemorate the 75th anniversary of the heroic sacrifices of World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy today, June 6, we at Pulse News Mexico want to join in paying our respects to the more than 160,000 Allied troops who landed along that 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French
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