By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A caravan of an estimated 4,000 Haitian, Central American and South American migrants pushed past Mexican National Guard (GN) troops in the southern border city of Tapachula on Saturday, Oct. 23, heading for Mexico City. Some of the caravan organizers said that in the Mexican capital, they intended to demand the right of free
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A full 42 percent of the nation’s armed forces personnel has been recommissioned by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to conduct non-military jobs, according to a National Security Report presented to the president on Tuesday, Oct. 20. During AMLO’s daily press conference on Tuesday, Mexican National Guard Commander Luis Rodríguez reported that
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just one month into his six-year term as governor of central northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, the administration of David Monreal Ávila, from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party, has already racked up a roster of 220 drug-related murders, making for an average daily homicide rate of more
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, Sept. 27, charged the National Guard (GN) with yet another responsibility, the creation of a special body dedicated to recovering stolen historical and archaeological pieces. During the inauguration of a dual exhibition “The Grandeur of Mexico” at the National Museum of Anthropology and the Secretariat
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite a dramatic 74 percent uptick in violent crimes, a 7.3 percent increase in poverty, a contraction of the national economy every year since he took office, and, lest we forget, a dismal mismanagement of the covid-19 pandemic that has resulted in the deaths of nearly 260,000 Mexicans (and that’s just based on the official numbers, outside
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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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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) continues to deny that the Mexican government is spying on journalists and opposition leaders, a report published on Sunday, July 18, in the Washington Post would seem to contract his claims. The article — written by Dana Priest, Craig Timberg and Souad Mekhennet in cooperation with 16
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In the nearly six months since U.S. President Joe Biden took office, Mexico has increased its military presence along its northern and southern borders by 275 percent, the highest level ever, according to government sources. According to a report by the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), a combination of 27,572 soldiers, sailors and national
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada — a longtime critic of and target of insults from current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) — issued a tweet on Saturday, July 2, directed not at López Obrador, but rather to his followers, warning them to wake up and smell the coffee. “In the face of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), nearly three years into his six-year term, spoke to the nation in a televised address on Thursday, July 1, marking the third anniversary of his 2018 electoral victory. During the 40-minute address, AMLO showcased what he said were his administration’s most important successes and made predictions for
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