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 KELIN DILLON In a new filing with the Organization of American States (OAS), Mexico’s three-party Va por México alliance consisting of the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), has accused Mexican organized crime of interfering with the nation’s 2021 electoral process through ballot box stuffing, violence and intimidation,
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By JESSICA GUERRERO Mexico’s independent life as a republic began in 1821, 200 years ago. But the first hundred years of the country’s autonomy were dizzying and plagued with numerous internal conflicts. These events and circumstances unleashed the Mexican Revolution that broke out in 1910, and consisted of a civil war between several regional revolutionary forces against the authoritarian regime of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF No stranger to controversy, Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda courted nationwide condemnation on Monday, Nov. 29, when she offered a press conference in the city of Iguala, seated in front of a modified Mexican flag with a giant, green snake in the form of an “S,” apparently referring to her surname. Technically, it is
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Mexican politics have been radically redefined in the last decade. The three great political bastions that historically had disputed the leadership and hegemony of the country went from an almost-lifetime splendor and permanence to a general crisis that has very nearly caused their dissolution. One of the oldest parties in modern Mexican history is the
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Apparently oblivious to the fact that his words were streaming live on the internet Friday, Nov, 19, Mexican Public Health (SSA) Secretary Jorge Alcocer Varela told attendees to the International Congress of Mental Health in Acapulco that indicators suggest that Mexico will soon enter a fourth wave of covid-19 infections. “Today, we are seeing early signs
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Stop the Violence!
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Apparently it’s alright in Mexico to engage in human trafficking — in this particular case, the sale of underaged girls — as long as the practice is “not the norm.” So said Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Tuesday, Oct. 26, reiterating his comments in the state of Guerrero over the weekend in which he
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Hurricane Rick hit Mexico’s Pacific coastal states of Guerrero and Michoácan late Sunday, Oct. 24, unleashing heavy rains and winds. The Category 2 hurricane also produced heavy rains in Colima, southern Jalisco and western Oaxaca, plus downpours the southwest of the State of Mexico, Morelos, Puebla and Mexico City, according to Mexico’s National Meteorological
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Halfway through his six-year term, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) may claim that nearly 60 percent of Mexicans still support him and his leftist Fourth Transformation (4T) administration, but it’s the remaining 40 percent he needs to worry about. Not only did his National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party lose significant political terrain in the June
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