The Sizzling Events of the Dog Days of Summer
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Pemex Rewarded with Oil Megafield Same Day as Fireball
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) was reportedly handed the lucrative operation of the Zama megafield in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, July 2, the same day a burst Pemex pipeline caused a huge fireball in the ocean, which attracted attention and criticism worldwide. Discovered in 2017 by private company Talos Energy, the Zama megafield
Read moreEnvironmental Concerns Arise after Pemex’s Ocean Fireball
By KELIN DILLON Environmentalists are lashing out against Mexico’s oil-friendly practices after the appearance of a massive fireball in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, July 2, which was caused by a leak in one of state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) pipelines through the area. The massive fire “demonstrates the serious risks that the fossil fuel model in Mexico
Read moreMassive Pemex Gas Leak Spurts Ring of Fire in Gulf of Mexico
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) late Friday, July 2, reported a massive natural gas leak from the rupture of an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. The leak, which led to a gigantic fire on the water’s surface, occurred at the offshore Ku-Maloob-Zaap rig about 500 feet from a drilling platform.
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO’s Washington Itinerary Here are a few things we know about Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) scheduled visit to the White House on Wednesday, July 8. Previously to his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Mexican head of state will visit two monuments: a statue of Benito Juárez and the Abraham Lincoln Monument. Later,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO Headed to Washington There is no doubt that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) will make his first international outing to Washington D.C. He announced this week that it was a done deal. The remaining problem is exactly when the trip will take place. AMLO has repeatedly stated he will do it in the first
Read moreWreckers, Rebels and Rumrunners
By RICH GRANT The six-foot-two-inch female impersonator in the gold dress curled her finger at me across Duval Street and shouted, “Come on over, honey, the show starts in 15 minutes.” She was wrong. The “show” in Key West started about 180 years ago and it’s still going strong. This somewhat crazy tropical island, capital of the self-proclaimed Conch Republic,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO 2020 News Forecasts An old adage used to say that someday news would travel so fast that we would know the facts about a news item even before it happened. I’ve got news for you; that’s no longer an adage. Hence, here’s a vague glimpse of the shape of news to come in Mexico during 2020, which
Read moreSingapore Ponders Investment in Tehuantepec
By RICARDO CASTILLO … Singapore’s prime minister met with AMLO to discuss his nation’s potential involvement in the Tehuantepec Isthmus project…
Read moreIn Fight Against Piracy, Mexico to Step up Gulf Coast Monitoring
XINHUA … Mexico will reinforce military surveillance along its gulf coast following recent incidents of piracy, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said…
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