Remembering Tlatelolco – 56 Years Later
When the carnage ended, dozens lay dead and hundreds of other students had been shoved into vans, many of them to be tried and imprisoned.
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Mexican Film Legend Irma Serrano Dead at 89
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Once-internationally renowned Mexican film star and diva Irma Serrano died Wednesday, March 1, from a heart attack at age 89, the National Actors Association reported. Serrano, better known as “La Tigresa” (“The Tigress”), began her career as a singer of ranchero music in the early 1960s, and then expanded into the Mexican film industry as a powerful
Read moreThe Rise and Fall of Mexico’s First Great Political Party
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
Read moreUrzúa Resigns as Head of Finance Head, Herrera Pinch Hits
By RICARDO CASTILLO It was a political rock rattle and roll in the Mexican government Tuesday, July 9, when, over the course of just one hour one Treasury Secretary resigned and a new one was appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). To offer a proper sequence of events, allow me to start from the beginning of the series
Read moreRemembering the Tlatelolco Massacre, 50 Years On
By RICARDO CASTILLO Around the globe, 1968 is the one year during the second half of the 20th century that is most remembered by historians as a year of social unrest because to the large amount of university student rebellions that took place. Of all of them (in France, Germany and definitely the United States, among others), perhaps the only
Read morePorfirio Muñoz Ledo, Under the Limelight Again at Age 85
By RICARDO CASTILLO The new Chamber of Deputies president, Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, is a master of political discourse and parliamentary procedures. During the “installation” (to use the Mexican term for inauguration) of the two houses of Congress last Saturday, Sept. 1, Porfirio, at age 85, presided over the inaugural process of the 64th Legislature. And in so doing, he showed his experience
Read moreTillerson’s Fly-by-Night Visit
By RICARDO CASTILLO I can breathe a sign of relief; it didn’t happen! My biggest fear about last week’s fly-by-night visit to Mexico City by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was that he’d announce the replacement of Ambassador Roberta Jacobson. That didn’t happen and that’s very good news. That, of course, should be a warning to ambitious fellows who want
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