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Three Real Emergencies the US Must Address on its Southern Border

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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE     (The following article first appeared in the U.S. political website “The Hill” and is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) The negotiations in Washington over security at the U.S. southern border should focus on three of the real emergencies that are causing widespread human suffering and exacting high costs in both the United States and Mexico: illegal drug trafficking

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International Financial Institutes Give AMLO’s Pemex Bailout Plan Thumbs Down

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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     On the morning of Friday, Feb. 15, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) eagerly presented his four-punch bailout plan to save the country’s financially lethargicm state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) from economic collapse. By that same afternoon, at least three international financial institutions and one of the “Big Three” global credit rating agencies had declared

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Anxiety Over AMLO’s Disdain for Personal Security Mounts

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By RICARDO CASTILLO     There’s a growing concern among most Mexicans over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) disdain for personal security. Friends and political opponents agree that the lax security that has surrounded him for the little over two months he’s been in office has to be reinforced. The president’s problem is that he considers himself to be just one more

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Pemex Union Boss Defiant Despite Pending Indictment

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     Carlos Romero Deschamps, head of the powerful Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) workers group, the Mexican Oil Workers Union (STPRM), said Wednesday, Jan. 31, that he is not concerned about the alleged charges against him. Earlier in the day, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Romero Deschamps will soon be charged with alleged fuel

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AMLO Receives Death Threat from Huachicoleros

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     A cloth banner painted with threats to the life of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was found just outside the Salamanca refinery in the central state of Guanajuato, presidential spokesperson Jesús Ramírez Cuevas said on Thursday, Jan. 31. The banner, which was found by local police, was allegedly signed by the assumed

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Two Minor Burned at Tlahuelilpan Sent to Galveston

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     Two minor boys – a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old — injured during the Jan. 18 Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, gasoline duct explosion have been flown to the Shriners Hospital in Galveston, Texas, for treatment. Both considered to be in critical condition, the youngest boy suffered burns of 83 percent of his body, while the elder boy

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Mexican Government Buys 571 Tankers from US

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     As part of his ongoing war against fuel theft, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Monday, Jan. 21, that his government has signed contracts to purchase 571 oil tankers from the United States. The new tankers, which cost $85.4 million, will have a combined capacity to transport up to 116,897 barrels

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