Supreme Court Admits 30 More Appeals against Plan B
According to the municipalities, certain reforms in the electoral law violate their budgetary autonomy, specifically by “limiting social communication spending to 0.1 percent.”
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Israeli Embassy Inaugurates ‘Friendship Bench’
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Israeli Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday, Dec. 7, inaugurated a “Friendship Bench” designed by artist Noé Katz in front of its chancellery in Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec. In an evening ceremony outside the embassy, Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Zvi Tal cut the ribbon on the alabaster bench, which he explained represents the union and longstanding ties
Read moreWater Cutoffs Affect 12 Municipalities in Mexico City
By MARK LORENZANA On Monday, Aug. 15, 12 municipalities in Mexico City experienced a reduction in the supply of drinking water due to the low water levels in the storage dams of the Cutzamala System aqueduct. Representatives from the Mexico City Water System (Sacmex) explained early Monday that the water pressure in the capital would be decreased from the usual
Read more‘Vaselina’ Offers Nostalgic Musical Reboot of 1950s Teenage Angst
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The “New Generation” interpretation of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s 1972 hit musical “Grease,” now playing at the Teatro del Parque in Huixquilucan’s Interlomas Shopping Mall, is a nostalgic tribute to a bygone era when black leather jackets and flirty hoop skirts were in teenage vogue and high school dramas revolved around first-date romances and hotrod
Read moreWingate School Hosts Virtual Book Fair
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico City’s Wingate School is hosting a five-day, online book fair from Monday, Nov. 22, through Friday, Nov. 26. The fair is open to everyone and includes a wide selection of titles in English for all ages, but is especially focused on children’s books The Wingate School has traditionally held a book fair, in
Read moreMexico Airspace Design Leads to Noise Pollution Lawsuits
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The problems with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial Santa Lucía Airport project just keep adding up. In addition to work delays and over-expenditures, a high rate of workplace accidents and countless lawsuits over its prioritization and the cancelation of the previous private-sector New International Mexico Airport (NAIM) — not to mention the
Read moreMexico City Water Wars Reach Tipping Point
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS With the near-citywide water service suspension now entering its second week (with no end in sight) and Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) employees making personal fortunes by selling off tankers of potable water that are supposed to be provided free of charge by the government, Mexico City residents are up in arms and fighting mad. Particularly affected
Read moreOops, They Did It Again
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICIO STAFF Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the shower (and expect running water), Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) announced on Monday, Nov. 4, that after five days of water service cutoff — from Wednesday, Oct. 31 through Sunday, Nov. 4 — that despite having turned back on the equipment to pump
Read moreMexico City Water Service Back on Line
By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) announced that, despite some setbacks installing a key part of the tubing needed to replace the damaged sections of the Cutzamala water system, initial water service for Mexico City and the State of Mexico (Edoméx) was reinstated at 8:05 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, when the pumps that supply the areas
Read moreMexico City Water Cutoff Starts Wednesday
By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF Just in time for Halloween (and the two-day Day of the Dead holiday), Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) is giving roughly half of Mexico City residents and a large share of State of Mexico (Edoméx) residents anything but a “treat” in the form of a massive water service cutoff starting Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 8
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