OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Thousands of Mexican women are expected to take to the streets on Tuesday, March 8, to mark International Women’s Day (IWD), and while President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has called on the marchers to avoid violence, few expect the protests to be 100 percent pacifistic. Mexico, with one of the highest per capita incidences of
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO New Mexican Tourist Resort Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Saturday visited the largest of the three islands, popularly known as “Las Marías,” off the coast of Nayarit in the Pacific Ocean. During his visit, AMLO announced that in three months the archipelago, which once served as a federal prison, would open up to tourists as
Read more
By KELIN DILLON As U.S. President Joe Biden moves further away from his predecessor Donald Trump’s much talked-about plan for a wall on the Mexico-United States border, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) ironically put his own wall up on March 5 in front of Mexico City’s National Palace, the place López Obrador himself calls home. Last month, on
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO Women March Nationwide From A and B to Y and Z, Mexican women will protest in Monday, March 8, International Women’s Day, against macho violence in the nation. Though in the past, much of the attention of previous demonstrations has been centered around the Mexico City main square Zócalo, this year the programming for the protests will
Read more
International Women’s Day in Mexico
Read more
Raise a Fist
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO Two Women’s Days It’s not amazing, given the nature of the brutality of some Mexican machos, to be witnessing the enormous support the two days of protest by Mexican women is getting just about from everywhere. You name it, social groups, universities, government secretariats (like Education, no classes on Monday, March 9) and entrepreneurial groups have all
Read more
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Friday, March 8, is International Women’s Day (IWD). International Women’s Day is marked by women’s groups around the world to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. It is officially commemorated at the United Nations every Mar. 8 in recognition of the universal struggle for gender equality, justice,
Read more
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Thursday, March 8, marks International Women’s Day (IWD), traditionally observed as a time for both men and women to celebrate the progress made to advance women’s equality and the progress that continues to take place. International Women’s Day is marked by women’s groups around the world to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women
Read more