PULSE NEWS MEXICO Twelve Mexico City municipalities — Álvaro Obregón, Azcapotzalco, Benito Juárez, Cuajimalpa, Coyoacán, Cuauhtémoc, Iztapalapa, Iztacalco, Miguel Hidalgo, Magdalena Contreras, Tlapan and Venustiano Carranza — will have a decrease in water supply for the next four weeks, the capital’s water system announced Saturday, Nov. 12. Due to a technical failure on Friday, Nov. 11, in one of the
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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
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Despite initial claims by National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party leader Mario Delgado to the contrary, the first national internal elections of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s leftist party on Saturday, July 30, and Sunday, July 31, were marred by claims of ballot stuffing, ballot box burnings and outright acts of violence, with videos of numerous of
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By MARK LORENZANA On Monday, June 13, Mexican boxing legend Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Márquez was finally inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, after more than two decades of dedicating his life to the sweet science and eight years since he fought — and won — his last fight against Mexican-American contender Mike Alvarado in 2014.
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As temperatures and stagnant air continue to plague Mexico City and the Valley of Mexico, leading to high ozone levels, the Megalopolis Environmental Commission (Came) determined later Tuesday, May 3, that Phase I of the ozone contingency plan would be maintained, at least through Wednesday, May 4. Ozone levels in parts of the capital
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Due to high air contamination levels across Mexico City and the extended metropolis in the Valley of Mexico, the Megalopolis Environmental Commission (Came) late Monday, May 2, announced an emergency Phase 1 contingency plan requiring that the Day-without-a-Car (hoy no circula) program be extended to include more cars for Tuesday, May 3, including some
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite extensive campaigns across Mexico’s capital aimed at gaining and maintaining control over its 32 precincts in the midterm elections on Sunday, June 6, preliminary vote counts indicate that the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) lost territory as a result of the polling. Morena, founded by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) as a platform to promote
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The fourth stage of the Mexico City government’s vaccination program is set to begin on Wednesday, March 17, to inoculate the elderly populations of the Venustiano Carranza precinct, with the Chinese-produced SinoVac vaccine, city officials announced Monday, March 15. City officials said that they hope to inoculate 91,241 residents of the precinct, all of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In an unprecedented effort to inoculate older Mexicans against the covid-19 coronavirus, Mexico City registered a record 81,500 residents over age 60 of the upscale Miguel Hidalgo precinct immunized during a one-week period, city officials announced Sunday, March 14. On Sunday, the capital government completed its vaccination campaign in Miguel Hidalgo, immunizing a total
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As of Monday, March 8, Mexico City will begin its Phase 3 administration of covid-19 vaccines, covering elderly residents of the Miguel Hidalgo and Azcapotzalco Precincts, the Mexican Social Security Institute announced Saturday, March 6. As in the case of previous Mexico City precincts, the order for the administration of the vaccines will be
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