By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The overexploitation of soil in Mexico’s wester central state of Michoacán, caused by the cultivation of avocados, has produced drastic effects on the environment and the endemic ecosystems of that state. Mexico is the center of global avocado production, specifically the central region of the country. Today, at least 135,000 hectares of Michoacán — Mexico’s
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE PUERTO VALLARTA, Jalisco — As had been previously announced, staring in early November, all persons heading into the United States will be required to present proof of full vaccination against covid-19 by a World Health Organization (WHO)-authorized vaccine. Now that there is a need for a vaccine certificate, some in Mexico are scrambling to find
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Tropical storm Pamela strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday, Oct. 12, as it moved toward the Mexican Pacific, and could reach a Category 3,forecasters said. The 16th named storm of the 2021 East Pacific hurricane season, Pamela, is expected to make landfall sometime on Wednesday, Oct. 13, as a Category 2 storm
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By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Aug. 30, more than 25 million Mexican students and 2 million teachers finally returned to in-person classes after more than 17 months away from educational centers due to the effects of the covid-19 pandemic — though not without widespread uncertainty and controversy around the move. First, the National Union of Parents (UNFP) noted a distinct
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By KELIN DILLON While the United States has made it increasingly harder for foreigners, Mexicans included, to migrate legally to the country, Mexico in turn has experienced a massive influx in legal foreign residents. Between January and May of 2021, more than 28,631 permanent resident cards (TRP) were issued, almost 10,000 more than the same time frame in the year
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Hyatt House Santa Fe, an extended-stay hotel linked through a overhead bridge to the ABC Medical Center’s Santa Fe, is marking its >fourth anniversary with a Huichol (or Wixárika) art exhibition. The exhibit, which will remain on display through Oct. 8, features 40 paintings and sculptures crafted by indigenous Huichol artists with beads
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF According to the Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (CMDPDH), in 2020 and during the first five months of 2021, at least 13,246 people have been displaced due to violence in their communities. Forced internal displacement is a violation of human rights that occurs when people are forced to flee
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After a five-month downward trend in massacres in Mexico, June closed with 10 mass executions nationwide, making it the worst month of the year for attacks of this kind, according to government statistics. Massacres, defined by the government as shootings in which five or more people die during a single violent event, surged in
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF During the first five months of 2021, femicides in Mexico increased by a whopping 7.1 percent compared to the same period in 2020, Secretary of Public Security Rosa Icela Rodríguez said Monday, June 28. Speaking during the daily press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace, Rodríguez said that
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XINHUA Tropical storm Enrique intensified into a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday, June 26, off the coast of the western Mexican states of Colima and Michoacán, the National Water Commission (Conagua) reported. “At 07:15 a.m., the center of Enrique was located approximately 230 kilometers southwest of Punta San Telmo, Michoacan, and 265 kilometers south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima,” Conagua said,
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