XINHUA Great Britain and Mexico have signed an agreement aimed at securing the existing bilateral trade following the end of the Brexit transition period on Dec. 31, the British Department for International Trade (DIT) said Tuesday, Dec. 15. The UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement (UKMCA) will provide certainty for British and Mexican businesses “trading the goods and services that make up
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico Pre-Purchases Covid Vaccines Mexico clinched the purchase of 200 million anti-covid-19 vaccines to protect 100 million people (about 80 percent of the population), the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) announced through Twitter on Friday, Nov. 27. SRE Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and the secretariat’s team of vaccine procurement buyers for individual laboratories and the World Health Organization (WHO)
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Corona “Beerus” Brewery Nixed at Border A poll carried out by Mexico’s Interior Secretariat (SeGob) over the past weekend (Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22) resulted in an overwhelming vote against the establishment of Corona beer manufacturer Constellation Brands mega-brewery in the Mexican border city of Mexicali, on the Mexican side of Calexico and Imperial Valley,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … A quick review of the most important news items in Mexico over the last few days…
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By RICH GRANT … With a little planning, Disney World can be the ultimate E-ticket ride for grownups, without Mickey or Donald…
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The late 19th century and early 20th century writer and critic José Juan Tablada (1871-1945) is generally considered to be the Father of Modern Mexican Poetry. The son of a well-heeled businessman, he travelled abroad throughout much of his early life, living briefly in both Paris and New York. But it was Tablada’s obsession and fascination with
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO More than three weeks ago, on June 4, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced that he would not attend the June 29 and 30 gathering of the Group of 20 – G-20 top economies of the world. “I’m making this announcement in advance now,” he said. “I am not going to the meeting of the Group
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s most important festival of Japanese butoh dance theater will be held in Mexico City starting on Tuesday, April 30. The two-week festival, titled “Cuerpos en Revuelta” (”Bodies in Revolt”), is being sponsored by the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) and will be spread out across six different venues throughout the
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