Tag Archives: Latin America

Eclac’s Bárcena: AMLO Grabbed the Bull by the Horns

By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexicans are divided between two opinions: One, those who have faith in the “profound economic model transformation” slowly but surely being promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), and two, those AMLO calls “conservative hypocrites,” who are presently even denouncing the Mexican democratic system as nothing less than a scourge for having elected this populist dude

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Hublot’s Latin American Presence Ticks Upward

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Hublot, the luxury Swiss watch brand founded in 1980 by Italian horologist Carlo Crocco, introduced its new regional director for Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Africa, David Tedeschi, during a lavish media event at Mexico City’s upscale Restaurante de El Lago on Monday, March 11, a sure sign that the company is gearing up

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Saga of a Defunct Airport

By RICARDO CASTILLO     It’s official: The “pharaonic” construction of the New International Mexico Airport (NAIM) was announced defunct last Dec. 27 The cancellation of the ongoing construction comes four years after former President Enrique Peña Nieto, along with the Mexico City Airports Group – in charge of building – announced its beginnings. The decision was announced by the new Mexican

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Remembering Bolivar

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     On this day in 1783, Simón Bolívar, often referred to as “El Libertador” (“The Liberator”), was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Revered as both a political and military leader, Bolivar led the revolution in most of modern South America, allowing countries in the region to establish themselves as sovereign states that were independent of Spanish

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Yes There Is a Dirty War Against AMLO

By RICARDO CASTILLO     The good news is that more Mexicans are – at long last – interested in a presidential race. The figures for some foreign observers may not be impressive, but, locally, the audience participation results of last Sunday’s debate issued by the National Electoral Institute (INE) showed that 11.4 million Mexicans watched it and that two out of every

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