OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO For four Mexican opposition political parties, it is the lull before the storm, scheduled for Sunday, June 5, when elections for governor will be held in six states. For sure the leaders of those parties are keeping up the competitive spirit, claiming the candidates they support will come out victors, a hope contenders claim is wishful
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The results of Mexico’s 2024 presidential election will be determined by the country’s middle class, a former Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) said this week. Writing in the April 11 edition of the newsletter of the U.S.-based trimonthly magazine Americas Quarterly, former SRE Undersecretary and current professor of public policy at the London School of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just one day after Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced that the Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) government was beginning negotiations for Qatar Airways to open direct flights to Mexico, using the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), the Middle Eastern airlines on Wednesday, April 6, contradicted Ebrard, saying it has no plans
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Qatar Airways will soon begin negotiations to establish direct flights between Doha and Mexico City, Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Tuesday, April 5. The airlines, which already services more than 150 international destinations with a fleet of 200 aircraft, would theoretically be flying to the newly opened Felipe Ángeles International Airport
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Former Brazilian President and current presidential hopeful Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace on Tuesday, March 1. The former Brazilian head of state, a diehard leftist who served as his nation’s president from 2003 to 2011 and who is running for a
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After stating that Mexico is against any use of military force to resolve geopolitical disputes, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Thursday, Feb. 24, said that he “has a plan” to avoid fuel price hikes in Mexico stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “In terms of foreign policy, Mexico is going to continue promoting dialogue,
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XINHUA Most of the weapons seized by authorities in Mexico over the last two years were manufactured in the United States, according to a report released Monday, Jan. 31, by the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Mexican security forces seized 18,091 U.S.-made weapons between Jan. 1, 2020, and Nov. 18, 2021, an average of 812 guns or other firearms a month,
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XINHUA The governments of Mexico and Chile agreed to form a strategic alliance to promote Latin America’s “common voice” on the world stage, the two countries announced Friday, Jan. 7. According to a statement from Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE), once Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric takes office on March 11, the two governments will seek the support of other leftist
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Monday, Nov. 22, that he is ready to “go to battle” with the 11 U.S. arms manufacturers that Mexico is suing for the surge in violent crime. “The real battle begins now,” Ebrard said during a speech at the United Nations Security Council, in response to
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF With more than 24,500 people reported missing during the first three years of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) six-year term, and a total of more than 94,000 missing persons with no explanation as to their whereabouts, the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) sent a select team of researchers on an official
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