Nearshoring picked up steam when the covid-19 pandemic exposed the considerable risks inherent in the supply chains for numerous critically important products and intermediate goods for which there was often a single supplier
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Just two days after it was revealed that the Mexican Treasury Secretariat’s (Hacienda) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) was investigating the financial dealings of previous President Enrique Peña Nieto on possible charges of embezzlement and/or money laundering, it was reported Saturday, July 9, that the FIU is also conducting a financial investigation into other former presidents, including Ernesto
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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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OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER After a resounding failure to pass his controversial electricity reform bill in the April 17 vote at the Chamber of Deputies, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his leftist, in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party have set their aim on yet another target: the opposition. That campaign is gaining traction by Morena further
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After thousands of U.S. drivers were crossing into the country to fill up their tanks on Mexican government-subsidized gasoline, the nation’s Treasury Secretariat (Hacienda) on Saturday, April 2, announced that it will suspend gas subsidies along the northern border, effective immediately, at least through Friday, April 8. Two days later, Mexican President Andrés Manuel
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite a dramatic 74 percent uptick in violent crimes, a 7.3 percent increase in poverty, a contraction of the national economy every year since he took office, and, lest we forget, a dismal mismanagement of the covid-19 pandemic that has resulted in the deaths of nearly 260,000 Mexicans (and that’s just based on the official numbers, outside
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s auto parts exports increased by 27.5 percent in the first four months of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, according to the National Auto Parts Industry Association (INA). The surge — the largest increase since 2010 — was primarily the result of the implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican Labor Party Deputy Mauricio Toledo just can’t seem to dodge the bullets that keep being hurdled at him for alleged illicit enrichment and other criminal charges. Toledo, who took office in 2018 as part of the majority party National Regeneration Movement’s (Morena) leftist coalition, is currently being investigated by the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), nearly three years into his six-year term, spoke to the nation in a televised address on Thursday, July 1, marking the third anniversary of his 2018 electoral victory. During the 40-minute address, AMLO showcased what he said were his administration’s most important successes and made predictions for
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It pretty much was to be expected: First, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) endowed the nation’s military with the gift of nonaccountability, meaning that it doesn’t have to report to anyone what it is doing or how much it is spending doing it. Then, he placed the construction and administration of his highly controversial Tren
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