PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mauricio Tabe, mayor of Mexico City’s Miguel Hidalgo municipality and member of the conservative opposition party National Action Party (PAN), denounced Mexico’s state-run Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) on Twitter early Wednesday, Nov. 30, claiming that the CFE had used false claims of outstanding bills to justify the power cut. Tabe said that all electric bills for the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s been called the “Soul of Mexico,” and for good reason. The central state of Michoacán, with its high mountainous terrain and deep Tarascan indigenous roots, is one of the most culturally diverse and historically rich regions in the country. Particularly famous for its folk arts — due in large part to the efforts of Vasco de
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO From possums to burrowing owls and an entire menagerie of indigenous creatures such as the Xochimilco axolotl (a type of footed salamander) and the cacomixtle (a ring-tailed raccoon), Mexico City is alive with a vast variety of wildlife. And to promote awareness and the protection of these unique native animal species, the Mexico City Culture Secretariat on
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Thanks to international work-from-homers, about 3 million of whom have chosen Mexico as their remote office destination-of-choice since the outbreak of the global covid-19 pandemic, the cost of rents have grown exponentially in some parts of the country. In Mexico City alone, rents have increased by as much as 20 percent in some areas,
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