By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Back in April of 2020, the Mexico City government introduced a special box to protect doctors and other medical personnel during the intubation of covid-19 patients. The box, which was designed by the city’s Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Secretariat (Sectei), in cooperation with the Hospital General, the National Institute of Medical Sciences and
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By KELIN DILLON According to a study conducted by the Faculty of Medicine at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), nine out of 10 Mexicans who died from covid-19 were people who held essential jobs that did not allow them to work from home during the pandemic. A total of 94 percent of the country’s more than 220,000 coronavirus-related
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Three years after Mexican students were ranked last among 38 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries in math, science and reading by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the country has apparently suspended the tests altogether. Tue Halgreen, a senior analyst at PISA headquarters in France, confirmed the suspension of field tests in Mexico
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By KELIN DILLON Much controversy has arisen in Mexico over the distribution of “air vaccines” following a viral video of a nurse pretending to inoculate an elderly man against coronavirus while merely inserting an empty syringe into his arm, leading to uneasiness throughout the country about the purported reality of Mexico’s vaccination process. Though the empty vaccine appeared to be
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By KELIN DILLON Famed Mexican author and historian Enrique Krauze has been awarded the III Spanish Orders History Prize, recognizing his commitment and work surrounding the Hispanic world. Krauze, who has been on the receiving end of public attacks by current Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) due to the author’s longtime criticism of presidential power, was proposed for
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Red Alert for Three Kings’ Day There could be no more powerful image over the Christmas and New Year holidays than the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) doctors working out of covid-laden patient wards telling everyone, “We don’t want to see you here. Please, stay home.” Their pleas, however, fell on deaf ears. On Tuesday, Jan. 5,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s annual International Theater Festival (FIT) will open at the Capilla Gótica of the Centro Cultural Helénico with an all-female interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s fast-paced “Lady Windermere’s Fan” (titled simply “El Abanico,” or “The Fan.” in Spanish), on Saturday, Nov. 21. The four-act comedy is being directed by Mexican thespian Michell Amaro, who studied
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The collective memory in Mexico may be short these days, but it was a long haul until Wednesday, July 22, to pick the four new National Electoral Institute (INE) councilors that just took over their posts. Once the Chamber of Deputies approved the four from a choice of 20 pre-candidates, the storm was over and a political calm
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Jiménez Espriú Resigns After accepting the resignation of Communications and Transportation Secretary (SCT) Javier Jiménez Espriú, Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced this week that the new secretary will be Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal. Jiménez Espriú turned in his resignation last week after AMLO announced that all customs houses were going to be managed by
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF If at least 90 percent of Mexicans wore face masks in public places, the number of covid-19 cases would drop by as much as 60 percent, according to the head of the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s (UNAM) Molecular Genetic Laboratories. “The use of face coverings should be mandatory,” said Laurie Ann Ximénez-Fyvie, a
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