By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After the government of Panama formally rejected Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) appointment of disgraced historian Pedro Salmerón as ambassador to that country, AMLO announced Tuesday, Feb. 2, that he will instead propose Alternate Senator Jesusa Rodríguez for the post. “It turns out that I proposed Salmerón for ambassador in Panama and,
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By KELIN DILLON As 90,000 workers from Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) prepare to vote in the first-ever direct election for leadership for Pemex’s Oil Workers Union (STPRM) on Jan. 31, tensions are heating up between the election’s 25 candidates as the vote grows closer and closer. The union vote stems from recent reforms to Mexico’s labor legislature,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial proposed electricity reform, which would prioritize the use of carbon-based fuels over clean and renewable alternatives, was the main topic of discussion on Friday, Jan. 21, when he met with U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm at the National Palace. “We see a great opportunity to work
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After undergoing a cardiac catheterization one day earlier at the Military Hospital, leading to widespread concerns about his physical health, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) released an eight-minute video on Saturday, Jan. 22, confirming that he had written a “political last will and testament” to ensure “continued governability” in the nation in
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OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER Since Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) took office three years ago, no government official in Mexico, be it fe3deral, state or municipal, nor member of any autonomous bodies or the country’s federal judicial powers, is allowed to have a salary higher than — or even equal to — that of the president. However, since a
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By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Nov. 3, a number of U.S. congressmen protested against Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform in a letter to U.S. government officials, saying that the proposal would violate international treaties like the United States–Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and is discriminatory against both private investment initiatives and cleanly sourced energy. U.S. Republican members
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A pro-abortion march in Mexico’s City’s main plaza Zócalo on Tuesday, Sept. 28, left at least 37 people injured, according to data from the Secretariat for Citizen Security (SSC). Of those hurt, 27 were police officers, four of whom required hospitalization. A member of Mexico’s Interior Secretariat was also attacked. Nine of the injured
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The sixth summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), hosted by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace on Saturday, Sept. 18, turned into a daylong shouting match between leftist and conservative leaders, overshadowing any hopes of real regional unity and shining a negative light on AMLO’s already-dubious international
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS A Mexican federal judge on Tuesday, Sept. 14, annulled the arrest warrant and the formal prison order issued against the two women accused of allegedly having caused the death of Attorney General (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero’s brother through negligence in 2015. Fifth District Appeals Judge Patricia Marcela Diez Cerda in Mexico City ordered the release of Laura Morán
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS During the 300 years of Spanish rule following Hernán Cortés’ conquest of Tenochtitlán in 1521, the people of Mexico suffered the indignities of imported smallpox epidemics, forced labor and imposed religious conversions. The disenfranchised indigenous Mexica, Maya, Zapotec and Toltec civilizations were stripped of their heritage and land, and what properties were not claimed by the viceroys
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