By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The late 19th century and early 20th century writer and critic José Juan Tablada (1871-1945) is generally considered to be the Father of Modern Mexican Poetry. The son of a well-heeled businessman, he travelled abroad throughout much of his early life, living briefly in both Paris and New York. But it was Tablada’s obsession and fascination with
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what came as no surprise for those who have been following the case, notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman Loera was handed down a life sentence plus 30 years by a U.S. District Court in New York on Wednesday, July 17. Prior to his sentencing, Guzmán complained to the court that he
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s hard to understand why Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) reacted viscerally to the two-level downgrading New York-based Fitch Ratings made of the state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) last Tuesday, Jan. 29. In any case, if there is going to be a culprit for the heinous performance of Pemex finances, it is none other than
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s official: The “pharaonic” construction of the New International Mexico Airport (NAIM) was announced defunct last Dec. 27 The cancellation of the ongoing construction comes four years after former President Enrique Peña Nieto, along with the Mexico City Airports Group – in charge of building – announced its beginnings. The decision was announced by the new Mexican
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The shock is gone now. The horror still remains. Those terrible images of the hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 colliding into the South Tower of the World Trade Center with the North Tower already ablaze from the crash of American Airlines Flight 11 are forever engraved in our collective memories as a specter of absolute unmitigated malevolence.
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