OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is back in the news now that U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar announced last week a potential $500 billion investment in the new transoceanic project to link up Salina Cruz in the Pacific with the Coatzacoalcos port in the Gulf of Mexico. Hazy as Salazar’s financial plan may be for now,
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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 RICARDO CASTILLO With four out of six state races for governor cleared, Mexico’s upcoming June 5 election is left to solve two main frays at the booths: Tamaulipas and Durango. Most pundits and polls agree that up ahead of schedule, the conservative National Action Party (PAN) will retain the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes, while the once-almighty centralist
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican soprano singer María Reyna will offer an operatic concert dedicated to the indigenous Mixe people, who live in the eastern highlands of the central state of Oaxaca, in a one-night performance at the National Center for the Arts (Cenart) on Saturday, May 21. The concert, titled “Orgullosa Soy Raíz” (“I am Proud of
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By RICARDO CASTILLO A recent vote at Mexico’s lower house Chamber of Deputies denying President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) the approval of his electricity reform left the impression that the country is politically “polarized,” that is, evenly divided in two political factions. AMLO’s supporters at the chamber missed the two-thirds majority goal they needed to pass the reform, which
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Museum of Photographic Archives (MAF) on Friday, May 13, opened an exhibit of works by the late French-Hungarian photographer Nadja Massün, who personally prepared the montage before passing away a few days before its opening. The exhibition contains 50 images of indigenous communities in Mexico and abroad taken by Massün over a 20-year
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, when it comes to designing sculptures, it’s all about the ball. That fact was made abundantly apparent in his new exhibit “What Goes Around, Comes Around,” which opened at Italy’s Vendramin Grimani Palace in Venice on Wednesday, April 20. Composed of 36 works, including paintings, sculptures and a 195-clay-sphere installation, the collection
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE In 421 municipalities across Mexico, the Constitution is in effect, but federal and state statutes do not necessarily apply. These independent communities, made up primarily of indigenous people, are allowed, due to a change in the Mexican Constitution in the late 1990s, to self-govern with the official designation as a “community of traditions and customs.”
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca embodies the essence of the nation. Its endlessly rich culture and gastronomy have made it famous around the world. However, the state has faced a historic struggle with extreme poverty and marginalization of its inhabitants, about one-third of whom are indigenous. Oaxaca is among Mexico’s the top three poorest states,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF With the government’s new Dos Bocas oil refinery slated to open in July and the expanded operations of the Paraíso refinery in Tabasco, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Tuesday, April 12, that Mexico will be self-sufficient in gasoline, diesel and turbine fuel production by the year 2023. Speaking during his quarterly State
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