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Mexico: Land of the Poor, Land of the Blind
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The Mexican Recession that May Not Be
By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s the end of July and figures are beginning to trickle in regarding the state of Mexico’s economy. The first one landed on Friday, July 26, from the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (Inegi), which is the nation’s foremost authority in gauging financial and industrial trends and the news is not good since the Gross Domestic
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Two former U.S. ambassadors speak out
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The Scraps of AMLO’s Republican Austerity
Read moreAra Pacis Mexicana
By MATT SEDDON In 13 B.C., the Roman Emperor Augustus built an altar to peace on the outskirts of Rome. He had just returned from squashing resistance to the empire in what is now Spain and France. The altar – called the Ara Pacis Augustae – was beautifully carved with images that reinforced Roman notions of the Pax Romana, the
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Two Different Visions of Mexico
Read moreThe Greatest Showman
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s no denying that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO, as he likes to be called) is charismatic, and he definitely puts on a great show. In fact, his daily song and dance act at the National Palace has become a standing-room-only extravaganza with “sold-out” crowds of politically developmentally challenged proselytes who see him as
Read moreRemembering Mexico’s Great Liberator
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Just in case you are wondering why Monday, March 18, is an official holiday here in Mexico, it is in observation of the 1806 birthday of five-time president Benito Juárez, a national hero, who helped chase the French out of the country, overthrew the Hapsburg-imposed empire of Maximillian I, and restored the republic under a liberal regime
Read moreAMLO Shutters Soup Kitchens
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Tuesday, March 12, that his government will be closing 5,000 government operated soup kitchens nationwide this year. The community kitchens were operated by the now-defunct Secretariat of Social Development (Sedesol), which has been replaced by AMLO’s Secretariat of Wellbeing. They fed an average of 500,000
Read moreFinishing Strong: Seeking a Proper US Exit from Afghanistan
By DANIEL F. RUNDE and EARL ANTHONY WAYNE (The following is an abbreviated version of a brief written for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. It is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) THE ISSUE A precipitous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would endanger many of the social, political, economic and health gains that
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