Charisma, Old and New
From his daily “mañaneras” press conferences, AMLO not only decrees reality but reinforces the redeemer that he believes he incarnates, the man in whom millions of compatriots place their faith
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Family, Friends of Missing Woman Block Mexico-Cuernavaca Highway
At around 4:20 p.m. on Sunday, about 70 people blocked a part of the Mexico City-Cuernavaca Highway for an hour, causing chaos, mainly in the Insurgentes and Viaducto Tlalpan area toward Cuernavaca
Read moreMexico’s Democracy Matters — to Mexico and the US
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreA City without Laws
OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The crisis with Mexico City’s Superior Court of Justice is a surging problem which, in addition to leading to a serious traffic jam, could lead to a reduction in private investment, economic decline, higher unemployment in a city with already too few jobs and ungovernability in the country’s capital. It could also derail Mexico City
Read moreFloods Wreak Havoc Across Central Mexico
By KELIN DILLON Heavy storms across the central states of Mexico on the evening of Monday, Sept. 6, caused massive floods throughout the region, resulting in the deaths of 17 hospital patients and widespread damage. In Hidalgo, the state north of Mexico City, a hospital run by the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), reported water levels up to a
Read moreMexico’s Natural Gas Companies Warn of Indefinite Shutdown
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A strike by distributors and commissioners of one of Mexico’s largest gas unions, begun on Monday, Aug. 2, will continue until a price agreement is worked out with the government, according to industry leaders. The closure of natural (LP) gas distribution stations given the Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administration’s arbitrary decision over the
Read moreAMLO Supports Cuban Government Amid Protests
By KELIN DILLON While protestors against the country’s government have filled the streets of Cuba, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) went out of his way to publicly declare his support for the Miguel Díaz-Canel administration during a press conference on the morning of Monday, July 12. Hundreds of people began protesting in Cuba on Sunday, July 11, challenging the
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO Women March Nationwide From A and B to Y and Z, Mexican women will protest in Monday, March 8, International Women’s Day, against macho violence in the nation. Though in the past, much of the attention of previous demonstrations has been centered around the Mexico City main square Zócalo, this year the programming for the protests will
Read moreThe Horror! The Horror!
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Regardless of their political leaning — Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative — what Americans witnessed in Washington, D.C. yesterday, Wednesday, Jan. 6, represented a repugnant and shameful disgrace for every U.S. citizen. The savage violation of the U.S. Capitol building by a mob of rightwing ultraists who, egged on and enabled by the incendiary rhetoric of
Read moreMexicans Turn Out in Force to Protest AMLO
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Residents across at least 70 cities in 30 Mexican states participated in a mass protest against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Saturday, May 30. Despite the ongoing nationwide covid-19 lockdown, thousands of cars and SUVs in Mexico City and other major Mexican metropolis conducted a daylong protest caravan, demanding the immediate resignation
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