By MARK LORENZANA Zoé Robledo, director of Mexico’s Social Security Institute (IMSS), said on the morning of Tuesday, July 19, at Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) daily press conference, that of more than 14,000 vacancies that were intended to be filled under the government’s medical specialist recruitment program, only 2,621 doctors had been hired in the country. And
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO A 48-year-old tourist from Dallas, Texas, who was visiting the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, was confirmed on Tuesday, June 7, to have contracted monkeypox. The man, who presented at a Puerto Vallarta hospital with pustule-like lesions on May 30, allegedly fled the hospital early Friday, June 3, after doctors informed him that he could
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE When you think of popular retirement communities for foreigners in Mexico, what cities come to mind? Lake Chapala, outside of Guadalajara? San Miguel de Allende with its six-to-one ratio for women to men over 60? The perfect weather of Cuernavaca? Surprisingly, these cities did not even make it to the list. Of 15 cities compared
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Thanks to international work-from-homers, about 3 million of whom have chosen Mexico as their remote office destination-of-choice since the outbreak of the global covid-19 pandemic, the cost of rents have grown exponentially in some parts of the country. In Mexico City alone, rents have increased by as much as 20 percent in some areas,
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE As April and May approach and transnationals begin discussions with their employees about relocation to Mexico (or any other country), the big question of “what about school for the kids?” ranks right up there with safety. (The same applies for digital nomads who see Mexico as a great place to work at a distance with
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By KELIN DILLON Just days after the public conflict of interest scandal plaguing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) eldest son, José Ramón López Beltrán, and his employment status at a company owned by the family of close AMLO collaborator and businessman Daniel Chávez, new information has revealed showing just how close the working relationship between Chávez and the
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By JUAN DE JESUS BREENE PUERTO, VALLARTA, Jalisco — When most people think of retired expats living in the likes of Lake Chapala, San Miguel de Allende or Puerto Vallarta, they tend to image well-heeled seniors who live several months of the year in high-end condos and villas. Retired grandparents — abuelos, in Spanish — typically do not begin charities
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE PUERTO VALLARTA, Jalisco — Online groups for foreigners and expats in Mexico are filled with questions like: What are my rights in Mexico? and What can I do if I feel I am being falsely targeted by a police officer? The level of misinformation out there is high. And as in most countries, there are
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Nearly 96 hours after they disappeared in Zapopán, Jalisco, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, Mexico’s Navy (Semar) announced Friday, Nov. 19, that it had found the two missing sailors alive, tied and gagged, some 300 kilometers away from where they had last been seen, in that state’s beach resort Puerto Vallarta. The Jalisco State Prosecutor’s
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE PUERTO VALLARTA, Jalisco — As had been previously announced, staring in early November, all persons heading into the United States will be required to present proof of full vaccination against covid-19 by a World Health Organization (WHO)-authorized vaccine. Now that there is a need for a vaccine certificate, some in Mexico are scrambling to find
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