OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO In the eyes of some pundits, the current trend in Mexican elections is the result of a democratic procedure, but for others, the imminent results of the country’s midterm elections on Sunday, June 5, is an ominous path to a return of a one-party system. If all current forecasts are correct, the “awesome threesome” political coalition
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Just hours after a federal judge ordered a definite suspension of all construction on Section 5 of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial Tren Maya tourist train on Monday, May 30, the National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur) declared that work on that segment of the railway would continue anyway. In a statement
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Mexico is known internationally for its privileged geography and variety of climates that make it one of the top tourist destinations. Its diversity is such that, it is possible to find humid forests, mountain ranges, evergreen valleys, deserts and the warm marine waters of two oceans, all in the same country. The Rivera Maya region,
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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 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 Despite the fact that yet another federal judge on Monday, May 2, ordered the stoppage of all construction on Section 5 of the Mexican president’s controversial Tren Maya railway project because of its endangerment of the fragile cenote underwater riverways in that region, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Tuesday, May 3, said that
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Monday, May 2, said that he will bring legal action against the Mexican-Alabama joint venture mining corporation Calica Legacy Vulcán for extracting gravel for export, rather than for local consumption. During his daily morning presser, López Obrador said that, from a flyover of Calica-Legacy Vulcan he
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Friday, April 29, that he has ordered the expropriation of all private land that crosses the Tren Maya tourist train route, property which he said is currently is in the hands of real estate agents who “are only out to make a profit.” Speaking during his
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s high-end hotel chain Grupo Brisas announced Friday, April 29, that, as of Sunday, May 1, Jaime Jaramillo would assume the position of the company’s corporate director of operations. After leading efforts for six years to position Brisas’ exclusive Nizuc Resort & Spa in Cancun, Quintana Roo, as one of the best luxury resorts
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