2022: Let the Games Begin
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Navigating Mexico: Cartel Violence and Tourists
OPINION By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE It is a question that is becoming more and more relavent among those considering traveling to Mexico for a vacation: Are tourists in danger from cartel violence at Mexican beach resorts? The answer is, yes and no, but mostly no. A recent Washington Post story, titled “Tourist Drug Demand Is Bringing Cartel Violence to
Read moreCanadian Tourists Shot Dead in Playa del Carmen
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Two Canadian tourists were shot dead on Friday, Jan. 21, in the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, inside their Xcaret Hotel. Additionally, another Canadian tourist was wounded when an unidentified man, apparently staying at that same hotel, opened fire in the hotel lobby after having a verbal altercation with the
Read moreThe Rise and Fall of Mexico’s First Great Political Party
By JESSICA GUERRERO Mexico’s independent life as a republic began in 1821, 200 years ago. But the first hundred years of the country’s autonomy were dizzying and plagued with numerous internal conflicts. These events and circumstances unleashed the Mexican Revolution that broke out in 1910, and consisted of a civil war between several regional revolutionary forces against the authoritarian regime of
Read moreAMLO’s Tree-Planting Scheme Is Ravaging Mexico’s Rainforests
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) supposed “largest reforestation program in the world” is actually eroding the country’s rich rainforests, according to Greenpeace. In fact, the federal Sembrando Vida (Sowing Life) reforestation program is now the main cause of deforestation in Mexico, according to a report released by Greenpeace earlier this month. Half
Read moreShootout in Puerto Morales Leaves International Tourists Reeling
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Two people were killed and four injured, including one international tourist, during a cartel shootout at a luxury resort near Cancun, Quintana Roo, on Thursday, Nov. 4. According to local police accounts, 15 men armed with long guns stormed the Puerto Morelos resort’s beach from a boat and opened fire on members of a
Read morePRI Honchos Warn Support of AMLO’s Bill Would End Party
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Four former national heads of Mexico’s centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) warned over the weekend that voting for leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform would constitute a step backwards for Mexico and the possible extinction of the party itself. “What should it matter if the PRI is in government or
Read moreThe Betrayal of the PRI Governors
By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The future of Mexico’s centralist National Institutional Party (PRI) will be contingent to a single concept: loyalty. The PRI lost all the governorships in its power in June for two reasons: the depth of its discredit (derived more from its arrogance than from the failure of the governments it led), and the lack of loyalty of
Read moreLegal Migration to Mexico Surges in 2021
By KELIN DILLON While the United States has made it increasingly harder for foreigners, Mexicans included, to migrate legally to the country, Mexico in turn has experienced a massive influx in legal foreign residents. Between January and May of 2021, more than 28,631 permanent resident cards (TRP) were issued, almost 10,000 more than the same time frame in the year
Read moreFemicides in Mexico Up 7.1 Percent So Far This Year
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF During the first five months of 2021, femicides in Mexico increased by a whopping 7.1 percent compared to the same period in 2020, Secretary of Public Security Rosa Icela Rodríguez said Monday, June 28. Speaking during the daily press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace, Rodríguez said that
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