By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO on an Electrical Collision Course Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) clearly sent a “suggestion” to the Chamber of Deputies in regards to their discussions over the increasingly controversial bill regulating the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). “Do not change even an iota of the text” that they had received from him for a fast-track
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XINHUA There are growing concerns over the detection of three new variants of covid-19 in 20 countries in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday, Feb. 3. These variants “are raising questions about a possible increase” in the transmissibility of the virus, said Carissa F. Etienne, the director of PAHO. During a virtual press conference, Etienne asked
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Rumors Abound Ever since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced in a tweet on Sunday, Jan. 24, that he had tested positive for coivd-19 and had gone into quarantine, countless rumors have been flying across the media and gossip mills as to the validity of his announcement. Some critics suggested that AMLO had not, in
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By KELIN DILLON New U.S. President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order, going into effect on Tuesday, Jan. 26, that will require all travelers entering the United States by air to provide proof of a negative coronavirus test taken within 72 hours of departure, followed by self-isolation upon arrival, bringing forth new challenges for foreign tourism in Mexico. Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s leading airlines, Aeroméxico, announced Wednesday, Nov. 11, that it will begin offering direct daily flights between Mexico City and Chetumal, the capital of the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, as of Wednesday, Dec. 9. With this addition, Aeroméxico will offer a total of 130 weekly flights to Quintana Roo — Cancun and Chetumal
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Wet Politicking in Dry Chihuahua There was a faceoff this week between farmers and the National Guard (GN) at the La Boquilla reservoir on the Conchos River, which feeds into the Rio Grande at the Ojinaga-Presidio border. The GN, in charge of safekeeping the dam, had to withdraw from the facility on Tuesday, Sept. 8, to avoid
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XINHUA Mexico’s Navy seized 2.9 tons of cocaine after intercepting a boat off the country’s southeast Caribbean coast, the Naval Secretariat said on Wednesday. Sept. 2. Naval infantrymen also detained three suspects during the operation late Tuesday some 85 nautical miles east of Mahahual, a resort town in the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo , near the border with Belize.
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Gradual Business Reopenings Begin Ever so trepidly and not without fear that it might not be the right move to make, Mexico City and 16 Mexican states will begin gradual reopening for business as of Monday, June 16, after a harrowing 90-day lockdown that began on March 15. City and state authorities have warned that if there
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Police Brutality Accusations After a raucous weekend of protests and arbitrary arrests, the Jalisco State Human Rights Commission (CEDHJ) is demanding that all police commanders who participated in the detentions be removed from their posts. At the top of the list is the state attorney general, Gerardo Octavio Solís, who allegedly ordered the arrests of the protesters,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Banxico Foresees -8.8 Growth for 2020 The Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) presented three separate scenarios for the country’s 2020 economic growth, marking a drastic difference between the “benevolent” and the “drastic” potential outcomes. Banxico’s benevolent forecast said that the Mexican gross domestic product (GDP) would slump by “only” -4.2 percent, while the drastic one put the
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