Expendio de Maíz: Straight from the Cornfields to the Table
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS .. Expendio de Maíz offers a taste of true Guerrero flavors, all served up fresh in a hole-in-the-wall bistro with no menu and no price lists…
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The Good, the Bad and … the Gold-Medal Winner
By RICARDO CASTILLO Now and then, you have a woman in Mexican politics hit the headlines. But what was most unusual on Monday. Aug. 12, and early Tuesday, Aug. 13, was to have three ladies in politics in less than 24 hours grab media coverage. Whoever had doubts that women are advancing in strides in politically impossible macho-land had better
Read moreRosario Robles and the Master Fraud
By RICARDO CASTILLO Once upon a time, back on Dec. 2, 2012, when former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto appointed Rosario Robles Berlanga as the Social Development (Sedesol) Secretary, this columnist published an article in The News – then the only English-language daily in Mexico – claiming that Rosario was “a woman for all seasons” and “a survivor.” That may
Read moreSanta Lucia Airport Beleaguered by Suits
By RICARDO CASTILLO Was there or was there not corruption involved in the construction of the now-defunct New International Mexico Airport (NAIM)? Just Monday, July 15, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said there was corruption in many of the already-awarded construction contracts, while Communications and Transportation Secretary (SCT) Javier Jiménez Espriú stated that corruption was not an issue
Read moreCity in Flames
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Uncontrolled fires in Mexico City and the rest of the Valley of Mexico continued to contaminate the capital’s air quality throughout the weekend and into Monday, May 13, as government officials sought to contain the flames and investigate the source of the blazes. As of Monday morning, there had been at least nine new fires reported in
Read moreTrending Beauty (What’s New, What Works)
Fashion and Beauty with a Purpose By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS We all want to look gorgeous and stylish in the latest fashions, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. The clothes we wear, as well as the makeup and beauty products we use, are a personal expression of who we are and how we feel about ourselves. But in today’s
Read moreInflation Shoots Up in First Half of March
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite the fact that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) promised that inflation would be kept at a maximum of 3.4 percent rate in 2019, overall price increases for the first half of March shot up to 3.95 percent, according to the National Consumer Price Index (INCO), a subdivision of the National Institute
Read moreExplosive Device Found at Mundo E
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF An explosive device set to go off in the midafternoon was discovered by police in the Mexico City suburb of Tlalnepantla’s Mundo E shopping center on Friday, Feb. 15. The device, which was found inside a men’s bathroom on the third floor of the mall, was apparently homemade by nonprofessionals using a mechanical clock
Read moreBuilding US-Mexico Cooperation on Education, Innovation and Workforce Development
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE Former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, D.C. (On Jan. 25, Ambassador Wayne offered a conference on bilateral cooperation in the fields of education, innovation and workforce development at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute’s Innovative Forum. This is a transcript of that presentation.) During my years as
Read moreToluca Airport Closed After Plane Ignites
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Toluca International Airport in the State of Mexico closed operations after a small plane crashed there early Thursday, Feb. 7. The plane, a Learjet model 35, made an emergency landing at 7:14 a.m. and then burst into flames on the runway. Firetrucks were on the scene and put out the fire almost immediately.
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