By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s Tren Maya project continues to approach its scheduled Dec. 23, 2023, completion date, the venture – a favorite of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) – has been plagued by mass resignations from officials in the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarant) and the National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur), potentially
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Monday, May 16, that he will halt the implementation of mandatory biannual mechanical verifications for all cars over four years old. The new regulation was ordered by the Secretariat of the Economy on Friday, May 13, and would have gone into effect in November. But during
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Over the course of the last 12 months since the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgraded Mexico’s safety aviation ranking from category 1 to category 2, 2021, Mexican airlines have lost almost $5 billion pesos, according to industry sources. On May 25, 2021, the FAA downgraded Mexico’s aviation security category because of deficiencies in
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF All Mexican public teachers who making less than 20,000 pesos will receive on average a 7.5 percent pay hike, Public Education Secretary Delfina Gómez announced Sunday, May 15, the country’s official Teacher’s Day. The new salary increases will be staggered in three segments of 3 percent, 2 percent and 1 percent, Gómez explained during
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As debate over the safety of Mexico’s redesigned airspace — which has been linked to at least 17 close-call airplane incidents (and perhaps as many as 30) in the 12 months since its implementation — continues to fester, both Mexican and international aviation experts are warning that it may be time to reexamine the massive $17
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Monday, May 9, that he had signed an agreement with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel the day before in Havana to import Cuban medications — including infant vaccines against the covid-19 virus — and to hire 800 Cuban doctors. During his daily press conference at the National
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s soaring inflation rate hit a 21-year high in April, with consumer prices reaching an increase of 7.68 percent for the year, and 54 percent for that month alone, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported Monday, May 9. The Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico), which is expected to hike its benchmark
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican diver and two-time Olympic medalist Paola Espinosa announced Monday, May 9, that she is retiring from the sport after more than two decades in competitions. The first and only Mexican to win a World Swimming Championship, both in individual and synchronized events, Espinosa said in a video conference Monday that she was withdrawing
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Luis Enrique Ramírez Ramos, whose body was discovered on Thursday, May 5, on a dirt road near Culiacán, Sinaloa, became the ninth journalist killed so far this year in Mexico. Remírez Ramos’s body was discovered wrapped in black plastic. He reportedly died from multiple blows to the head. Ramírez Ramos’ news website, “Fuentes Fidedignas,”
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) flew to Cuba on Sunday, May 8, to meet with that island nation’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel. During his daylong visit, López Obrador, who was accompanied by his top military brass, placed flowers at a monument for Cuban poet José Martí, who is considered the ideologue of the
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