XINHUA At least one person died and 15 others were injured in an explosion near an illegal tap on a pipeline belonging to Mexico’s state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) oil company in the central state of Puebla, local authorities said on Sunday, Oct. 31. Puebla Governor Miguel Barbosa said in a press conference that the accident occurred near a liquefied petroleum
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In a scathing review of the Mexican president’s first two years in office, the highly acclaimed El Universal daily newspaper this weekend offered a point-by-point breakdown of some of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) most prominent failures, on the eve of his second State of the Nation Address, slated for Tuesday, Dec. 1. AMLO,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As my esteemed colleague Ricardo Castillo pointed out in his column on Friday, March 8, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is due to present a self-styled analysis of his first 100 days in office on Monday, March 11. And as Castillo duly noted, the left-leaning AMLO is expected to “blow his own horn” about his
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As of Monday, Jan. 28, the death toll as a result of the Jan. 18 in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, had reached 115, with 32 victims still hospitalized, according to the Mexican Health Secretariat. The explosion occurred at an illegal tap of the Tuxpan-Tula gasoline pipeline, just 100 kilometers northeast of Mexico City, during a gasoline
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Acting on behalf of the Chinese Red Cross, Chinese Ambassador to Mexico Qui Xiaoqi presented a check for $100,000 to Mexican Red Cross President Fernando Suinaga Cárdenas as a humanitarian to help victims of the Jan. 18 Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, gasoline duct explosion. The explosion occurred when hundreds of people were trying to collect petrol
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite the fact that it took him four and a half hours to arrive at the site of the Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, gasoline explosion on Friday, Jan. 18, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Sunday, Jan. 20, that there was no need for him to use aero-transport to get there. “I will not use airplanes or
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Two minor boys – a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old — injured during the Jan. 18 Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, gasoline duct explosion have been flown to the Shriners Hospital in Galveston, Texas, for treatment. Both considered to be in critical condition, the youngest boy suffered burns of 83 percent of his body, while the elder boy
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By RICARDO CASTILLO At this point, the question is not so much what, where or how? The question is: Who is the real culprit behind the Jan. 18 gasoline duct explosion in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo? A review of general opinions across Mexico regarding the blast in the obscure little township just a 100 kilometers north of Mexico City points in every
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As part of his ongoing war against fuel theft, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Monday, Jan. 21, that his government has signed contracts to purchase 571 oil tankers from the United States. The new tankers, which cost $85.4 million, will have a combined capacity to transport up to 116,897 barrels
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