By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A slew of multiple flight cancellations due to covid-19 infections of Aeroméxico flight attendants and pilots caused chaos at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) over the weekend, as thousands of passengers were left stranded. According to the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco), between Friday, Jan. 7, and Sunday, Jan. 9, the nation’s flagship
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XINHUA Mexico welcomed 31 million international tourists in 2021, representing an increase of 28.1 percent compared to the comparable number for 2020, according to preliminary estimates from the Tourism Secretariat. In a statement on Friday, Dec. 31, Mexican Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco said that the country’s tourism sector is undergoing a “strong recovery,” after noting that 24.2 million international travelers
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS So who says you have to stick to turkey or ham for Christmas and New Year’s? Certainly not the good folks at Mexico’s Entre Fuegos restaurant group, who firmly believe that a true holiday celebration begins with a great cut of beef. All three of the Puebla-based group’s brands are offering up eat-in-or-take-out set holiday menus this
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Tlalpujahua, a little mountain town on the northeast end of the Mexican state of Michoacán, just two and a half hours outside Mexico City, didn’t start off to be a Christmas village. In fact, when it was first founded by Spanish settlers back in 1560, it was primarily a mining town, home to the Dos Estrellas mine,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS If you’re new to Mexico, you might be surprised when, starting on around mid-December, your neighbors suddenly begin banging on your door late at night demanding refuge and hot punch. Those already familiar with Mexican Christmas traditions will recognize this unusual ritual as the official start of the holiday season. La Posada – literally, the
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By RICH GRANT It is forever Christmas at McKonkey’s Ferry Inn. The dining room in this lovely tavern, located on the banks of the Delaware River, 42 miles upstream from Philadelphia, is always decorated as it would have been on Christmas night, 1776, when George Washington had his dinner here. As Washington dined, 2,400 of his men assembled outside along
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The U.S. State Department on Wednesday, Dec. 8, increased its travel advisory for Mexico to Level 3 due to the high incidence of covid-19 infections in the country. A Level 3 advisory means that U.S. citizens who were planning to come to Mexico should reconsider their travel plans. The new State Department travel advisory
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s covid-19 czar, Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell, said Tuesday, Dec. 7, that the country will soon stop requiring international visitors to fill in questionnaires regarding their health on arrival in the country. López-Gatell said that there is no evidence that this measure, which was implemented earlier this year by the Communications and Transportation
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As expected, U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday, Dec. 2, that all travelers entering the United States from abroad will be required to have a covid-19 antigen test within 24 hours before boarding their plane, starting Monday, Dec. 6. Previously, international travelers were required to have the test within 72 hours of their flight.
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF International travelers entering the United States — including U.S. citizens — may soon be facing even tighter covid-19 prevention restrictions for entry. In the face of the highly concerning Omicron variant, the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is currently considering requiring everyone who enters the country to be tested for covid infections within
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