Geopolitical Tensions, North American Opportunities
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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On the Mark: A Fighter’s Diet Shouldn’t Define Him
By MARK LORENZANA Several days ago, British former world champion boxer and Olympic silver medalist Amir Khan announced his retirement. Khan is an exciting fighter who has dynamite in his fists but, unfortunately, a glass jaw — while he regularly lit up his opponents, knocking out 21 of them, five of his own six losses came by brutal stoppage. I
Read morePemex Drops Four Places on the Oil & Gas 50
By KELIN DILLON In the recently released 2022 edition of Brand Finance’s Oil & Gas 50, Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) fell from 16th to 20th place in the rankings of the world’s 50 largest oil companies. The drop stems from Pemex’s 6 percent reduction in valuation from 2021 to 2022; while the Pemex brand was valued at
Read moreSummit’s Success Hangs in the Balance
OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As a growing number of Latin America’s leftist leaders join forces, threatening to boycott the upcoming Ninth Summit of the Americas that is slated to take place in Los Angeles from June 6 through June 10, unless it includes the participation of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, the once-crucial hemispheric meeting could potentially become irrelevant. Both Mexican
Read moreOn the Mark: Griner Must Be Released Safe and Sound
By MARK LORENZANA It was a regular season game between the Los Angeles Sparks and the now-defunct Miami Sol of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), specifically the sixth season of the then-fledgling league. The date: July 30, 2002. In that game, the home team was struggling against Miami at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Then, after a missed three-pointer
Read moreAMLO Flies to Cuba to Broaden Two-Way Ties, Get Decoration
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
Read moreCanelo Needs to Understand His Limitations
By RICARDO CASTILLO Maybe Mexican boxer Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez never saw the saga of movies on trigger-happy detective “Dirty Harry,” as wonderfully portrayed by that always-well-admired actor Clint Eastwood. In several of those movies, somewhere near the end, after beating an apparently unbeatable criminal, Dirty Harry would tell the previously invincible crook: “A man’s gotta know his limitations.” Bang! Actually,
Read moreZelensky’s United24 Offers Secure Online Platform for Ukraine Donations
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Former Ukranian Ambassador to Mexico (from January 2012 to October 2020) Ruslán M. Spírin, who currently works for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky, asked Pulse News Mexico on Thursday, Feb. 5, to help diffuse a message from Zelensky asking for support. The message, in which Zelensky appeals directly for global
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Russia the Peacekeeper
Read moreAMLO, Biden Discuss Migration, Security
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) had a 52-minute telephone conference with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, April 29, to discuss the surging immigration problem along the binational border, just as the United States is poised to lift the covid-era Title 42 ruling that has blocked migrants from crossing into the country
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