OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has an abundant stock of scapegoats to blame for all his multiple failures, be it the spiraling economic crisis (which he blames on the neoliberal conservatives, who haven’t been in power for over three years now), the lack of medications for children with cancer and others in desperate need
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In an apparent reversal of its previous stance, the administration of leftist Mexican President Andrés Manual López Obrador (AMLO) has seemingly struck a deal with the Joe Biden administration to reinstate the remain-in-Mexico policy as of next week. The U.S. Border Control announced Thursday, Dec. 2, that the Mexican government had agreed to the
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XINHUA A U.S.-bound migrant caravan that has been traveling on foot through Mexico for more than a month continued its slow trek over the weekend through the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, with far fewer people than it started out with. Comprising between 4,000 to 5,000 mostly Central American and Haitian migrants at one point, by Friday, Nov. 26, it
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Haitian government announced Friday, Nov. 19, that is will soon open a consulate office along Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala to help manage the increased migration of its citizens in that area. The announcement comes after the number of undocumented Haitians crossing the U.S. border dropped in October and several new caravans of
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XINHUA A migrant caravan making its way through southern Mexico for the past 17 days resumed its journey on Tuesday, Nov. 9, in the state of Oaxaca, deciding to forgo Mexico City and head straight to the United States border. Irineo Mujica, director of the immigrant rights group Pueblo Sin Fronteras (People Without Borders) and a leader of the caravan,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Nearly 179,000 undocumented migrants were encountered along the U.S.-Mexico border in April, the highest one-month total in more than two decades, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Tuesday, May 11, although they said that there were fewer unaccompanied children. According to Customs and Border Protection figures, 17,171 unaccompanied migrant children were found in
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in a virtual conference on Friday, May 7. The main topic of conversation during that meeting will be the growing migration crisis, which has led to a flood of undocumented migrants — including many unaccompanied minors — crossing
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By SILVIO CANTO, JR. It was refreshing to hear Texas Governor Greg Abbott of Texas challenge the chaos (and lawlessness) at the U.S.-Mexico border over the weekend. The situation has gone way beyond a debate over unaccompanied kids on the border. It is now about encouraging criminal elements in Mexico to come north, as the governor said in an interview
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By SILVIO CANTO, JR. As the United States is finally beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel in terms of novel coronavirus infections, we are reminded how grave the covid-19 situation remains in Mexico, where infections and the death toll continues to rise. (As of Thursday, March 4, there were more than 2.1 million officially confirmed
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO, Biden in Virtual Meet On Monday, March 1, U.S. President Joe Biden is slated to hold a virtual conference with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). This will be the second virtual gathering both presidents have, the last one having been on Jan. 22. According to White House sources, the two are expected to discuss
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