Cartoon Characters Banned for Food Packaging in Mexico By AMILCAR RIERA Starting on April 1, packaged food items in Mexico bearing warning labels will no longer be able to showcase cartoon characters in advertisements and in their packaging. This will constitute the next step in the government’s food warning label law, implemented in 2020, to curb the consumption of junk
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While the Mexican Congress is on the verge of legalizing both the medicinal and recreational use of cannabis, not everyone in the country is in favor of that move. In fact, according to a study conducted by El Financiero newspaper this week, 58 percent of Mexicans are opposed to legalization of the drug. The
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico is about to become the third country worldwide to legalize the use of marijuana, both for medicinal and recreational purposes. On Thursday, Nov. 19, the Mexican Senate voted overwhelmingly — with 82 in favor, 18 against and two abstentions — to legalize nationwide personal marijuana use and possession of the drug. The Senate
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By RICARDO CASTILLO As the internal conflict inside Venezuela grows on a daily basis, the numbers of voices in Mexico pleading with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to declare himself in support of the cause of the now-enormous number of nations (and columnists in Mexico) favoring self-appointed “substitute President” Juan Guaidó over ruling President Nicolás Maduro. On Monday, Feb.
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The left-leaning government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who took office on Dec. 1, has made it clear that it will continue to support Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In a statement issued by the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) in the late afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Mexican government stated: “In accordance
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