By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón arrived in Mexico City on Wednesday, Jan. 30, for a two-day official visit. During his stay, Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, who was accompanied by Spanish Justice Minister Dolores Delgado and Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister María Reyes Maroto, as well as a high-level business delegation, was received by Mexican President
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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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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Venezuelan opposite leader Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself interim president during a public speech on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The 35-year-old industrial engineer is president of Venezuela’s National Assembly, which has opposed the reinstatement of Nicolás Maduro and consider his reelection last to be fraudulent and invalid. Maduro began his second term on Jan. 11 after
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s diplomatic corps is currently holding its 30th Meeting of Ambassadors and Consuls in Mexico City. A total of 105 working diplomats will have their top moment on Wednesday, Jan. 9, when they meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace where he will outline the diplomatic course for the nation over the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s new brand of diplomacy is about to undergo its first acid test. On Friday, Jan. 4, the Foreign Relations ministers or secretaries of the 14 Latin American nations that make up the Lima Group (a multilateral body that was established following the Lima Declaration on Aug. 8, 2017, in the Peruvian capital under which representatives of 17 countries
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is visiting Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Friday, Oct. 19. Pompeo is in a political tour visiting Panama and Mexico. apparently to discuss the volatile political and security situations both in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Yet surely Venezuela and Nicaragua can be ranked as priorities number two and three when confronted
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced in Brazil on Tuesday, June 26, that his government will provide nearly $10 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Venezuelans who have fled their country due to the manmade crisis ion the South American nation. This funding for the Venezuelan people will include a contribution to the International
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray seems to be a master chef for all the dishes in the nation’s formidable international menu. But being a jack-of-all-trades has its shortcomings, and, indeed, Videgaray is now in hot water many reasons. FIRST: Last Monday, May 21, Videgaray convened with the so-called Lima Group’s (GL, for Grupo de Lima) representatives, comprised by
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Some Mexicans just don’t like the way the electoral procedure is being carried out by the National Electoral Institute (INE). The problem is that those disgruntled Mexicans are blaming the INE for what they perceive as irregularities in the process, but the procedure was designed by Congress, and the only way out of this long and
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