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Navigating Mexico: Time for a New Kind of Visa?

By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE They have been called covid foreigners, gentrification agents, traveling professionals and freelancers. These digital nomads have discovered Mexico and are here to stay, at least for now. Social scientist Olga Hannonen, from the University of Eastern Finland, defines these nomads as those “who work while traveling and travel while working. “Digital nomadism is driven by

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US Confirms Mexico Has Granted Visas to DEA Agents

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what appears to be the fruit of some of the closed-door negotiations that took place between Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his U.S. counterpart, President Joe Biden, during their face-to-face meeting in Washington on Nov. 18, the United States revealed on Wednesday, Dec. 1, that Mexico has unblocked the issuing

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Fake Job Placement Firm Leaves Applicants Grounded

By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán —  One aspect of the covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent global economic that has universal impacted countries around the world is worker desperation. Here in Mexico, unemployment and underemployment have skyrocketed, and more than a million pay-rolled workers lost their job in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. And to make matters worse, now unscrupulous

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US Embassy in Mexico Pares Down Services Due to Covid

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued an advisory to citizens Wednesday, Jan. 7, stating that, until further notice, it will only be offering emergency appointments at its Mexico City chancellery due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “In response to changes in the /covid-19 infection risk) status in Mexico City and neighboring states,” the advisory

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U.S. Rescinds A-2 Visas for Mexican Workers

By KELIN DILLON Employees of Mexican consulates in the United States, outraged over massive layoffs during the holiday season, are calling on Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to find a solution to their problems. The layoffs are the result of the U.S. government refusing to renew the employees’ A-2 visas. The A-2 visa allows foreign officials to enter

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