Women Take to the Streets for Mexico City’s 8M March
The barricade was announced by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a way to deter vandalism and violence from the protesters onto the National Palace
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Mexican Women to March against Femicide, Gender Discimination
An estimated 80,000 women are expected to participate in the capital march
Read moreCache of Aztec Artifacts Uncovered, Possible Clue to Royal Tomb
By ALLAN WALL What is now Mexico City was founded as Tenochtitlán in 1325 by the Mexica (Aztec) and subsequently destroyed by the Spaniards and their indigenous allies in 1521. The Spaniards built a new city on the rubble. Therefore, when they dig down under the city, archeologists frequently find Aztec structures, as was the case in the renowned Templo
Read moreAMLO Asks Bad Bunny to Give Free Concert in Zócalo
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Wednesday, Dec. 14, asked Puerto Rican crooner Bad Bunny — whose two massive commercial concerts at the Azteca Stadium over the weekend were marred by a flood of falsified and duplicated tickets issued by Ticketmaster that left thousands of fans unable to attend — to perform a free concert
Read moreMexico City Philharmonic to Offer Christmas Concert in Zócalo
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico City’s Philharmonic Orchestra (OFCM) will offer a free Christmas concert in the capital’s central plaza Zócalo on Saturday, Dec. 10, starting at 6 p.m. Under the direction of guest conductor Eduardo Álvarez, the orchestra will perform a collection of both traditional Mexican and international holiday music, in what will constitute the OFCM’s final performance of 2022.
Read moreAMLO Wants his own Protest March, but What Will he March against?
OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In a blatant act of me-tooism, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Wednesday, Nov. 16, that — after having first denied the massive 500,000-plus turnout of the nationwide March for Democracy on Sunday, Nov. 13, in defense of the country’s National Electoral Institute (INE), which he has been champing at the bits to abolish
Read moreMexico’s Living Dead March through the Capital
PULSE NEWS MEXICO In a preview to the Mexico’s internationally acclaimed two-day Day of the Dead celebrations, which are observed each year on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, more than 600 ghoulish skeletons, zombie-like walking dead and fantastic multihued creatures took to the streets of Mexico City on Saturday, Oct. 29, in a promenade of horror and moribund fun. This
Read moreProtesters Kick Denise Dresser Out of Oct. 2 Protest March in Zócalo
By MARK LORENZANA A group of protesters who identified themselves as supporters of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) heckled, jeered and kicked out political analyst, activist and author Denise Dresser from a protest march on Sunday, Oct. 2, at Mexico City’s main square Zócalo. Dresser, who has been a vocal critic of López Obrador, attended the march commemorating
Read moreQueen Elizabeth’s Memorialized Visits to Mexico
By ALLAN WALL The death of Queen Elizabeth II, England’s longest reigning monarch, at age 96 on Thursday, Sept. 8, marked the end of an era for both the people of the United Kingdom and the entire global community. Nowhere was her influence more felt and will her legacy be more remembered than in her beloved homeland and Commonwealth. But
Read moreNorteño Singers Offer Discount to AMLO for Independence Day Concert
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The famed Mexican Norteño band Los Tigres del Norte is slated to perform in the capital’s main plaza Zócalo on Sept. 15, and in order to accommodate the so-called “Franciscan Austerity” of leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the group said Wednesday, Aug. 3, that they will offer his administration a “special discount.” The live, open-air
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