The 2025 hurricane season arrives with soap opera names and alarming forecasts

Nature is getting ready for its annual show of winds and rain, with guests with neighborhood names and forecasts that will make you shiver (or laugh).

Publicado 29 abril, 2025 el 29 de abril a las 09:03 | 3 mins reading |4,473 vistas | por Sofía Ramírez

Prepare yourselves, mortals! The 2025 hurricanes come with soap opera names

The National Hurricane Center (NHC, because in English everything sounds more scientific) has announced with its usual drama that the tropical cyclone season will begin on May 15 in the Pacific and June 1 in the Atlantic. And when does it end? Oh surprise! On November 30, as if we hadn’t known about it for decades. Mexico, that country blessed by its geographical location, will continue to be the unwanted host of these meteorological phenomena that, year after year, remind us that nature has no mercy.

El Niño and La Niña: Meteorology’s Favorite Villains

According to the Semar report (which, by the way, sounds more like a mariachi band than climate experts), the frequency and intensity of cyclones depends on the ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation). Basically, if the Pacific warms more than normal, Mexico receives hurricanes as if they were unwanted gifts. If it cools, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean become the main stage. Isn’t it adorable how nature plays dice with our coasts?

But wait, there’s more. Semar, in a burst of optimism, has predicted 19 cyclonic events in the Pacific (including 4 intense hurricanes) and 17 in the Atlantic. Come on, it won’t be a year to relax on the beach… unless you like swimming against 200 km/h winds.

Hurricane names: Who chooses these jewels?

Since 1953, tropical cyclones have been named as if they were characters in a cheap soap opera. This year, in the Pacific, we will have Alvin, Barbara, Cosme and Dalila (anyone else expecting a passionate drama?). Meanwhile, the Atlantic will delight us with Andrea, Barry, Chantal and Dexter (yes, like the TV serial killer). If the list runs out, they’ll use names from auxiliary lists, because nothing says “natural disaster” like a hurricane named “Hurricane Number 23.”

And if that were not enough, Semar warns that in May there will be more rain on the coasts, in June droughts in the northeast, and in July less precipitation in Yucatan. Come on, the Mexican weather is like a bad boyfriend: unpredictable and prone to ruining your plans.

Ready for the 2025 hurricane season? Share this note and get ready to laugh (or cry) while nature does its thing. And if you want more content just as catastrophically funny, explore our other posts!

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INEHRM becomes a research and teaching center

The INEHRM is transformed into a research and teaching center under the new secretariat.

Publicado 9 hours ago el 1 de julio a las 22:00 | 2 mins reading

Transformation of the INEHRM

President Claudia Sheinbaum signed the decree that transfers the National Institute of Historical Studies of the Revolutions of Mexico (INEHRM) to the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (SECIHTI). The institute becomes a decentralized public body with an academic focus.

Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez, head of SECIHTI, explained that the new scheme will train specialists in history to strengthen national capacities in social sciences and humanities.

Felipe Arturo Ávila Espinosa, director of the INEHRM, explained that the study plans will link historical knowledge with social, economic, political and cultural problems of the country, and will address the needs of the Federal Public Administration.

Hybrid educational offer

The offer will include bachelor’s degrees in History, Social Sciences and Humanities, and Public Administration and Good Government. In postgraduate studies, master’s degrees will be added in Mexican Humanism, Gender and Feminism Studies, and Social Movements and Rescue of Historical Memory. There will also be specialties in Political Communication and History Teaching.

Graduates will cover topics such as agrarianism, health, migration, artificial intelligence, violence and human rights.

Headquarters and call

The new headquarters will be at 80 Guatemala Street, Historic Center of Mexico City. The first admission call will be launched in July, and classes will begin in September.

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Prosecutor’s Office grants protection measures to victim of family violence

The Morelos Prosecutor's Office issued protection measures after a complaint of family violence against the former director of Pemex.

Publicado 10 hours ago el 1 de julio a las 21:20 | 2 mins reading

The Morelos Attorney General’s Office activated protection measures in favor of Felicia Jiménez Lavie, who filed a complaint for family violence against her husband, Víctor Rodríguez Padilla, former director of Pemex. This was reported by prosecutor Fernando Blumenkron Escobar.

The measures, the official explained, will be available when the victim requires them. The complaint was filed in Mexico City and the Women’s Secretariat of the Government of Mexico directly follows up on the case.

Investigation in progress

Until now, Jiménez Lavie has not gone to the local Public Ministry to contribute more elements to the investigation folder. This was initiated ex officio last Friday, June 26, after a video was broadcast with images of attacks against the woman.

Blumenkron assured that the portfolio continues its integration. “The proceedings have not stopped and we are going to continue to guarantee justice for the victim,” he said. In addition, he indicated that there is coordination with the Women’s Secretariat and the capital’s Prosecutor’s Office, under the care route for victims of family violence.

Among the actions carried out, the Morelos Prosecutor’s Office seeks to locate the address where the physical assault occurred, to carry out expert reports in accordance with the images of the video broadcast by the victim herself.

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Trump does not extend T-MEC: Mexico faces annual review

US rejects automatic extension of the T-MEC; validity is reduced to 10 years with annual review.

Publicado 10 hours ago el 1 de julio a las 20:47 | 2 mins reading

Rejection of automatic extension

The United States decided not to automatically renew the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC) for 16 years. This reduces its validity to a decade with an annual review. The measure generated concern among Mexican legislators.

Ricardo Monreal, coordinator of Morena in San Lázaro, explained that the treaty remains in force for another 10 years, but subject to evaluation each year. He noted that the United States presented 54 observations, including issues such as the vaquita porpoise and piracy. Mexico, for its part, raised 13 points, including clause 232 on tariffs.

“Only it will be reviewed year after year, but the Treaty is not finished, it continues for another 10 years because that is how it was signed six years ago,” declared Monreal.

The legislator warned that Donald Trump has been a constant critic of the USMCA and called for considering the benefits it has brought to the three nations.

Reactions of the opposition

Héctor Saúl Téllez, vice economic coordinator of the PAN, considered that the US position shows a lack of strategic anticipation on the part of the federal government.

“The US decision not to automatically extend the USMCA for 16 years in today’s review is not the end of the treaty, but it does reveal a lack of strategic anticipation by the federal government,” he stated.

Téllez recalled that Article 34.7 of the agreement had been known since 2018. Reaching July 1 without a clean extension represents a risk that, he said, should have been avoided.

The annual review will allow adjustments, but uncertainty about the future of regional trade persists. Mexico and Canada will seek to maintain the stability of the agreement for the next ten years.