OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As debate over the safety of Mexico’s redesigned airspace — which has been linked to at least 17 close-call airplane incidents (and perhaps as many as 30) in the 12 months since its implementation — continues to fester, both Mexican and international aviation experts are warning that it may be time to reexamine the massive $17
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Zvi Tal and his wife Irit Tal hosted a reception at the Jewish Sports Center on Friday, May 6, to mark the anniversary of their nation’s independence, proclaimed by Ben Gurion in 1948. “Israel has always been the cradle of the Jewish people,” Tal told his guests, who included, for the first time
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After a two-year hiatus because of the covid-19 pandemic, the central Mexican state of Queretaro will host its annual National Cheese and Wine Fair from May 20 to June 5 in the tourist town of Tequisquiapan. The event, which will be held on each of the three weekends during that period, will include not only wine tastings
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Former Ukranian Ambassador to Mexico (from January 2012 to October 2020) Ruslán M. Spírin, who currently works for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky, asked Pulse News Mexico on Thursday, Feb. 5, to help diffuse a message from Zelensky asking for support. The message, in which Zelensky appeals directly for global
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) so-called electoral reform bill, which he announced during his Thursday, April 28, press conference at the National Palace and sent to Congress for approval that same day, has one purpose and one purpose only: to further consolidate power in his dictatorial hands and to essentially eradicate any political opposition
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s hardly a woman alive who doesn’t dream of longer eyelashes. Indeed, thick, beautiful lashes not only highlight your gaze (three out of four men rank eyes as one of the parts of the body that they notice most in women), but are generally associated with sensuality and femininity. A subtle flutter of thick, dark lashes can
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For many outsiders, the violent clash between opposing worker groups at the Cruz Azul cement plant in Tula, Hidalgo, on Wednesday, April 27, which left eight people dead and nearly a dozen others injured, came as a shock. But for those who follow Mexican trade union politics, it was just the culmination of a long-simmering internal dispute.
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ah! With the great post-covid demasking, we can all finally breathe a collective sigh of relief. No more smudged lipstick when we take off that face covering to eat, or ackward do-I-take-it-off-or-leave-it-on encounters with friends and coworkers. And no more toting around humongous bottles of skin-irritating hand sanitizers and disinfectant sprays. So with the new reveal of
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) must be having a hissy fit. Already furious that his absurd electricity reform bill (which would have rewritten the Mexican Constitution to prioritize the use of energy generated by state-owned, carbon-based providers over clean, private-sector alternatives) got dashed by a united opposition in the Chamber of Deputies on Sunday,
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Well, whatever you might say about the children of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), you cannot say that they are not resourceful. AMLO’s eldest son, José Ramón López Beltrán, made international headlines in January when it was revealed that he had been living in multimillion-dollar home in Houston that just happen to belong to
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