By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Algerian Ambassador to Mexico Belkacem Belgaid offered a diplomatic reception at his residence on Thursday, Nov. 24, to mark the 68th anniversary of the start of that African nation’s 1954 revolution. During the reception, Belgaid explained that the Algerian Revolution, which cost the lives of one and a half million people before it ended eight years later,
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FIFA Ignores the Qatar Controversies
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s nothing fast about Mexican designer Jaime Ibiza’s fashion. It is a labored and deliberate act of love that translates into timeless style and understated elegance. And that is exactly the message conveyed in his new three-minute video, “Talismán,” which he premiered on Wednesday, Nov. 23, to a standing-room-only crowd of fans and aficionados at the Lomas
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico City’s Christ Church Parish will host its annual Christmas bazaar on its premises, located at Montes Escandinavos 405 in Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec, on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. An array of homemade jams, fresh fudge, plum pudding, mincemeat pies and other bakery goods, along with crafted holiday decorations, new and used
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By KELIN DILLON Despite widespread protests against Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposal to reform Mexico’s autonomous electoral organization the National Electoral Institute (INE) and opposition parties’ unwillingness to collaborate with AMLO’s National Regeneration Movement (Morena) to reach the two-thirds majority in the Chamber of Deputies needed to reform the Mexican Constitution, the Morena-led Chamber of Deputies has
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO General José Silvestre Urzúa, chief coordinator of the National Guard (GN) in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, was shot to death on Thursday, Nov. 24, during a confrontation with alleged criminal gangs in the municipality of Pinos, near the Zacatecas border with the state of San Luis Potosí. Silvestre Urzúa and his men were attacked by
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By MARK LORENZANA Brazilian forward Richarlison came through for his team in Qatar after teammate Neymar suffered an ankle injury and limped off the field, giving the Seleção a 2-0 win against a tough and physical Serbian team on the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 24 (Mexico City time). Richarlison, who also plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, initially scored
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Core inflation in Mexico during the first half of November reached 8.66 percent, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography’s (Inegi) National Consumer Price Index (INPC), representing 8.14 percent at an annual rate. Despite a slight moderation compared to previous fortnights, headline inflation was still well above the Central Bank of Mexico’s (Banxico) objective target
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Mexico’s Endless Crime Wave
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS With more than 100 people in attendance — the highest number of guests in decades — the American Benevolent Society (ABS) hosted a lavish, three-course Thanksgiving Day luncheon at Mexico City’s Christ Church Parish on Thursday, Nov. 24, The traditional meal, which reflected the classic Thanksgiving meal generally consumed across the United States on that day, included
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