By RICARDO CASTILLO Covid Vaccine Trials Mexico will soon launch phase 3 trials of the Canadian-Chinese covid-19 vaccine called CanSino Biologics developed by Janssen Labs, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The vaccine trials will be held in Mexico City, the Pacific Coast states of Michoacán, Guerrero and Oaxaca, and the northern border states Coahuila and Nuevo León, accross from
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF France’s new ambassador to Mexico, Jean-Pierre Asvazadourian, assumed his duties on Thursday, Oct. 15, after presenting copies of his diplomatic credentials to Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) Protocol Director Juan Carlos Lara Armienta, along with SRE Europe Director General Bernardo Aguilar Calvo. Asvazadourian, a career diplomat with more than 35 years of experience under his belt, has
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican actor Alejandro Speitzer just got tagged to serve as a jewelry and timepiece ambassador for the prestigious Italian design house Bvlgari. A native of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Speitzer began his acting career as a child on various Mexican soap operas, including the highly acclaimed miniseries “Rayito de Luz.” He later had starring roles in
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Mexican Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) announced late Tuesday, March 19, that it had granted its bene placito (formal diplomatic approval) to the nomination of U.S. veteran appellate lawyer Christopher Landau to serve as ambassador to Mexico. Landau, who has no formal diplomatic experience but an impressive legal career, was officially nominated for the
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Both U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) are mulling over whether Trump should or should not attend AMLO’s inaugural ceremony on Dec. 1. Trump last week said he was expecting to have a great relationship with AMLO, and even considering visiting Mexico. He left the possibility open by saying, “we’ll see what happens.” AMLO is
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Ambassador Roberta S. Jacobson and her husband Jonathan Jacobson headed back to Washington, D.C. on Saturday, May 5, after just short of a two-year stint in Mexico. “I am sad to leave Mexico, but take with me a deep affection for this marvelous country and the Mexican people,” Jacobson said as she prepared to
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