(Second Part of a Two-Part Series) By LARRY ANTHONY PANNELL One of my “bucket list” items had always been to go Cambodia and photograph Angkor Wat. When, at last, I managed to fulfil that dream, I discovered a number of factors that I hereby pass on to you to make your journey to Angkor as uncomplicated and pleasant as possible:
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(First Part of a Two-Part Series) By LARRY ANTHONY PANNELL Whether it is your first visit to the jungle-shrouded Buddhist citadel or a return trek to re-witness the wonders of its timeless palatial opulence, you cannot help but be engulfed by an overriding sense of calm and tranquility when you arrive at Angkor Wat. The pervasive ataraxia of its impeccably
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Energy Secretary Rocio Nahle announced on Monday March 18 – the 81st anniversary the expropriation and nationalization of the nation’s oil industry – the names of the four international companies that have been invited to post tenders for the construction of the $8 billion Dos Bocas refinery in the southeastern state of Tabasco.
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Thai Ambassador to Mexico Rommanee Kananurak paid homage to both her country’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (who passed away at age 88 in October 2016) and her new king, his only son Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, with a diplomatic reception and buffet lunch at the Presidente InterContinental Hotel in Mexico City’s Colonia Polanco on Monday, Dec. 3. During
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico Yusra Khan hosted a reception at his Lomas de Chapultepec residence on Thursday, Aug. 30, to commemorate the anniversary of his nation’s 1945 independence. “This year we are not only celebrating the 73rd anniversary of Indonesian independence, but also the 65th anniversary of bilateral relations between Indonesia and Mexico,” Khan told his guests
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS They are the ethnic and cultural Rodney Dangerfields of the 21st century, a people displaced from their homeland of more than six centuries two years ago, only to end up being packed into overcrowded refugee camps in a country that can barely manage to feed its own people and which has only agreed to provide them with “temporary” asylum until their government
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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