Chronicle of a (Arbolia) Death Foretold
The scrawny little cedar just couldn’t adapt to the traffic and pollution that surrounded it
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Mexico City Wildlife Photo Exhibit Opens along Avenida Reforma
PULSE NEWS MEXICO From possums to burrowing owls and an entire menagerie of indigenous creatures such as the Xochimilco axolotl (a type of footed salamander) and the cacomixtle (a ring-tailed raccoon), Mexico City is alive with a vast variety of wildlife. And to promote awareness and the protection of these unique native animal species, the Mexico City Culture Secretariat on
Read morePortrait of Agustín de Iturbide, Mexico’s Other Great Liberator
By RICARDO CASTILLO Happy Mexican Independence Bicentennial Anniversary! Sure, most Mexicans still consider Sept. 16, 1810, as the nation’s Independence Day, but in point of fact, the country really gained its sovereignty more than 11 years later. And so, Monday, Sept. 27, is the day that Mexico as an independent nation actually turns 200. For all practical and festooning purposes,
Read moreOpposition Demands Return of Columbus Statue
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Opponents and critics launched a petition on Sunday, Sept. 12, demanding that the government of Mexico City restore the statue of Christopher Columbus on Paseo de la Reforma, the capital’s main avenue. “We Mexicans, and particularly the inhabitants of the capital of the country, are outraged by the withdrawal of our historical heritage on
Read moreMexicans Turn Out in Force to Protest AMLO
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Residents across at least 70 cities in 30 Mexican states participated in a mass protest against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Saturday, May 30. Despite the ongoing nationwide covid-19 lockdown, thousands of cars and SUVs in Mexico City and other major Mexican metropolis conducted a daylong protest caravan, demanding the immediate resignation
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By RICARDO CASTILLO First Coronavirus Case in Mexico Mexico’s Health Secretariat was notified on Saturday, Feb. 1, by the Los Angeles International Airport medical authorities of the confirmed case of a 37-year-old Chinese national and Wuhan native who had visited Mexico as of Jan. 21. Taxi service company Uber acknowledged that the infected person used at least two of its
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