By RICARDO CASTILLO There’s always been political slang wherever there are politics, which is in every territory that has an organized government administration. In this sense, Mexico is no different. But for this writer, there are two words currently in Mexican political vogue that were not always there before. In fact, these words that came into fashion in the few
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By RICARDO CASTILLO On March 6, Pulse News Mexico published an article offering a retrospective on the arrival of Hernán Cortés to Cozumel island. (It was the first incursion of a European army into the American continent with an intent to conquest.) It happened in 1519. Actually, the intent of that article was to set up an observation point from
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s new brand of diplomacy is about to undergo its first acid test. On Friday, Jan. 4, the Foreign Relations ministers or secretaries of the 14 Latin American nations that make up the Lima Group (a multilateral body that was established following the Lima Declaration on Aug. 8, 2017, in the Peruvian capital under which representatives of 17 countries
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF On this day in 1783, Simón Bolívar, often referred to as “El Libertador” (“The Liberator”), was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Revered as both a political and military leader, Bolivar led the revolution in most of modern South America, allowing countries in the region to establish themselves as sovereign states that were independent of Spanish
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Most people think of Bolivia as a poor country, and they are right. The rugged landlocked nation nestled between Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru and Chile has one of the lowest per capita incomes in the continent, and more than 75 percent of its 11 million people live in abject poverty. Despite its abundant hydrocarbons, Bolivia has had
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According to ancient legends, the Ese’Eja people of southeastern Peru and northern Bolivia were born from a cotton fiber in the sky. Now, their entire future is hanging by a thread
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