By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Each September, the people of Mexico pay homage to a group of six military school boys known as the nation’s Niños Héroes (Children Heroes). Although there is to this day much debate as to the accuracy of their tragic tale, their fateful sacrifice at Chapultepec Castle is regarded as an example of national
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By MATT SEDDON In 13 B.C., the Roman Emperor Augustus built an altar to peace on the outskirts of Rome. He had just returned from squashing resistance to the empire in what is now Spain and France. The altar – called the Ara Pacis Augustae – was beautifully carved with images that reinforced Roman notions of the Pax Romana, the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park opened an exhibition on pre-Columbian Gulf of Mexico cultures on Wednesday, Jan. 30. The exhibit, composed of 1,354 pieces, covers a variety of pre-Hispanic societies, from 1600 B.C. up until the 1518 Spanish Conquest, when it is believed that tat least 20 distinct cultures existed
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STRAFF The 10th Annual Feria International de las Culturas Amigas (International Culture Friendship Fair, or FICA) will be held in a new location, the corridor between the Casa de Cultura Quinta Colorada and the Complejo Cultural Los Pinos in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City Culture Secretary José Alfonso Suárez del Real y Aguilera announced on Tuesday,
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