By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As part of an extensive outreach program to help the nation’s children during the back-to-school season, Best Buy México now provides free online and over-the-phone technological support for all computers, regardless of where they were purchased. The free tech program, which will be continued indefinitely, was announced by Best Buy’s director in Mexico, Ricardo Rivera, during a
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Brutal Contradictions in 4T Environment and Natural Resources Secretary (Semarnat) Victor Manuel Toledo Manzur in an apparently private gathering called on the public not to idealize Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) Fourth Transformation (4T) ideological program because, he said, there are within it “brutal contradictions” and “it does not exist” when it comes to protecting
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and former U.S. deputy ambassador to Afghanistan
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and former U.S. deputy ambassador to Afghanistan
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Two former U.S. ambassadors speak out
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF At age 11, Mexican junior blogger Ana Emilia is already a big success. Her self-scripted, self-directed YouTube program “TV Ana Emilia” (starring, of course, Ana Emilia) has been running for three straight years, and has a whopping 4.7 million viewers who follow her daily accounts of family life and school. Now, Ana Emilia has
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By DANIEL F. RUNDE and EARL ANTHONY WAYNE (The following is an abbreviated version of a brief written for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. It is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) THE ISSUE A precipitous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would endanger many of the social, political, economic and health gains that
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Hamleys, the world’s oldest and largest toy retailer, opened its first outlet store in Mexico last month at the Premium Outlets Punta Norte (POPN) shopping mall, just north of Mexico City. Founded in London in 1760, Hamleys – then known as Noah’s Ark – has expanded its global presence dramatically since the June 2018
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As part of the ongoing celebration of the Day of the Dead, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) is offering workshops, theatrical performances and story-tellings, as well as displays of traditional ofrendas (altars to the dearly departed) at its museums and archeological centers across the country. During the workshops, which are being
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Kadima Foundation, a Mexican Jewish philanthropic organization aimed at helping children and young people with special needs, in cooperation with the State of Mexico’s (Edomex) Volunteer Support Social Security Institute (ISSEMyM) and the Edomex branch of Mexico’s Teletón Foundation, which also helps handicapped and special needs children through the collection of private-sector donations for the construction
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