In yet another stellar example of finesse-less, faux-pas diplomacy and astute-free thinking, Mexico’s consul in Istanbul, Isabel Arvide demonstrated that she is indeed a faithful follower of her idol
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Reporting from Turkey
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“Our solidarity is with the people of Turkey and Syria, who were affected by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake,” AMLO said
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“In an instant, corruption killed all the hopes and dreams we had for our children. It snatched from us the experiences we’ll never share,” said Mireya Rodríguez, whose seven-year-old daughter Paola died in the collapse.
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Residents of Mexico City were jolted from their beds on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 11, by seismic alarms followed by a 6-magnitude quake, according to the National Seismological Service (SSN). The quake, which hit at 8:31 a.m. Mexico City time, had its epicenter in Tecpan, in the southern state of Guerrero, the SSN reported. Many people
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By MARK LORENZANA Another powerful earthquake shook Mexico in the early-morning hours of Thursday, Sept. 22, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, according to the National Seismological Service (SSN). The quake, which hit at 1:16 a.m. in the morning and sent nervous residents across the capital and central Mexico rushing into the street, was, in fact, an aftershock of the
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO There will be a citywide earthquake alarm system drill on Monday, Sept. 19, at 12:19 p.m. The drill is held each year in remembrance of the capital’s worst two earthquakes in recent history, both of which hit on the same calendar day, one on Sept. 11, 1985, and one on Sept. 11, 2017. Everyone is expected to
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The restoration of the mural paintings inside the cloister of the ex-Convent of Huaquechula in the central Mexican state of Puebla was completed this week, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced Monday, May 23. The restoration project was co-financed by INAH, a division of Mexico’s Culture Secretariat, and the U.S. Ambassadors
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By KELIN DILLON On the Sunday, Sept. 19, anniversary of Mexico’s deadly 1985 and 2017 earthquakes, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) raised the country’s flag in Mexico City’s Zócalo at half mast in honor of the natural disasters’ victims. The 8.1 magnitude earthquake in 1985 left more than 20,000 dead, while the 2017 seismic shock resulted in 369 fatalities.
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked the coastal state of Guerrero and Mexico City late Tuesday, Sept. 7, leaving at least one dead in Acapulco and many frayed nerves in the nation’s capital. There were reported electricity outages across the capital and evacuations for apartment buildings. Although no serious injuries or structural damages were
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