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Embassies Express Support for Mexico City’s LGBTQ+ Pride March

PULSE NEWS MEXICO A group of 13 foreign embassies and international organizations representations accredited in Mexico on Thursday, June 23, expressed their support for Mexico City’s upcoming 44th LGBTQ+ Pride March and the rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer people in Mexico and around the globe. In a written statement, the embassies said that they “reaffirmed the

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Embassy Offers Weekly Taste-of-Indonesia Festival

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As part of an ongoing program to promote awareness and appreciation of Indonesia in Mexico, that country’s embassy here has launched a weekly Taste-of-Indonesia bazaar, with a sampling of traditional delicacies, handcraft sales and a tour on the embassy’ on-premises cultural museum. The cultural outreach initiative, which includes a potluck cafeteria-style buffet  of indigenous Indonesian food prepared

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Hungarian Embassy Hosts Tourism, Education Fair in Miguel Hidalgo

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As part of an ongoing program launched earlier in the month by the Miguel Hidalgo municipality of Mexico City to bolster international cultural exchange, the Hungarian Embassy in Mexico offered a daylong tourism and education fair at the Miguel Hidalgo mayor’s office on Thursday, March 31. The festival included a display of travel attractions and educational opportunities

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Salazar, 16 Other Envoys Present Diplomatic Credentials

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. envoy Ken Salazar, along with 16 other then-ambassador-designates, presented diplomatic credentials to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in a solemn ceremony at the National Palace on Tuesday, Sept. 14, just three days after Salazar’s arrival in the country. After the ceremony, in which Salazar was the last to present credentials due

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Envoy’s Wife Hosts ‘Taste of Egypt’ Luncheon

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Radwa Abdelaziz, wife of Egyptian Ambassador to Mexico Klaled Abdelrahaman Abdellatif Shamaa, offered a “Taste of Egypt” luncheon at their Bosques de las Lomas residence in Mexico City on Tuesday, May 25, to both commemorate Africa Day (which marks the 1963 foundation of the Organization of African Unity) and to showcase Egyptian culture. The guests, who included

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Austria Fêtes National Day Virtually

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Monday, Oct. 26, is Austria’s official national day, but because of the still-surging covid-19 pandemic, Austrian Ambassador to Mexico Franz Josef Kuglitsch and his wife Maria Kuglitsch will not be offering their traditional diplomatic reception to mark the day this year. Notwithstanding, Kuglitsch, who will be retiring and returning home to Vienna in January, did send out

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New French Envoy Begins Duties in Mexico

PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF France’s new ambassador to Mexico, Jean-Pierre Asvazadourian, assumed his duties on Thursday, Oct. 15, after presenting copies of his diplomatic credentials to Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) Protocol Director Juan Carlos Lara Armienta, along with SRE Europe Director General Bernardo Aguilar Calvo. Asvazadourian, a career diplomat with more than 35 years of experience under his belt, has

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Internal Politics Aside, Austria Seeking Increased Ties with Mexico

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Less than a month after a contentious snap election spurred by a major corruption scandal, Austria’s still-de facto Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his conservative, Christian-democratic People’s Party are in the midst of cautiously measuring potential new alliances, wavering between a weakened far-right Freedom Party (Kurz’s former partner, which was at the heart of the scandal and nearly

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Indonesian Envoy Hosts National Day Fest

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico Cheppy T. Wartono hosted a diplomatic reception at his Lomas de Chapultepec residence on Tuesday, Aug. 27, to mark the 74th anniversary of his nation’s independence. During his welcome speech, Wartono spoke about his government’s efforts to modernize its infrastructure development and attract investors through simplified services and an improved business environment. He

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