By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The auction of a Pre-Columbian archaeological artifact, which was slated to go on the block at Vienna’s Zacke Gallery on Friday, March 11, was suspended this week thanks to the intervention of the Mexican government, the Austrian Embassy in Mexico announced on Thursday, March 10. The item, a carved stone ballgame yoke presumably from
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Members of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Mexico and representatives of Mexico’s Federal Chamber of Deputies paid tribute on Tuesday, Feb. 22, to the hundreds of victims of the Khojaly Massacre, one of the most gruesome and tragic acts of genocide in recent global history. The solemn ceremony, which took place in front of the Khojaly Monument in
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Thugs in Uniforms Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) ever-expanding army of National Guard (GN) troops has been flexing its muscles in a violent show of force against civilians, proving once again that unbridled military power is a threat to the nation and the Mexican people alike. In just the last month alone, members of AMLO’s
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The real root of the surging migrant problem along the U.S.-Mexico border is unscrupulous employers who are exploiting both lax immigration laws and undocumented workers, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau said late last week. No one is holding American employers to account for their willingness to hire millions of unauthorized immigrants,” Landau said in an
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There were no endless trays of freshly rolled sushi, no live performances of traditional Japanese drum shows, and no social intermingling in the residence’s ample gardens while sipping warm sake, but whatever the Japanese Embassy in Mexico’s first-ever virtual national day reception on Wednesday, Feb. 24, lacked in fanfare, it more than made up for in hospitality,
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By KYLIE MADRY For U.S. citizens living in Mexico, it’s not too late to send a mail-in ballot ahead of the Nov. 3 elections – though time is running out. If you’re already registered to vote, you’re eligible to vote via mail from abroad. The county you’re registered to vote in should have already sent a ballot by mail or
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, almost every adult U.S. citizen — including those living abroad — have both the right and the responsibility to vote in the U.S. 2020 presidential elections. And while it may seem cumbersome to fill out the form (it isn’t; it usually only takes a few minutes), getting your ballot in to
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Just one day after his monarch ordered his nation’s government to “carry out a comprehensive and profound restructuring of social affairs,” particularly in the health and education sectors, Moroccan Ambassador to Mexico Mohamed Chafiki hosted a diplomatic reception at his Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec residence on Monday, July 30, to commemorate the anniversary of King Mohammed VI
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Just weeks after the first draft of the updated global accord between the European Union and Mexico was approved, EU Ambassador to Mexico Klaus Rudischhauser marked the 64th edition of Europe Day – the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration that united French and German coal and steel production under a common high authority and set the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Iran’s ambassador to Mexico, Mohammad Taghi Hosseini, and his wife Afsane Hosseini hosted a diplomatic reception at Mexico City’s Club Naval Norte on Thursday, Feb. 8, to commemorate the 39th anniversary of his nation’s Islamic revolution. Since its independence from the rule of the U.S.-backed regime of After nearly a year of public demonstrations and protests led by
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