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Italian Dance Troupe No Gravity to Headline Cervantino Fest

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The renowned Italian dance group No Gravity is slated to headline the 49th edition of Mexico’s International Cervantino Festival (FIC) in Guanajuato in October. The group will perform a multidisciplinary live and virtual presentation based on Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, with a mind-boggling display of synchronized, gravity-defying ballet. Inferno is part of the troupe’s three-part opus of Dante’s

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Former Presidential Candidate Anaya Claims Persecution by AMLO

By KELIN DILLON In a video published on Saturday, Aug. 21, former Mexican presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya claimed he was being persecuted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and noted he would be outside of Mexico for some time, though his present location still remains unknown. Likewise, National Action Party (PAN) President Marko Cortés claimed he recently spoke to

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The Challenge of Resolving Modern-Day Territorial Disputes

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The first step in resolving any international territorial dispute is for both parties to acknowledge their involvement in the conflict, said Brenda Shaffer, coauthor of the Washington-based political research organization Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ (FDD) recent publication “Occupied Elsewhere” (dealing with protracted international conflicts and territorial disputes) and Georgetown University professor of foreign policy and international

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Georgian Ambassador Touts Nation’s 100th Anniversary

BY THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Georgian Ambassador to Mexico Zurab Eristavi hosted a national day reception at Mexico City’s Club Naval Norte on Thursday, May 31, to mark his country’s centennial and the 27th anniversary of the reestablishment of that nation’s independence. “Georgia first proclaimed its independence on May 26, 1918, and I want to remind you that Mexico was one of

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