By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Enrique Volopapilio is an incurable romantic. (Then again, aren’t we all, even if we don’t admit it publicly?) Volopapilio’s passion for romance may have started back when he was studying business administration in college and let himself be distracted from the tedious writings of Jay Heizer’s “Principals of Operations Management” to snatch of bit of amorous ardor
Read more
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The STK brand has been around for more than a decade – developed by the New York-based ONE Group hospitality corporation to be the the millennials’ answer to the upscale steakhouse made hip and trendy by sleek décor and a soft (or sometimes not-so-soft) rock lounge atmosphere. In fact, since the ONE Group opened its first STK
Read more
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE Former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, D.C. (On Jan. 25, Ambassador Wayne offered a conference on bilateral cooperation in the fields of education, innovation and workforce development at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute’s Innovative Forum. This is a transcript of that presentation.) During my years as
Read more
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS India is now Mexico’s eighth-largest trade partner, with a combined commercial exchange of more than $10 billion in 2018, according to that country’s diplomatic envoy to Mexico. “Last year marked a significant growth in both our trade and investment ties with Mexico,” said Indian Ambassador to Mexico Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi during his official welcome speech at his
Read more
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As part of the ongoing 100th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Guadalajara Regional Museum (MRG), the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has organized an exhibit of pre-Hispanic Mexican sculptures of sensual human forms from the western Mexican states of Nayarit, Colima, Jalisco and Michoacán. The exhibit, titled “Semillas de vida:
Read more
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The U.S. Consulate offices in Guadalajara, Jalisco, opened its offices for normal operations on Tuesday, Dec. 4, after having suffered two grenade attacks onthe night of Friday, Nov. 30, just hours before Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was sworn in on Dec. 1. The consulate was closed on Monday so that officials
Read more
By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF The grenade explosion at the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Jalisco, late Friday, Nov. 30 — just hours before the swearing of Mexico’s new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) — may have been linked to local drug cartels, according to both Mexican and U.S. authorities. The explosions of two grenades, which occurred about 7:30 p.m.,
Read more
By RICH GRANT With more than 5 million people, Mexico’s second-largest city can be modern, sprawling and congested, but it also offers a wonderful, colonial, pedestrian-friendly downtown worth spending a day or two exploring. Start at the Catedral de Guadalajara, begun in 1561, this is the heart of the city, surrounded by plazas, shopping and incredible architecture. The balcony of La
Read more
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Nothing says national pride quite like a country’s cuisine, and when it comes to great dining, France is definitely Europe’s leader of the pack. And among the best of l’Hexagone’s tantalizing delicacies is its vast and delicious selection of cheeses. In fact, France boasts more than 450 varieties of cheeses, grouped into eight categories of les huit
Read more