But for those of us who actually witnessed the process, the transparency of the voting and the core reason for Aliyev’s unprecedented victory were obvious, and had nothing to do with either voter manipulation or polling irregularities
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The four members of the Karabakh orchestra are descendants of the recently liberated Nargorno-Karabakh segment of Azerbaijan that was occupied by Armenia in blatant violation of international law for nearly three decades
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Amirbayov visited Mexico in November of last year to explore potential binational cooperation in politics, economics and trade and to help raise two-way relations to a new level
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This year, which has been proclaimed as the “Year of Heydar Aliyev,” the Azerbaijani people celebrate the centennial of the birth of their great leader, who dedicated his entire life to serving his beloved homeland
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As a result of the slaughter, Jan. 20 was declared a day of national mourning throughout Azerbaijan, and an already crescent independence movement took form
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It was a day of absolute jubilation and unrestrained celebration for Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Mammad Talibov and his wife Kamala Talibova when they hosted a diplomatic reception at the Presidente Intercontinental Hotel Polanco on Friday, Nov. 5, to commemorate the first anniversary of their reunited country after nearly three decades of occupation of a fifth of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Like most embassies in Mexico these days, the Azerbaijani chancellery was unable to host a diplomatic reception this year to mark its independence day. But that didn’t keep Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Mammad Talibov from commemorating the Caucasian nation’s 30th anniversary, albeit a few days late. At the request of Mexico’s National Academy of History and Geography,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS BAKU, Azerbaijan — With an entirely new Milli Mejlis (parliamentary general assembly) set to take office next month, Azerbaijan is bracing for a head-to-toe makeover of its social and political system, in keeping with a master plan laid out late last year by President Ilham Aliyev. And with most of the newly elected legislators fresh out of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS BAKU, Azerbaijan — When you have a president who has been in power for more than 16 straight years (in this case, Ilham Aliyev), following in the footsteps of his father (Heydar Aliyev), who held the very same post for the 10 years immediately prior to that, it is easy to assume (or suggest) that your head
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By MAMMAD TALIBOV, Azerbaijani ambassador to Mexico
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