Mexico Honors Its Great Liberator with National Holiday
Juárez was actually born on March 21, but to allow for a long weekend, the Mexican government has decreed that his birthday be celebrated one day early
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Mexico’s (Almost) Forgotten Holiday
Unlike the constitutions that had preceded it, the 1917 charter encompassed a wide range of cutting-edge social reforms
Read moreAzerbaijani Envoy Observes Tragic Anniversary
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
Read moreThe Mexican Senate’s Hour of Truth
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Mexico’s Senate has in its hands the future of Mexican democracy. Will it allow the nation to suffer the greater damage caused by the electoral legislation that was sent by the Chamber of Deputies? Or will it, in this crucial hour, assume its historic duty to represent the interests and will of the Mexican people? Maybe
Read moreMexico’s Emblematic Virgin of Guadalupe
BY THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS She is the patron saint of Mexico and the focal point of the world’s most visited Christian pilgrimage site. Her image is seen in virtually every Mexican Catholic church and is even caricaturized in hip teenage accessories ranging from school backpacks to chic little blouses. And yet, for all her omnipresent influence in Mexican culture, the story
Read moreAzeri Envoy Marks Second Anniversary of Nation’s Victory over Occupation
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Mammad Talibov hosted a lavish diplomatic reception and buffet luncheon at Mexico City’s Hotel Presidente Intercontinental on Monday, Nov. 7, to mark the second anniversary of his nation’s liberation from 27 years of Armenian occupation. “It is a great pleasure to welcome all of you to this celebration that commemorates the second anniversary
Read moreMexico’s Golden Flowers of the Dead
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While the ubiquitous images of painted skeletons and sugar skulls that abound across Mexico this time of year might be a bit off-putting for visitors from other countries, the golden orange color of thousands of marigold (cempasúchitl) flowers that line Avenida Reforma and decorate the omnipresent ofrendas (altars to the deceased) at least give a cheery
Read morePolitical Redeemers and their Followers
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Enlightened leaders always tend to self-proclaim their moral superiority, and throughout history, the consequences of this delusion have been terrible. In his 1919 conference “Politics as a Vocation,” German socialist Max Weber pointed out the similarity between the revolutionaries of his time and the millenarian sects of the 17th century that had announced the imminent arrival
Read more10 Great Places to See the Redcoats who Made the British Empire
By RICH GRANT No trip to England is complete without seeing a redcoat. There’s no more iconic image of the British Empire than a redcoat soldier, either at a changing of the guard, protecting one of the royal palaces (as they have done for 362 years), or in paintings from Bunker Hill to Waterloo. And yet the place most people
Read moreQueen Elizabeth’s Memorialized Visits to Mexico
By ALLAN WALL The death of Queen Elizabeth II, England’s longest reigning monarch, at age 96 on Thursday, Sept. 8, marked the end of an era for both the people of the United Kingdom and the entire global community. Nowhere was her influence more felt and will her legacy be more remembered than in her beloved homeland and Commonwealth. But
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