By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS With more than 100 people in attendance — the highest number of guests in decades — the American Benevolent Society (ABS) hosted a lavish, three-course Thanksgiving Day luncheon at Mexico City’s Christ Church Parish on Thursday, Nov. 24, The traditional meal, which reflected the classic Thanksgiving meal generally consumed across the United States on that day, included
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO After a three-year absence because of the covid-19 pandemic, the American Benevolent Society (ABS) will again be hosting its annual Thanksgiving Day luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 25, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Christ Church Parish, located at Montes Escandinavos 405 in Mexico City’s Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec. The event, which is open to the public,
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The U.S. Embassy in Mexico and the American Legion Post 2 will host a solemn ceremony to mark Veteran’s Day at the Mexico City U.S. National Cemetery on Friday, Nov. 11, at 10:30 a.m. The cemetery is located at Virginia Fabregas 31 in Colonia San Rafael. Attendance is free of charge and open to the public. On
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Once known throughout the world as Columbus Day, Oct. 12 in Mexico now marks Día de la Raza (Day of the Indigenous Races). A national holiday in many countries and one of 10 legal federal holidays in the United States, the date commemorates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas in 1492,
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PUBLIFIX Many people are afraid that they are going to feel lonely when they decide to travel alone. This is a serious barrier to making the decision to live an experience abroad. However, traveling, even alone, brings so much on the cultural and professional level and allows you to meet people from all over the world. You just have to
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Azerbaijani Embassy in Mexico hosted a daylong celebration of the festival of Nowrūz, an ancient spring holiday, at Mexico City’s Lincoln Park on Saturday, March 19. The open-air celebration, which was hosted by Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Mammad Talibov, his wife Kamala Talibova and their daughter Faray Talibli, included a performance of traditional Azeri dances by
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Monday, March 21, is an official holiday in Mexico in observation of the 1806 birthday of five-time president Benito Juárez, a national hero who helped chase the French out of the country, overthrew the Hapsburg-imposed empire of Maximillian I, and restored the republic under a liberal regime that served as the backdrop for modernization and urbanization. Juárez,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Thursday, March 17, is St. Patrick’s Day, and, at least for 24 hours, just about everyone is Irish, or, as the old Dublin saying goes, “wishes they were.” And even though the Irish community in Mexico is relatively small – less than 5,000, including descendants of the martyred San Patricios, an artillery battalion made up of mainly
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Jewish community across Mexico and around the world observed the start of the Purim festival on the eve of Wednesday, March 16. In the Hebrew calendar, Purim is an annual holiday, falling on the 14th day of the month of Adar (the 12th month in the calendar). Purim, often referred to as “Jewish
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Thanks to an expanded winter snowfall and low temperatures during the first half of March, Aspen Snowmass announced this week that it will extend its 75th anniversary ski season at Aspen Mountain through Sunday, April 24. Aspen Snowmass has made a special effort to attract Mexican tourists this year after the number of visitors
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