By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Once again, Christ Church is offering a chance to jumpstart your holiday shopping with its annual Christmas bazaar, slated for Saturday, Dec. 1. The bazaar, which has been a tradition at Mexico’s oldest Anglican church in Mexico for more than a century, will include an array of handmade and artisan Mexican crafts, as well as
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The American Benevolent Society (ABS) will host its traditional Thanksgiving Day luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 22, at 1:30 p.m. at Christ Church, located at Monte Escandinavos 405, on the corner of Sierra Madre, in Mexico City’s Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec. The meal will include all the usual Thanksgiving favorites, including turkey, sage dressing and
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When Ecuadorian Ambassador to Mexico Leonardo Arízaga Schmegel celebrated his national day last Friday, Aug. 10, he spoke briefly about the historic significance of the date – which marked the 208th anniversary of that South American country’s independence from Spain – but the main focus of his speech was Quito’s ever-broadening ties with Mexico. “In the first
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Just in case you were wondering why Monday, March 19, was an official holiday here in Mexico, it was 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
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While in Northern European Christian cultures, it is the the eve or day of Christ’s birth (Dec. 24 and Dec. 25, respectively) that is celebrated with special meals and an exchange of presents, here in Mexico, it is the Epiphany, or the commemoration of the anniversary of arrival of the Magi at Bethlehem, that is most associated
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