By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Monday, Sept. 3, is Labor Day in the United States. It is a public holiday officially celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor the U.S. labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity and wellbeing of that country. It is also considered the unofficial end of summer in
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Hey, all you superstitious readers out there, today is Friday the 13th, that infamous date associated with bad luck and calamity that literally keeps some people locked in their homes for 24 hours. Yup, the dreaded Friday the 13th – which falls at least once a year on the Gregorian Calendar and can occur as often as
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Although in Mexico, it was lost in the fervor of Mexico’s unprecedented presidential election, which brought a victory to leftist populist leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the ever-tightening vying for the championship of the World Cup soccer match, Canada celebrated its national day on Sunday, July 1. Canada Day celebrates the creation of the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS So, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you might have noticed that tomorrow is Mother’s Day, and here in Mexico, that’s a big deal. May 10 is HER day, and there are plenty of ways to indulge, pamper and coddle the mother of your children or the woman who brought you into this world on this
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As a predominantly Catholic nation, Mexico has traditionally celebrated Easter Week, known here as Semana Santa, as one of its most important holiday seasons of the year. Starting on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, nearly every community in the country commemorates the resurrection of Christ 2000 years ago with magnificent rituals and colorful, passionate processions reenacting
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Monday, Feb. 3, is an official Mexico holiday, commemorating the Feb. 5, 1917, proclamation of the country’s Magna Carta. And whether you see the Monday holiday as a chance to get out of town for a long weekend or just a opportunity to get an early start on that spring cleaning you have been putting off, it is
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