By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican Army Grooves to Music and Dance The Mexican Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) took a two-day-long recess to commemorate the 107th anniversary of its foundation on Feb. 19, 1913. The celebration began on the night of Tuesday, Feb. 18, with the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) Symphony and Choir delivered a spectacular concert, mostly for officers,
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XINHUA The government will invest 20 billion Mexican pesos — about $1 billion — in bringing banking and internet access to impoverished areas of the country, Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) said Monday, Jan. 6. Speaking at his traditional morning press conference, AMLO said that the Bank of Wellbeing project will require an investment of 10 billion pesos
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The holiday season is in full swing, and trying to find the right gift for everyone on your list (including yourself) can be stressful. Here are a few items that will definitely make the A list of anyone’s Christmas roster, no matter who the recipient is. Youth in a Bottle The Swedish direct-sales cosmetic and skincare company
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By RICARDO CASTILLO In mid-July, former Mexican Treasury Secretary Carlos Urzúa, upon presenting his resignation to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), launched a frontal attack against AMLO’s Chief of Staff Alfonso Romo Garza in an interview. “It’s most difficult to understand the type of relationship, ideologically speaking, Romo has with the president,” Urzúa said. “He’s an extreme right-winger.” Urzúa
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and Argentina
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s renowned for its transparent finances and solid economic growth (an expected 2.9 percent for 2018, and a predicted 2.2 percent for 2019), recognized universally for it superb public education and gender equality (in 1906, it was the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections),
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