By RICARDO CASTILLO Every now and then, more often than not, the name of Mexico’s fourth-wealthiest man, Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco, dominates the media with controversial reports. In fact, at the Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat (Semarnat), there are a myriad of files open charging Larrea with crimes of pollution. And if we gauge the amount of media space devoted
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Fall Made Easy By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS This week’s selection of new products and garments encompasses a wide range of beauty and fashion items to save you time, keep you looking sharp and help you transition seamlessly from the carefree days of summer casual to the more polished look of back-to-school or the conventional style of autumn office dressing. Getting back
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BY RICH GRANT The Italians are many wonderful things – but slow, safe and sane drivers, they are not. Italian highways resemble race tracks more than roads, and cars can be expensive and a hassle in the country’s ancient, pedestrian-oriented cities. The solution is to tour Italy by train. All the grand stops of northern Italy are two to three
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Italian Embassy in Mexico wants you to think pasta … and risotto … and pizza … and tiramisu —and just about everything else that the Bel Paese has to offer in the food department. All this month, the embassy is sponsoring a That’s Amore Italian Love Food festival, showcasing the best of Italian cooking in Mexico City,
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By JACQUES GOODLOE Special to Pulse News Mexico The idea of an “axis of the willing against illegal migration” composed of Italy, Germany and Austria has been proposed by Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s right populist leader. He spoke about this with German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, a Bavarian conservative who shares the Austrian chancellor’s views on tighter border controls. Kurz said fighting illegal
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In the 4th century you would have been able to do one-stop shopping by visiting the Forum Romanum, or Roman Forum
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