By MELISSA T. CASTRO Mexico’s Guillermina Bravo Dance Theater is slated to host a one-night-only performance of renowned Japanese dancer and choreographer Yumiko Yoshioka, a member of the first generation of Butoh dancers, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. Yoshioka will perform “Before the Dawn,” a scenic introspection on human transformation. Butoh, also known as the Japanese Dance of
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By MARK LORENZANA Fans of Mexican basketball have a lot to celebrate lately. On the morning of Sunday, Sept. 4, the Mexican National Basketball Team defeated Panama, 65-60, in the group stages of the ongoing 2022 FIBA AmeriCup Tournament in Recife, Brazil. Previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship, the FIBA AmeriCup takes place every four years between national teams
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart), a subsidiary of Mexico City’s Culture Secretariat, will presents the “Concierto ‘900,” a four-handed piano concert performed by the renowned Italian duo Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti, on Wednesday, June 22, at 8 p.m., in the Blas Galindo Auditorium. The Spina-Benignetti Duo was created in 2013 and has been recognized
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By MARK LORENZANA Inoue Knocks out Donaire in Round 2 Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue knocked out future hall-of-famer Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire in their rematch on Tuesday, June 7 (Japan Standard Time), at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan. What was expected to be a competitive rematch of their 2019 fight that Inoue won via unanimous decision — which
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For some, they are the very essence of feminine sensuality, their delicate petals unfolding like a vibrant display of female genitalia (think Georgia O’Keeffe’s famous flower paintings that resemble a vagina). For others, they symbolize death and the morose beauty of unobtainable passion. In 1894, H.G. Wells wrote a short story about them, describing their bulbs as
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The British government on Friday, May 20, announced that it has begun preliminary negotiations with Mexico to establish a bilateral free-trade agreement. According to British Trade Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan, using as a template the European Union-Mexico agreement that was negotiated over two decades ago, the United Kingdom, which ceased to be included in that
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Former Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) Governor and current General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Agustín Carstens said Tuesday, April 5, that, like it or not, inflation is here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future. Speaking before the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, Carstens, who served as
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When it comes to food, the Japanese tend to be purists. Ask for a California roll or shrimp sushi with mayonnaise (as it is commonly served in Moscow) at a traditional restaurant in Osaka, and you are likely to earn a scornful glare of disapproval from your chef or server, if not an invitation to go elsewhere.
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The overexploitation of soil in Mexico’s wester central state of Michoacán, caused by the cultivation of avocados, has produced drastic effects on the environment and the endemic ecosystems of that state. Mexico is the center of global avocado production, specifically the central region of the country. Today, at least 135,000 hectares of Michoacán — Mexico’s
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After 12 days of events in Tokyo, Mexico’s efforts in the 2020 Paralympic Games earned the country 22 medals and a place as one of the top 20 winningest nations inthe competition. Mexico left Tokyo with seven gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals, the best the country has performed in the
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