By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what constituted the fifth Paralympic medal for Mexico, weightlifter Amalia Pérez took the gold in the female up-to-55-kilo category on Saturday, Aug. 28. At age 44, Pérez has remained undefeated at the Paralympic Games since she first won gold in Beijing 2008. A native of Mexico City, she won her second gold medal
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican swimmer Fabiola Ramírez Martínez won her country’s first Paralympic medal at the Tokyo games on Wednesday, Aug. 25, earning bronze in the 100-meter backstroke, category S-2. “I reached the goal line and saw the board and I didn’t believe it, until I turned to see the coaches,” Ramírez Martínez, who suffers from cerebral
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF With just four bronze medals, and no gold or silver, Mexico had its worst haul of Olympic medals during the Tokyo games since the 1996 Atlanta games. Although the Mexican delegation did come in fourth place seven times, it had a disappointing medal count in Japan. It won bronze medals in the mixed archery
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s men soccer team won a fourth medal for country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by beating Japan 3-1 on Friday, Aug. 6. The team won bronze medal by defeating the host country in a game that was considered the rematch of the 1968 Olympic Games, when the Japanese defeated Mexico 2-0 and
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican synchronized divers Gabriela Agúndez and Alejandra Orozco won Mexico the bronze metal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games on Tuesday, July 27. The pair won in the women’s 10 meters synchronized platform diving. Agúndez and Orozco were one of the great hopes of the Mexican team. Agúndez won a silver medal at the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico placed as the country with the second-highest rate of capital flight in February, according to a report released earlier this week by the U.S. Treasury Department. In total, $11.531 billion in government bonds and corporate securities left the country in February, the Treasury Department said. Only Brazil registered a higher rate of capital
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By KELIN DILLON As Mexico begins expanding its administration of vaccines against covid-19 in its population aged from 50 to 59, a study from Free University of Berlin mathematician Raúl Rojas found that Mexico has the second-worst strategy in the world against coronavirus, only behind Peru. The country has seen over 444,000 excess deaths than anticipated throughout the pandemic, according
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Mexico Designers Set to Show at Russian Fashion Week By KELIN DILLON A handful of Mexican designers will show their latest collections at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia (MBFWR) this upcoming Thursday, April 22, via curated fashion films, giving worldwide exposure to a choice selection of Mexican brands, set to be broadcast live on international publications like Vogue Russia. The
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There were no endless trays of freshly rolled sushi, no live performances of traditional Japanese drum shows, and no social intermingling in the residence’s ample gardens while sipping warm sake, but whatever the Japanese Embassy in Mexico’s first-ever virtual national day reception on Wednesday, Feb. 24, lacked in fanfare, it more than made up for in hospitality,
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Pierre Cardin: An Out-of-this- World Designer By KELIN DILLON Though legendary Italian-French designer Pierre Cardin passed away this past Dec. 29, his legacy remains forever cemented in the hallowed halls of bygone fashion titans with his iconic, larger-than-life designs and ambitious business choices. Born in 1922 in Italy, Cardin’s parents settled in France after the First World War, with him
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