By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As covid-19 sanitary measures continue to ease nationwide, Mexico is due to open a total of 137 archeological sites for equinox observances this year, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced Saturday, March 12. While still requiring masks and other sanitary precautions, the INAH said in a press release that it is
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Not content to have offended Panama last week by having likened its foreign minister to the Spanish Inquisition for rejecting his proposed ambassador, disgraced university professor and accused sexual assailant Pedro Salmerón Sanginés, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — always the diplomat (NOT) — insulted the government of Austria on Monday, Feb. 7, calling it “selfish”
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS If you’re new to Mexico, you might be surprised when, starting on around mid-December, your neighbors suddenly begin banging on your door late at night demanding refuge and hot punch. Those already familiar with Mexican Christmas traditions will recognize this unusual ritual as the official start of the holiday season. La Posada – literally, the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Blush-red poinsettias have long been regarded around the world as the perfect companion to seasonal traditions and classic Christmas decorations. Lesser known is the leafy, long-stemmed flowers’ far-flung history. Called nochebuenas in Spanish (literally “holy night,” referring to Christmas Eve), the poinsettia has traveled across oceans and changed varieties more than 70 times within
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BY THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS She is the patron saint of Mexico and the focal point of the world’s most visited Christian pilgrimage site. Her image is seen in virtually every Mexican Catholic church and is even caricaturized in hip teenage accessories ranging from school backpacks to chic little blouses. And, yet, for all her omnipresent influence in Mexican culture, the story
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF No stranger to controversy, Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda courted nationwide condemnation on Monday, Nov. 29, when she offered a press conference in the city of Iguala, seated in front of a modified Mexican flag with a giant, green snake in the form of an “S,” apparently referring to her surname. Technically, it is
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS If the thought of nighttime excursions to the cemetery, public altars to the dead on practically every street corner and sugar skulls with your name written on them in icing gives you the creeps, Mexico is probably the wrong place for you to be this time of year. But if the reaffirmation of life through the celebration
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While the ubiquitous images of painted skeletons and sugar skulls that abound across Mexico this time of year might be a bit off-putting for visitors from other countries, the golden orange color of thousands of marigold (cempasúchitl) flowers that line Avenida Reforma and decorate the omnipresent ofrendas (altars to the deceased) at least give a cheery
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Vivan los Muertos! By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s Day of the Dead (well, actually, it’s two days, but most people just clump the duo holidays under the same moniker) is a vibrant part of the country’s rich and multifaceted culture, drawing on a combination of pre-Hispanic and colonial heritage. An uncanny celebration of life and a tribute to the memory of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico City’s Franz Mayer Museum opened an exhibit on Wednesday, Sept. 29, of works portraying the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The 82-piece collection, titled “Relatos Artísticos de la Conquista” (“Artist Tales of the Conquest”), presents different perspectives and artistic interpretations on the fall of the Mexica (Aztec) civilization of Tenochtitlán from the 16th, 17th
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