High Global Stakes, but in a Calmer Tone
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Mexico’s Cry of Independence or Cry of Agony?
Read moreWalking and Drinking Cervezas on the Road to Mexico’s Revolutions
By RICH GRANT By a stroke of good fortune for the Mexican tourism office, both of Mexico’s revolutions began 100 years apart – in 1810 and 1910 . Routes that follow the various military campaigns have been laid out with one leaving from Guadalajara that goes to the three most historic towns of Mexico’s 1810 revolt (against the Spanish rule,
Read moreIt’s Chiles en Nogada Season, Get Thee to La 3ra Ronda!
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s August, already, and it seems that the last easy-breezy days of summer are quickly slipping away. Soon, vacations will be over and schools will reopen (which means much worse traffic), and all those lazy afternoons of sitting around the pool or sipping coffee with friends at your favorite café will come to an end, and you
Read moreMexico Begins 15-Event Independence Celebration
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) launched a series of 15 commemorative events to mark the country’s 200th independence anniversary on Sunday, Feb. 14, 1831. The first event in the series took place in Cuilapan, Oaxaca, where Afro-Mexican independence hero, abolitionist and former President Vicente Guerrero was executed on Feb. 14, 1831. The
Read moreIt’s Chiles en Nogada Season
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS September is almost here, and for Mexican foodies, that means chiles en nogada season. According to a local legend, the colorful dish, composed of stuffed green chiles drenched in a white walnut sauce and sprinkled with red pomegranate seeds, was first created in Puebla to honor Emperor Agustín de Iturbe y Arámburu after he accepted Mexican independence
Read moreMexico’s Liberal-Conservative Divide
By RICARDO CASTILLO Day in and day out, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) mentions the country’s ongoing ideological war between liberals and conservatives. Of course, he makes it a point of reminding people that he is a liberal who, he says, is now containing the conservative tide from returning to presidential power. On Wednesday, July 29, during his daily
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s Economy Shielded In one of the multiple events of the four-day-long 31st Reunion of Ambassadors and Consuls 2020 organized by the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) from Jan. 7 to Jan. 10, Treasury Secretary Arturo Herrera took the forum as an opportunity to claim that Mexico – one year after Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO)
Read moreHere Comes Chile en Nogada Season!
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS September is almost here, and for Mexican foodies, that means chiles en nogada season. According to a local legend, the colorful dish, composed of stuffed green chiles drenched in a white walnut sauce and sprinkled with red pomegranate seeds, was first created in Puebla to honor Emperor Agustín de Iturbe y Arámburu after he accepted Mexican independence
Read moreA History of Mexico, Cast in Silver and Gold
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Money, in addition to being the fuel that powers any nation’s economy, is the tangible record of its unique history. The coins, bills and promissory notes a country mints inevitably carry portraits and images of iconic national heroes and patriotic symbols, reflecting the country’s inimitable ideology and fundamental principles. Since 1992, the Museo de Numismática del Estado
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