By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico Yusra Khan hosted a reception at his Lomas de Chapultepec residence on Thursday, Aug. 30, to commemorate the anniversary of his nation’s 1945 independence. “This year we are not only celebrating the 73rd anniversary of Indonesian independence, but also the 65th anniversary of bilateral relations between Indonesia and Mexico,” Khan told his guests
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Colombian Ambassador to Mexico Patricia Cárdenas Santa María hosted a national day reception at her residence on Friday, July 20, to mark the 208th anniversary of her country’s declaration of independence from Spain. On July 20, 1810, the then-Viceroyalty of New Granada proclaimed its independence from colonial rule in Santa Fe de Bogota. Nonetheless, that independence was
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS One hundred years after his birth in the tiny village of Mvezo, the Rainbow Nation of South Africa paid tribute to the life and legacy of its heroic anti-apartheid revolutionary and first black president, Nelson Mandela, on Wednesday, July 18, with corresponding homages to his ideals and accomplishments conducted throughout the world. Here in Mexico, that embassy’s
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Touting common values of democracy, respect for social justice and human rights, and free-market trade practices, Portuguese Ambassador to Mexico Jorge Roza de Oliveira used his national day reception on Monday, June 11, to underscore the positive nature of bilateral relations between his country and Mexico. “In July 2017, with the state visit of Portuguese Marcelo Rebelo
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BY THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Georgian Ambassador to Mexico Zurab Eristavi hosted a national day reception at Mexico City’s Club Naval Norte on Thursday, May 31, to mark his country’s centennial and the 27th anniversary of the reestablishment of that nation’s independence. “Georgia first proclaimed its independence on May 26, 1918, and I want to remind you that Mexico was one of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Iran’s ambassador to Mexico, Mohammad Taghi Hosseini, and his wife Afsane Hosseini hosted a diplomatic reception at Mexico City’s Club Naval Norte on Thursday, Feb. 8, to commemorate the 39th anniversary of his nation’s Islamic revolution. Since its independence from the rule of the U.S.-backed regime of After nearly a year of public demonstrations and protests led by
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After its independence from Great Britain in 1971, Qatar underwent a dramatic transformation from a poor British protectorate noted mainly for pearling into a rich state with significant oil and natural gas revenues
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Two-way trade and investment have continued to grow, with a combined commercial exchange of about $15 billion annually and more than 1,100 Japanese firms with capital holding in Mexico
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Mexico is now Thailand’s second-largest trading partner in Latin America, and combined bilateral trade has more than tripled over the last eight years to reach a volume of $3.4 billion annually
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