PULSE NEWS MEXICO Former Mexican President Luis Echeverría Álvarez, who served as the country’s head of state from 1970 to 1976, died on Friday, July 8, at home in his sleep, sources close to his family reported Saturday, July 9. Echeverría, who was a populist president from the centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) turned 100 on Jan.17. On Nov. 14,
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XINHUA China’s top legislator, Li Zhanshu, held talks via video link on Tuesday, March 20, with Oscar Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar, speaker of Mexico’s Senate, with both sides pledging enhanced cooperation to promote bilateral relations. Calling China and Mexico “good friends and good partners,” Li said Sino-Mexico relations have developed in an all-around way, as indicated by the sound momentum in
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … The Taiwanese people consider themselves to be an independent nation, although their sovereignty is sorely contested by China.
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ever since Mexico first adopted its now-antiquated One-China policy back in 1972 under then-President Luis Echeverría, the island nation of Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China, or ROC) has been patiently waiting for the Land of the Aztec Pyramids to wake up and recognize the fact that, not only does Mexico have a lot more in common
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