By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican author, historian and journalist Enrique Krauze was presented with the third edition of the Spanish Order of History Award by King Felipe VI of Spain on Wednesday, July 7. In a solemn ceremony at the Monastery of San Lorenzo at El Escorial, just outside Madrid, the Spanish monarch presented a diploma and a
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By KELIN DILLON Famed Mexican author and historian Enrique Krauze has been awarded the III Spanish Orders History Prize, recognizing his commitment and work surrounding the Hispanic world. Krauze, who has been on the receiving end of public attacks by current Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) due to the author’s longtime criticism of presidential power, was proposed for
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) — who is currently working from his private residence inside the National Palace after he tested positive for the covid-19 virus over the weekend — said in a tweet Monday, Jan. 25, that he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin via a telephone call earlier in the day and
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The director of Mexico’s universal covid-19 vaccination program, Miriam Veras Godoy, announced her resignation from the government post Sunday, Jan. 17. Veras Godoy, who helped design the vaccination program, which prioritizes first health workers treating covid patients, followed by citizens ranked by their age brackets, previously served as the director general of the nation’s
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Bvlgari, the Italian luxury brand, announced this month that it will be helping to support research into covid-19 and vaccine development at Rockefeller University in New York City. In September, Bulgari announced the formation of the Bvlgari Virus Free Fund, which is a financial program created to support various institutions researching covid-19 vaccines. Currently,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico Pre-Purchases Covid Vaccines Mexico clinched the purchase of 200 million anti-covid-19 vaccines to protect 100 million people (about 80 percent of the population), the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) announced through Twitter on Friday, Nov. 27. SRE Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and the secretariat’s team of vaccine procurement buyers for individual laboratories and the World Health Organization (WHO)
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XINHUA Mexico has been offered at least 2,000 doses of a Russian covid-19 vaccine and is to take part in its clinical trials, said Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard on Thursday, Aug. 20. “This is very good news because once again we are gaining time,” said Ebrard. Ebrard and Russian Ambassador to Mexico Viktor Koronelli met on Wednesday, Aug. 19,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The London-based biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca signed an agreement with Mexico’s Carlos Slim Foundation on Wednesday, Aug. 12, to produce a covid-19 vaccine in both Mexico and Argentina to be distributed without economic profits throughout Latin America. The experimental coronavirus vaccine, labled AZD1222, which was licensed by AstraZeneca from the University of Oxford, is currently
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