By MARK LORENZANA Spain started its World Cup campaign with a 7-0 rout of Costa Rica, which many soccer fans, especially fans of La Furia Roja, thought would be a portent of things to come — opponents beware. Instead, Spain is now out of the World Cup, after a match that was level at 0-0 on Tuesday, Dec. 6, against
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By MARK LORENZANA Superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are winding down their legendary soccer careers, which includes — perhaps, more importantly — being the unofficial torchbearers of the beautiful game, and this upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is the last time they will lace up their cleats to play for their respective countries, Argentina and Portugal. The
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OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE What do the writings of Baruch Spinoza, a remote, 17th century Dutch philosopher of Dutch philosopher of Jewish Portuguese origins, have to say about the predicaments of the 21st century? A lot, because the fanaticisms that he faced alone in his time have multiplied in ours. The fanaticism of his times provoked religious wars; the current
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO As of May 2023, all Mexican tourists traveling to the European Union will be required to first obtain a European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) visa, the EU announced on Wednesday, June 8. The new visa will allow Mexican tourists to visit parts of Europe for up to 90 days at a time and will be
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By RICARDO CASTILLO March for Truth, Justice and Peace The several thousand participants in the so-called March for Truth, Justice and Peace on Sunday, Jan. 26, were demanding that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) government come up with a strategy to put an end to the apparently endless and seemingly eternal rising number of murders that Mexico is
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The left-leaning government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who took office on Dec. 1, has made it clear that it will continue to support Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In a statement issued by the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) in the late afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Mexican government stated: “In accordance
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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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