By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Italian Embassy in Mexico wants you to think pasta … and risotto … and pizza … and tiramisu —and just about everything else that the Bel Paese has to offer in the food department. All this month, the embassy is sponsoring a That’s Amore Italian Love Food festival, showcasing the best of Italian cooking in Mexico City,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF At least 1,200 families were evacuated from their homes in the central Mexican state of Puebla on Wednesday, Sept. 12, as the result of a Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) gas pipeline leak. The neighborhoods evacuated included Vicente Guerrero, Villa Frontera, Colonia San Pedro, Villas del Marquez, Villas de San Gregorio, Revolución Mexicana and Venustiano Carranza.
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Keen insider observers consider that the first gathering of the disperse National Action Party (PAN) at its headquarters in Colonia Del Valle in Mexico City on Saturday, Aug. 10, looked more like a witches’ black sabbath than a political reunion. It became clear that “the spells” to bring “party unity” came from as many as six different
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It may be an inexact science, but it’s in the air in Mexico these days. In colloquial Spanish, it’s called “rumorología,” which literally translates in English to “rumor-ology.” The flood of rumors preceding the upcoming Sunday, July 1, election is massive. The loudest rumor is that there is a mega-fraud in the making to put the “official”
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By MARK ALEXANDER Special to Pulse News Mexico Democrats Abroad Mexico (DAMC) — the Mexican branch of the international organization Democrats Abroad that unites U.S. citizens who support the Democratic Party — held its national convention in Puebla over the May 12-13 weekend. Attendance for the event was strong, about 35 members from across Mexico, driven by the ever-mounting controversy and emotional turmoil of the organization’s members
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It marks the unlikely 1862 victory of Mexican forces over French invaders in Puebla and is nearly as much a symbol of the nation’s eternal struggle to maintain its independence as the 16th of September. In the state of Puebla, it is a full-out holiday, with plenty of parades and merrymaking, as well as food
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