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First Mexican-Born Woman Sworn into US Congress

PULSE NEWS MEXICO Republican Mayra Flores of Texas became the first Mexican-born woman to be sworn into the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, June 22. Flores, born in Burgos, Tamaulipas, before becoming a U.S. citizen, won a special election in Texas’ 34th Congressional District to fill the seat vacated by former Democratic Republican Filemon Vela earlier this month. This constituted the

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AMLO, Ebrard Respond to Trump’s Claims of Influence

By KELIN DILLON After an unexpected friendship blossomed between Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and former U.S. President Donald Trump during the leaders’ administrative overlap as a bond over baseball brought the ideologically opposed self-professed socialist and staunch Republican conservative together, Trump’s post-administration speaking engagements have brought fresh commentary on his perspective of the relationship between the two

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AMLO Calls Meeting with US Senators Cordial, Friendly

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) defined a meeting at the National Palace with five U.S. Republican and Democrat senators on Monday, July 5, as “cordial and friendly.” According to a tweet sent out by the president Monday night, during the roughly one-hour meet, he and the senators discussed a series of bilateral

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