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Azeri Embassy Marks Republic Day with Small Gathering

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Given the still-expanding global covid-19 pandemic, it was understandable for the Azerbaijani government to order its embassies abroad not to celebrate that country’s Republic Day with a formal diplomatic reception on Tuesday, May 25, for the second year in a row. But for Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Mammad Talibov and his wife Kamala Talibova, along with the

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South African Embassy Pays Homage to Nelson Mandela

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Newly arrived South African Ambassador-designate to Mexico Dennis Thokozani Dlomo hosted a reception at his Bosques de las Lomas residence on Thursday, July 18, to mark the 101st anniversary of the birth of that country’s first democratically elected president in a fully representative polling, Nelson Mandela. One hundred and one years after his birth in the tiny

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Paying Tribute to a Man for All Humanity

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     One hundred years after his birth in the tiny village of Mvezo, the Rainbow Nation of South Africa paid tribute to the life and legacy of its heroic anti-apartheid revolutionary and first black president, Nelson Mandela, on Wednesday, July 18, with corresponding homages to his ideals and accomplishments conducted throughout the world. Here in Mexico, that embassy’s

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