BY THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS She is the patron saint of Mexico and the focal point of the world’s most visited Christian pilgrimage site. Her image is seen in virtually every Mexican Catholic church and is even caricaturized in hip teenage accessories ranging from school backpacks to chic little blouses. And yet, for all her omnipresent influence in Mexican culture, the story
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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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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Blush-red poinsettias have long been regarded around the world as the perfect companion to seasonal traditions and classic Christmas decorations. Lesser known is the leafy, long-stemmed flowers’ far-flung history. Called nochebuenas in Spanish (literally “holy night,” referring to Christmas Eve), the poinsettia has traveled across oceans and changed varieties more than 70 times within its centuries-old legacy.
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By MARK LORENZANA In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Germany failed to advance to the knockout stage, thanks — or no thanks, depending on whose perspective it is — in large part to an inspired first game by the Mexican National Team. Mexican winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano’s lone goal back then, against Germany, four years ago, was enough to give
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By MARK LORENZANA Another odds-on favorite lost in its first game in Qatar — a day after Saudi Arabia stunned powerhouse Argentina — as Germany squandered a 1-0 lead and ended up losing to Japan, 2-1, on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The Germans have not lost a World Cup match after taking the lead since the 1994 tournament, when Bulgaria won
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS More than 50 top international padel players — including both men and women teams — will face off in the last round of the 2022 World Padel Tour Open at Mexico City’s Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gym between Tuesday, Nov. 22, and Sunday, Nov. 27. The competition will include 52 couples in total, 26 from the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After a few unforeseen delays, the Spanish startup footwear fashion brand Mim finally expanded into Mexico this month with a dramatic boots, office and casualwear collection and a much-anticipated presence in the Mexican high-end department store Liverpool. As of Tuesday, Nov. 8, Mim, which was founded in 2015 and is now a subsidiary of the exclusive Scalpers
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Lots of foreigners have worked in Mexico long enough to have contributed to a Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) pension. In Mexico, accreditation is calculated in terms of weeks worked, 500, if you started to work anytime before 1997, when the law was changed to require more weeks from younger generations. So if you worked
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who served as the country’s head of state from 1988 to 1994, was granted Spanish nationality in May of this year, after proving Sephardic Jewish ancestry, the Spanish daily newspaper El País reported on Sunday, Oct. 30. In what some see as a hedge against possible political persecution and extradition
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS During the 300 years of Spanish rule following Hernán Cortés’ conquest of Tenochtitlán in 1521, the people of Mexico suffered the indignities of imported smallpox epidemics, forced labor and imposed religious conversions. The disenfranchised indigenous Mexica, Maya, Zapotec and Toltec civilizations were stripped of their heritage and land, and what properties were not claimed by the viceroys
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