By RICH GRANT “Wild Bill” Hickock was such a romantic figure, it is hard to believe he really existed. Of course, through dime novels, movies, HBO, television shows and merchandising for 155 years, his image has become a caricature of the real thing. But look back at what contemporaries wrote about him, and you can understand why he became so
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The new travel rules imposed by the U.S. government for persons entering that country from abroad — which include proof of having had a negative antigen covid test within 72 hours of arrival and subsequent quarantine for up to 10 days — have set off major alarm bells for Mexico’s already-moribund tourism industry. In
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By KELIN DILLON An executive order signed by newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden, which requires international travelers entering the United States by air to show proof of a negative covid-19 test within 72 hours of departure, was enacted on Jan. 26, creating a host of new requirements for travelers to fulfill before boarding their flight. Vacationers need to make
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By KELIN DILLON New U.S. President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order, going into effect on Tuesday, Jan. 26, that will require all travelers entering the United States by air to provide proof of a negative coronavirus test taken within 72 hours of departure, followed by self-isolation upon arrival, bringing forth new challenges for foreign tourism in Mexico. Mexico
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By KELIN DILLON Starting on Tuesday, Jan. 26, all travelers (age 2 and above) entering the United States by air will be required to show coronavirus test results taken within three days of the flight before boarding. Travelers to Canada also have to present a negative covid test to the airline prior to boarding, though Canada’s restrictions apply to those
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Effective Tuesday, Jan. 26, all persons entering the United States by air must get tested before they travel or present proof of a recent positive viral test and a letter from their healthcare provider or a public health official stating that they are clear to travel. The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued
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XINHUA Despite the fact that numerous studies have clearly shown that border closings do little or nothing to slow the spread of coronavirus infections, the United States, Canada and Mexico have once again extended non-essential travel restrictions across their borders through Feb. 21 due to covid-19. On Friday, Jan. 8, U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said that “in
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite a relaxation in sanitary restrictions in states that have lowered their covid-19 risk to level yellow or green, Mexico’s tourism remains one of the country’s industries most economically impaired by the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s tourism segment that has been hardest hit is the international sector, which, month after month, has registered dramatic
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XINHUA International tourism to Mexico plummeted 43.7 percent in October year-on-year, largely due to lower air passenger traffic, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported late last week. The number of foreign arrivals in the 10th month of the year was 2,042,486, compared to 3,628,423 in October 2019, according to the Inegi Survey of International Travelers. The breakdown
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Before covid-19 came along and led to massive lockdowns, there was a rather unusual Christmas holiday practice in Mexico that involved, starting in around mid-December, the practice of neighbors suddenly banging on each other’s door late at night demanding refuge and hot punch. Those already familiar with Mexican Christmas traditions will recognize this unusual ritual
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