By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Azerbaijani Embassy in Mexico hosted a daylong celebration of the festival of Nowrūz, an ancient spring holiday, at Mexico City’s Lincoln Park on Saturday, March 19. The open-air celebration, which was hosted by Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Mammad Talibov, his wife Kamala Talibova and their daughter Faray Talibli, included a performance of traditional Azeri dances by
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AMLO’s Vanity Train
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The value of stocks in Mexico’s official airlines, Aeroméxico, plunged by 29 percent, to just .41 pesos per unit, on Wednesday, March 16 — their lowest price ever — as the company began the final steps to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Aeroméxico won a U.S. court permission to emerge from Chapter 11 in
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By KELIN DILLON Several years after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) canceled the construction of Mexico’s New International Airport (NAICM) in 2018 in favor of building the purportedly less-expensive Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) in the region, new figures have revealed that the AIFA has cost the Mexican government 116 billion pesos as of mid-March 2022 – a
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Thanks to an expanded winter snowfall and low temperatures during the first half of March, Aspen Snowmass announced this week that it will extend its 75th anniversary ski season at Aspen Mountain through Sunday, April 24. Aspen Snowmass has made a special effort to attract Mexican tourists this year after the number of visitors
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It has been called Mexico’s culinary Oscars, and for eight groundbreaking seasons, it has been “The Place” to sample some of Mexico City’s best gastronomic offerings. And this year’s edition of Sabor es Polanco, held in the open-air venue of the Campo Marte military base next to the National Auditorium, on Saturday, March 12, and Sunday, March
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico City’s blue-collar neighborhood of Santa María la Ribera is not exactly known for its five-star restaurants and upscale dining. So when I was invited to a group luncheon there at a little Italian restaurant I had never heard of last week, I wasn’t expecting much in the way of haute cuisine. Boy, was I wrong. The
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When it comes to steakhouses, there’s only one issue that really matters, and that’s the beef. Sure, a nice setting, good service and tasty accompaniments can be great, but if the meat isn’t exceptional, the whole dining experience just isn’t going to cut the mustard. And with that in mind, the smart folks at the Cachava steakhouse
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Monday, Feb. 7, is an official holiday in Mexico. It commemorates (two days late this year) the Feb. 5, 1917, proclamation of the country’s Magna Carta. And whether you see the Monday holiday as a chance to get out of town for a long weekend (hard to do in the times of covid-19) or just a opportunity
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ah, the fickle love of an authoritarian president. When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) loves you, you can do no wrong. His buddy-buddy Félix Salgado Macedonio — who was repeatedly accused of rape, embezzlement and close ties with drug cartels, but still managed to garnish the governorship of the coastal state of Guerrero, albeit
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