By SILVIO CANTO, JR. As a kid growing up in Cuba, we were blessed in my family to have Uncle Joaquin, who was a fanatic about U.S. history, especially the Gettysburg Address. I don’t know of anyone else who could recite the speech in English and then translate it into Spanish. He was a very well-educated man who taught at
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Due to the covid-19 citywide lockdown and the expanding coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico announced on Friday, May 22, that it will not hold its annual Memorial Day service at the Mexico City National Cemetery in Colonia San Rafael. In its place, there will be a private wreath-laying ceremony on Monday, May
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By RICH GRANT (To read Part I of this article, go to: https://pulsenewsmexico.com/2017/11/29/the-surrenderers/) Part II Shortly after 10 p.m., on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth walked up the back stairs of the Ford Theatre in Washington D.C. and entered the private box overlooking the stage. There was no guard. As an actor, Booth knew the play being performed, a
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