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US Ambassador to Mexico to Offer Virtual Townhall Meeting

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Cristopher Landau will offer an online townhall meeting for U.S. citizens via Facebook on Tuesday, March 31, at 3:30 p.m. During the townhall, Landau will address Mexico’s U.S. community’s concerns regarding the global coronavirus pandemic and participants will have the opportunity to submit questions. Those with a Facebook account will

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US, Mexico Agree to Restrict Nonessential Border Travel

XINHUA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday, March 20, the United States and Mexico have agreed to restrict nonessential travel along their border to counter the Covid-19 outbreak. Pompeo announced the restriction at the White House daily briefing on coronavirus. The restriction was similar to the one regarding the U.S.-Canadian border that the Trump administration announced on Wednesday,

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Playa del Carmen Mayor: Our City is Safe for Tourists

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Despite a recent surge in violence and the shooting death of seven men in a local bar on Jan. 5, Playa del Carmen is a safe destination for tourism, the Mexican Caribbean resort town’s recently instated mayor, Laura Esther Beristáin Navarrete told a small gathering of journalists in Mexico City on Wednesday, Jan. 9. “Yes, we have

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