By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Teotihuacán, the center of Mexico’s most famous pre-Hispanic pyramids, could lose its status as a UNESCO World Heritage site, according to the president of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (Icomos). Current construction work being conducted in the Teotihuacán archaeological zone with heavy machinery for the new Santa Lucía airport — one of
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By KELIN DILLON Accusations of sexual abuse and rape have been mounting against Mexican businessman and thinker Andrés Roemer Slomianski over the last month, resulting in the vandalism of Roemer’s Mexico City residence in the Roma neighborhood with the number “61,” — referring to the number of women who have come forward with allegations against him — during Monday, March
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just in time for International Women’s Day, the French beauty and cosmetic giant Guerlain, in cooperation with the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and international superstar Angeline Jolie, launched on Monday, March 8, a global program to empower women by taking care of bees, a heavily endangered species. A 30-day entrepreneurial
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Talavera, the thick, heavy pottery that has become synonymous Mexico’s central state of Puebla, has been added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced Wednesday, Dec. 11. The traditional Mexican handicraft is the first Mexican artisan technique to merit the United Nations distinction. Talavera is
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … A recent uptick in the number of polio cases worldwide has concerned health workers that a resurgence of the disease could be at hand…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Monday, Feb. 18, that the group of islands off the country’s Pacific coast known as the Islas Marías, which, in the 1940s were transformed from a high-security federal penitentiary into a low-security prison for nonviolent offenders with a minimum two-year sentence, will soon become a cultural center and nature reserve
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The sports complex in Tijuana, Baja California, which is temporarily housing the majority of mostly Central American migrants awaiting asylum in the United States, has reached a crisis level in terms of hygiene and sanitation, according to workers from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), who are currently monitoring the situation.
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The Egyptian government has taken the preservation of all its ancient treasures, including its mummies, very seriously, and has drafted a number of strict laws prohibiting both the possession and sale of antiquities
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