By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After arriving hours earlier in New York City to a mixed crowd of avid supporters and equally-avid opponents, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Tuesday, Nov. 10, made a beeline straight to the UN Headquarters at United Nations Plaza to lecture the General Assembly on the evils of corruption, which he has repeatedly called “the
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By KELIN DILLON As temporary member of the United Nations Security Council, Mexico assumed the role of the organization’s rotating presidency on Monday, Nov. 1, with an emphasis on combating corruption, arms trafficking and preventive work for international security. Mexican Ambassador to the United Nations Juan Ramón de la Fuente said that Mexico would likewise put a spotlight on women’s
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By CAROLINE BRENNAN Rosi Orozco grew up in a “loving family” where she said she “received so many blessings.” And it was this fortunate personal history that she said embedded in her a sense of giving back to the community. For the past 16 years, Orozco has devoted her time and energy to an afflicted segment of society that has
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in representation of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), on Thursday, Sept. 23, once again demanded that the United States end its 59-year economic embargo against Cuba. “In the face of the current severe global economic and health crisis, it is
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Recent headlines and heart-wrenching images depict a tragic story of innocent families desperately trying to escape a chaotic situation that has transformed their homeland into of a disputed territory rife with war and unchecked violence where no government or international organizations dare to enter. But this time, the grim scenario is not playing out
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. deputy ambassador to Afghanistan
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. deputy ambassador to Afghanistan
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico wants to reestablish diplomatic ties with North Korea, Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Sunday, July 18. “We have a position of hands-off around the world,” Ebrard reportedly told Bloomberg News in New York City, where he is currently attending a United Nations Security Council meeting. “We respect all governments, and we want
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Back in May, Israel registered a formal complaint against Mexico for voting in favor of the creation of a United Nations special commission to investigate allegations of Israeli war crimes against Palestinians during the 11-day Guardian of the Walls operation in which Israel defended itself from thousands of rockets being sent into its territory by the terrorist
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By HICHAM HAMDAN, former Lebanese envoy to Mexico
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