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An Apple a Day Might Just Keep You Healthy
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS At a time when the novel coronavirus outbreak and other health concerns have people worldwide on edge, the Washington Apple Commission (WAC) wants to remind everyone that an apple is a handy, easy-to-carry, nutritious food that can not only provide quick energy and fiber, but also an array of micronutrients that can help shore up the body’s
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Happy Birthday, Carlos Slim Just as Mexico’s and Latin America’s wealthiest man, Carlos Slim, was gearing up to celebrate his 80th birthday on Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) delivered a special gift that surely the tycoon did not appreciate: a fine for nearly 1.39 billion pesos. The fine applied directly to mismanagement of accounting
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Zero Coronavirus Cases Regardless of the initial alarm in Mexico about potential coronavirus cases, on Thursday, Jan. 23, Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer Varela emphatically denied “any confirmed cases” of the disease. There were, however, two confirmed reports of persons “under observation,” who were finally declared to be ill with “common colds.” One was a doctor in Reynosa,
Read moreUSMCA Passes Major Hurdle on Way to Approval
XINHUA Just as Mexican, U.S. and Canadian negotiators in Mexico City were ironing out last-minute modifications to the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Tuesday, Dec. 10, and signing a modified protocol that would allow for a trinational board of experts to oversee labor conditions (one of the major stumbling blocks for U.S. Democrats), up in Washington, the U.S. House majority
Read moreAn Apple a Day, Every Day
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS That old adage of “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” not only rings true (apples are one of the most nutritious foods under the sun, packed with fiber, antioxidants and vitamin C, and devoid of any fat or cholesterol), but, because they are available nearly year-round, is easy to live up to. And in Mexico,
Read moreLeBaron Family Goes from Mourning to Politicking
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The heinous murders of nine Mormon women and children by still-unknown culprits shook Mexico to its very core…
Read moreAMLO Denies Taking Orders from US
By RICARDO CASTILLO …. “We do not receive or take orders from the U.S. government,” Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says…
Read moreCrimson Flavors: Cooking with Cherries
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s cherry season, and the folks at the Northwest Cherry Growers (NCG) association want to squeeze every drop of sweet cassis juice out of the three-month summer harvest. With Mexico now ranking as the eighth-largest export market for the sweet, fleshy fruits from the northwestern U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana, the association’s representative
Read moreUSMCA Stability Sorely Needed
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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