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Chinese Leader Vows to Win War Against Coronavirus
XINHUA After inspecting medical facilities and coronavirus prevention centers in Beijing and other major cities, Chinese President Xi Jinping, said Monday, Feb. 10, that his government and people will overcome the outbreak caused by the new virus. Wearing a mask, Xi visited a residential community, a hospital and a district center for disease control and prevention in Beijing. The
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO March for Truth, Justice and Peace The several thousand participants in the so-called March for Truth, Justice and Peace on Sunday, Jan. 26, were demanding that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) government come up with a strategy to put an end to the apparently endless and seemingly eternal rising number of murders that Mexico is
Read moreMexican Rotary Clubs to Host Concert to Help End Polio
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…
Read moreAMLO’s Stance on Venezuela: Yes to Mediation, No to Intervention
By RICARDO CASTILLO As the internal conflict inside Venezuela grows on a daily basis, the numbers of voices in Mexico pleading with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to declare himself in support of the cause of the now-enormous number of nations (and columnists in Mexico) favoring self-appointed “substitute President” Juan Guaidó over ruling President Nicolás Maduro. On Monday, Feb.
Read moreThe Nero of Venezuela
An Open Letter to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS On Saturday, Feb. 23, tons of desperately needed humanitarian aid in the form of food and medications was blocked from entering Venezuela from Colombia and Brazil, much of it set on fire as soldiers loyal to Nicolás Maduro faced off against desperate civilians in a deadly crash
Read moreMexican Envoy to UN Presents Diplomatic Credentials
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s new ambassador to the United Nations, Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez, presented diplomatic credentials to UN Secretary General António Guterres in a brief ceremony on Monday, Feb. 18. A U.S.-trained medical psychiatrist who was secretary of health under former President Ernesto Zedillo and an academician who served as rector at the National Autonomous University
Read moreWhy You Should Get a Flu Shot, Now
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s flu-shot time again, and this year the Mexican government has purchased nearly 40 million influenza vaccines that will be distributed free of charge to children under age 5, adults over 65 and other high-risk persons (those who are pregnant, those with diabetes, those with compromised immune systems and those with asthma or other respiratory conditions). But
Read moreLearning to Love Viruses
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Today is Virus Appreciation Day. Apparently, several years back, some geeky group of international biologists decided to take their petition for love-your-viruses celebrations to the United Nations. Seeing that that organization will commemorate practically any cause with a semi-official day (there’s even an International Star Wars Day on May 4, a Feed the Birds Day on Feb. 3,
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