Mexico this month - October
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of October.
read moreMexico this month - September
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of September.
read moreMexico this month - August
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of August.
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Playing for Pancho Villa
And so… perhaps lacking judgment because of the mercury poisoning, Frank opted for danger as well as adventure. On Tosca, his beloved mare, he rode south, and fifty miles west of El Paso he crossed the border into Mexico.
Frank, "with a fool's luck, managed to pick his way… between horse thieves from both sides, the Texas rangers who pursued them, Pancho Villa's Dorados, General Pershing's 6,000 gringo troops who were chasing Villa after the raid at Columbus, New Mexico,... read more
Mexico this month - July
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of July.
read moreMexico this month - June
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of June.
read moreAn ancient Aztec betrayal Biblical style
That is not to say that historical accounts did not exist before the Conquest. read more
Did You Know? Cinco de Mayo is more widely celebrated in USA than Mexico
Why this one? The main reason is that the Battle of Puebla marks Mexico's only major military success since independence from Spain in 1821.
On May 9, 1862, President Benito Juarez declared that the Cinco de Mayo, the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, was to be a national holiday. In the U.S., the Cinco de Mayo has been transformed into a much more popular cultural event. read more
Mexico this month - May
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of May.
read moreCinco de Mayo: What is everybody celebrating?
Ask about the history behind these celebrations, and a few may be able to tell you that the Mexicans defeated an invading French army on that date in 1862. Beyond that — except maybe in Puebla — general knowledge of the circumstances becomes sketchy. Why were the French there? What happened next? Did the French just go away? Many teachers in the U.S. still tell their classes that May fifth is Mexican Independence Day, which is dead wrong.
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The Dark Side of the Dream
Since there have been times when Mexican immigration was sought, The Dark Side of the Dream becomes a very timely read.
It was largely Mexican labor in the fields that kept U.S. troops fed during both World Wars.
In The Dark Side of the Dream, Grattan — himself a mix of cultures with an Irish-American father and a Mexican mother — has given us a sense of real people grappling with everyday challenges... read more
Mexico this month - April
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of April.
read moreXtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan
The young Amanda, with the help of her thoughtful father, begins to understand la Casta Divina, the Divine Class, and how most members of this class "considered themselves superior by birth and the lighter color of their skin." read more
Mexico this month - March
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of March.
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A brief history of the Jews in Mexico
Mexico this month - February
February 20, 1943 — A brand-new volcano, subsequently called Paricutín, erupts in a farmer’s field in Michoacan. It attracts world-wide attention. In succeeding years of eruption, two villages, Paricutin and San Juan Parangaricutirimícuaro are lost beneath the lava. Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of February.
read moreMexico this month - November
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of November.
read moreEl Grito - September 15 or 16?
2012: Prophecies of the Maya Calendar
Is it true the world will end in 2012? Is the ancient Maya prophecy true? What exactly is supposed to occur on December 21, 2012? Does the Maya calendar really predict a cataclysmic event on that date?
read moreMexico this month - January
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of January.
read moreFrom Tepatitlan, Mexico: The man who could fix anything
In 1870, the richest man in Guadalajara was, without a doubt, Don Manuel Escandón, owner of La Escoba Yarn and Fabric Company. In this year, however, a terrible setback had befallen him. The brand new and expensive equipment he had recently imported all the way from Germany was now sitting idle.
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Mexico this month - December
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of December.
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Translation, evangelism and Mexico's Classical Aztec literature
Drums in the Hills: A personal story of the Mexican Revolution
Was the Aztec's Nahuatl literature a Spanish invention? Translation and evangelism
