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Aztec Hamlet: the tragedy of Moctezuma 2 Jim Tuck

In history, there are innumerable cases of dynasties toppling because of the weakness of incumbents. The incompetence of do-nothing rulers had much to do with the fall of the late Roman Empire. In Fran... read more

Miguel Hidalgo: the Father who fathered a country (1753–1811) Jim Tuck

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla had the unique distinction of being a father in three senses of the word: a priestly father in the Roman Catholic Church, a biological father who produced illegitimate childre... read more

Agustin Yañez: the engaged man (1904–1980) Jim Tuck

This title has nothing to do with the state of affairs that precedes matrimony. It is intended in the sense of what the French call an homme engagé, literally, a man engaged in a cause or in so... read more

Jeronimo de Aguilar: the marooned priest who speeded the conquest Jim Tuck

This is a story that would have been laughed out of a Hollywood studio had it ever been submitted as script material: that a leading figure in the Spanish Conquest of Mexico was a shipwrecked priest wh... read more

The Mexican Revolution: a nation in flux - part 2 Jim Tuck

Villa broke jail on Christmas Eve and was in El Paso when Huerta engineered the coup that overthrew Madero. In February 1913 Huerta staged a fake 10-day artillery duel with a fake rival, Felix Díaz, n... read more

The first and the best: Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza Jim Tuck

(Viceroy: 1530 - 1550)   The transition from military to civilian rule is not always an easy one. High ranking officers become entrenched in top positions of government and -- as the 1989 fall of th... read more

The Mexican Revolution: a nation in flux - part 1 (1910-20) Jim Tuck

Mexico in September 1910 could be compared to a shiny apple whose glossy skin conceals a putrifying interior. But the corruption underneath was still a secret to the rest of the world. Porfirio Díaz, ... read more

Nezahualcoyotl: Texcoco's philosopher king (1403–1473) Jim Tuck

In the Mesoamerican civilizations that preceded the Spanish Conquest, intellectuals usually derived from the priestly caste rather than from the ranks of warriors and statesmen. But there was one exce... read more

Maximilian and Carlota: the "Archdupe" and his tragic lady (1832-1867) Jim Tuck

In any political struggle, the spectator's first instinct is to look for a hero and a villain. But you don't always encounter a good guy-bad guy matchup. Though the Soviet Union was our ally in the war... read more

Zapata and the intellectuals Jim Tuck

It is hardly coincidence that the Chiapas rebels under Subcomandante Marcos call themselves Zapatistas and not Villistas or Carrancistas or Obregonistas or even Maderistas -- to name other illustrious ... read more

Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768–1829) Jim Tuck

The term " corregidor" is normally associated with an island in the Philippines that witnessed one of the most dramatic and tragic episodes of the Second World War -- when a starving, outgunned, ... read more

Rebel without a pause: the tempestuous life of Diego Rivera Jim Tuck

In art as in life, Diego Rivera was a man constantly in rebellion. At 16, he left the prestigious San Carlos Academy in Mexico City in protest against the academy's emphasis on representational art. He... read more

Mr. Clean: the phenomenon of Lázaro Cárdenas (1895–1970) Jim Tuck

If Diogenes, wielding his famous lamp, ever came into a gallery of Mexican presidents, he wouldn't come away completely empty-handed. In his quest for an honest man, he would snare at least two for his... read more

Vasco de Quiroga: notes on a practical Utopian (1470–1565) Jim Tuck

The term "Utopia" generally has the connotation of a society that is hopelessly visionary and impractical. This is because most of these societies -- Plato's Republic, St. Augustine's City of God and S... read more

Mexico's Niños Heroes ("heroic children"): reality or myth... Jim Tuck

On March 5, 1947 President Harry S. Truman was on the next to last day of a three-day whirlwind visit to Mexico. Departing from his prepared agenda, he announced that he wanted to make a stop at Mexico... read more

Affirmative action and Hernán Cortés (1485–1547) Jim Tuck

Affirmative action can be defined as a process in which members of a certain ethnicity are compensated for the discrimination and second-class citizen status that their ancestors have endured in the pa... read more

The Temascal: Traditional Sweat Bath Ronald A. Barnett

The medicine lodge or sweat bath dates from a very early period in the history of the Americas and, in some parts, continues to the present day. In Canada. Indians from the Atlantic coast to British C... read more

Did you know? Many common garden flowers originated in Mexico. Tony Burton

Many common garden flowers were developed from samples collected in Mexico by a German botanist financed by Britain's Horticultural Society. Karl Theodor Hartweg (1812-1871) came from a long line of g... read more

Did you know? Mexico has 36 Magic Towns. Tony Burton

One of the Mexican Tourism Secretariat's flagship programs in recent years has been its Magic Towns designation. This is a program after my own heart, and one that was long overdue when it was finally ... read more

Did you know? Mexico was once the world's major source of pearls. Tony Burton

This month's Did You Know column highlights the pearl, the beautiful birthstone associated with the month of June. The history of pearl collecting in Mexico goes back a very long way. When Spanish exp... read more

Did you know? An early Jules Verne story was set in Mexico. Tony Burton

An early story by Jules Verne, the science fiction and travel author, was set in Mexico. What's more, he wrote it without ever setting foot in Mexico! Most people know Jules Verne (1828-1905) as one ... read more

Mesoamerican Religion and Multiverses: Part One Ronald A. Barnett

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" (Albert Einstein)   The idea of multiple universes or parallel worlds connected by "worm-holes" has long been a feature of modern science fiction and f... read more

Did you know? Sheep and environmental damage in Mexico Tony Burton

Believe it or not, the introduction of sheep to Mexico had serious environmental consequences.   After the Conquest, Spanish settlers introduced numerous Old World species into the New World. The mo... read more

Defending the sea and the land

This is page 4 of seven on MexConnect which come originally from the website of CEDEX (Center for Historic Studies of Public Works and Town Planning) in Madrid, Spain. (Links to the other six pages ar... read more

The "virreinato" of New Spain

This is page 5 of seven on MexConnect which come originally from the website of CEDEX (Center for Historic Studies of Public Works and Town Planning) in Madrid, Spain. (Links to the other six pages ar... read more
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