From Talpa to Puerto Vallarta in the 1800s
I shall never forget the two trips we made to the seashore from Talpa.
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Pancho Villa: Hero or cold-blooded killer?
Image by John Hardman Web Page
During Christmas holidays, a college sophomore stumbled into a board game, "Pancho Villa, Dead or Alive."
He was surprised I had heard of Pancho but not...
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The Fighting 201st: Mexican heroes of WWII
Until yesterday, I had never heard of Charlie Foster. Today, I'm writing about him. One of the benefits of being a writer is the fact-checking, because you can end up with provocative information. That...
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Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was born at the Corralejo Hacienda in Pénjamo, Guanajuato, on May 8, 1753. He was sent to Valladolid (now Morelia) to study at the San Nicolás Obispo College, where he later...
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The unsung Mexican heroes of WWll
Until yesterday, I had never heard of Charlie Foster. Today, I'm writing about him. One of the benefits of being a writer is the fact-checking, because you can end up with provocative information. That...
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The Dark Side of the Dream by Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez
The story begins in 1941, at the time America went to war with Japan and Germany. It concerns the Salazar family, poor farmers in Chihuahua. The grandfather, Sebastian, knows he is dying and he advises the family to move to the United States. He reasons that because of the war the Americans will want lots of people to work in their country as their men go off to fight. Their farm is a ruin. Only expensive fertilizer could bring it back to life. And they don't have any money.
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La Civilización Maya Conflicto Histórico Parte 1
No hay verdad en las palabras
de los extranjeros.
Chilam Balam de Chumayel
Las noticias nos llegan todos los días. Denuncias de movimientos del ejército mexicano en Chiapas; pronunciamie...
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La Civilizacion Maya
Por enésima vez, el carro se había atorado en el camino. ¡Carajo! La cosa estaba mucho peor de lo que habíamos imaginado. Abrí la puerta y me bajé para ver cómo sacarnos del agujero en que habí...
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Did You Know? - Mexican Jumping Beans "Frijoles Saltarines"
Much of the world has heard about the legendary "Mexican Jumping Bean", the small seed that resembles the common "frijole" or bean, that, when warmed by the heat of the sun or when held in the pal...
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Did You Know? - Nochebuena / Poinsettia
Nochebuena, the Mexican name of the flower English-speakers call poinsettia, was discovered in Taxco and the valleys surrounding Cuernavaca. Known by the Aztecs in their native Nahuatl language as cuet...
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A history of Mexico in 2000 words
Twenty-eight thousand years ago B.C., Mexico was discovered by hunters looking for a recipe for Sopa Azteca. A resourceful lot, they created corn by combining two types of grasses. These seekers of goo...
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Endangered Mexico: An Environment on the Edge by Joel Simon
There's no good news in Joel Simon's book. It's a catalog of the awful things that have happened in Mexico since the time of the Conquest.
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Trotsky's Ghost
I am not now, nor have I ever been a member of the Communist Party (although I did subscribe to the Daily World during the wild and woolly Sixties), but a visit to Leon Trotsky´s house in Coyoacán ha...
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Jose Morelos y Pavon: Saga of a warrior priest (1765 - 1815)
It is inevitable that comparisons will be drawn between José Morelos y Pavón and his mentor and predecessor, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. Both were Roman Catholic priests of casual vocation who ...
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The Maya civilization: Historical conflict
There is no truth in the words
of foreigners.
Chilam Balam of Chumayel
The news arrives every day: accusations of menacing maneuvers by the Mexican army in Chiapas, proclamations an...
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Bobby Vaughn's Black Mexico - The 29 Largely Afro-Mexican Communities in the Costa Chica Region
(populations based on 1990 census)
GUERRERO
...
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