Recent columnist articles
The Zapata interview
In 1916, an intrepid reporter, Guillermo Ojara, was assigned by his paper, El Demócrata, to go south to seek and interview Emiliano Zapata. After harrowing incidents with hundreds of Zapatistas in the mountains, valleys, even The Hill of the Scorpions inhabited by thousands of those deadly creatures, Ojara was finally brought to his subject
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Mexico this month - November
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of November.
read moreToyita grows flowers for the Virgin of Talpa
As in so many Latin American homes in the 1800s and on into the nineteenth century, at least one daughter in the family stayed home and never married. That daughter's responsibility was to cook and care for the parents as they grew older and infirm. Toyita chose to play that role in her family.
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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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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 moreDid you know? The Green Revolution began in Mexico
Most people probably have a vague idea that the Green Revolution was something to do with improving crops in the developing world, but how many realize that it began in Mexico? In fact, the Green Revol...
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Mexico this month - May
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of May.
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