Did You Know? Mexico tried to prevent Americans from migrating to Texas by Tony Burton

Mexico once tried hard to prevent Americans from migrating to Texas. In recent years, considerable attention has focused on the U.S. government's efforts to stem the flow of Mexicans migrating north o... read more

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Mejico: The Conquest Of An Ancient Civilization Reviewed by James Tipton

This is the beginning of the end…. Ruffo Espinosa, Sr., the author of this remarkable historical novel, was born in Mexico in 1907, although he spent most of his adult life in the United States. He ... read more

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Pancho Villa as a German Agent... by Jim Tuck

To most of us, the term "German agent" conjures up the image of a heel-clicking Bundist swilling beer and sieg heiling as he attends his monthly meeting at Camp Siegfried. If his vintage is pre-WW... read more

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Did You Know? - Nochebuena / Poinsettia by Teresa Kendrick

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... read more

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The Post Classic Period ( 900 - 1521 ) Part 1 by Dale Hoyt Palfrey

While data on early Mesoamerican cultures has been deduced primarily from archaeological evidence, historians have utilized the written records of later cultures to produce the final chapters of pre-hi... read more

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Trackin' Neal Cassady In San Miguel de Allende by JIm Sweeney

Upon being informed of Neal Cassady's death, Jack Kerouac replied: "It's just a trick. He's hiding out someplace, like Tangier." February 4, 2002 It all began on Monday morning, one day before Consti... read more

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Mexico's famous historical people - a chronological list of Mexican makers of history

This chronological listing of Mexico's famous and infamous historical figures puts you only a click away from reading more about their victories, lives and loves. read more

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Listing of Mexico's Presidents and Heads of State

MEXICAN PRESIDENTS & HEADS OF STATE INDEPENDENCE PERIOD and EARLY REPUBLIC Emperor Agustín de Iturbide Agustín Itúr... read more

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The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C. M. Mayo Reviewed by James Tipton

In 1864 the Archduke Maximilian von Habsburg, accompanied by his ambitious and beautiful wife Charlotte, arrives in Mexico City. Louis Napoleon had previously sent thousands of French troops to the financially and politically unstable country. Even though Mexico is ruled by a democratically elected president, Benito Juárez, Maximilian is installed as Emperor of Mexico. Juárez must go into hiding. read more

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