Controversial Mexican Textbook Omits Conquest Aug 25, 2009
Mexican History Textbook Causes A Stir, Leaves Out Spanish Conquest. Font size. (CBS News -- World)
NM ranch life offers up close and personal nature experience Aug 23, 2009
For more information on New Mexican history, go to. Also while in Santa Fe, we once again visited the plaza. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Hernan Cortez and the Quetzalcoatl ... Aug 12, 2009
Had it not been for certain facilitating factors, however, Mexican history might have very well been a different one all together. Hernan Cortes Arrives on Hispaniola. (Suite101.com)
Congressman Reyes Answers Questions About Corruption Aug 11, 2009
"No question U.S and Mexico are cooperating. This is a very difficult period in Mexican history, but it's a very important period in which President Calderon has said that the corruption of Mexican society by drug trafficking organizations and alien smuggling organizations have got to stop," Bersin replied. Bersin said the U.S. needs to be patient and ready to help as Mexico continues its fight. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Rudo y Cursi Jun 30, 2009
Film has gone down in Mexican history as fourth most popular box office hit ever. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro behind film. (CNN -- International)
• Cinco de Mayo a celebration of nationalism at CSI May 6, 2009
"We do think about Mexican culture on Cinco de Mayo and Mexican history and I think it's good for U.S./Mexican relations and cultural relations.". As dancers stepped to the rhythm of Mexican music, attendees munched on Navajo tacos, a dish made from Fritos, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and salsa. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Mex. Dominance On May 5 Irks Other Latinos May 6, 2009
"When you have a group in the majority, they control the situation, and they exercise some power over the other groups," Guarnizo said, pointing to examples of non-Mexican immigrants imitating Mexican accents and parents echoing Reyes' complaints about the teaching of Mexican history over that of other countries. Immigrants seek connections to their homelands through music and other kinds of media, but in a place like Seattle, where the vast majority of Hispanics are Mexican, radio stations play... (Click2Houston, TX)
Mexico's economy gets slammed by flu epidemic May 4, 2009
"Ten years ago they threw out a one-party dictatorship that had run the country since 1929. They held free and fair elections for the first time in Mexican history. Since 2000 you've had opposition presidents in power from a pro-business party with a pretty favorable stance toward the U.S. You had a tax reform last year. These are a lot of steps that Mexico has taken since at least 1997 that have been moving the country in a very positive direction, and as somebody who's been studying Mexico for... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mexico visitors head for home... Apr 30, 2009
"It's such a shame because all people heard before about Mexico was the drug war and now its swine flu," said Randal Sheppard, a 27-year-old Australian who is writing his dissertation on Mexican history. "It's a bit disappointing but nothing is open anyway, including the university so I haven't been able to do any work," he said. (The Drudge Report)
Cinco de Mayo comes early Apr 28, 2009
Cinco de Mayo, which means May 5 in Spanish, commemorates an important battle in Mexican history. The holiday is not Mexican independence, which is celebrated on Sept. 16. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Gerald Raun: Educator, editor, activist Apr 3, 2009
We talked till the wee hours about his interests in archaeology and Mexican history. Dr. Raun was a multifaceted person. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Lucha libre gives fans a taste of homeland Mar 22, 2009
So much so that the three greatest luchadores in Mexican history are known not by their names - Rodolfo Guzman, Alejandro Munoz and Aaron Rodriguez - but by their masked personas, El Santo, Blue Demon and Mil Mascaras. Guzman and Munoz, who starred in more than 75 cult films with such titles as "Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolfman" were even buried in their masks - Santo in the metallic silver hood he removed in public just once, on Mexican TV 10 days before his death, and Blue... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Northwesterns Steven Mackie earns doctorate Feb 13, 2009
Mackie then moved to Guadalajara, Mexico, to teach writing and literature, U.S. and Mexican history. In 2005 Mackie again returned to Oklahoma; a return that made him realize he wanted to remain in northwest Oklahoma. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
La Casa Azul: Witness to a personal history Feb 7, 2009
This home-turned-museum, known as La Casa Azul, is where Frida Kahlo was born, began to paint and died, making the house a witness to one of the most important artistic lives in Mexican history. The museum entrance leads to a large patio where pre-Columbian sculptures collected by Diego Rivera throughout his lifetime are scattered among the plants and fountains. (CNN -- Travel)
