Mexico-American war is nothing new, with conflict occuring through the ages. Will President Trump add to this list of ...
Poor Mexico. So far from God, so close to the United States.” The famous words attributed to eight-term Mexican President ...
NPR's Kelsey Snell speaks with Harvard history professor Gabriela Soto Laveaga about her recent op-ed titled, "Every American needs to take a history of Mexico class." While today's referendum in ...
HISTORY, as Mexicans see it, is a largely calamitous chronology of conflict with troublesome foreigners. The first, Conquistador Hernán Cortés, landed near Veracruz A.D. 1519 with horses and 600 men, ...
Why do I study the history of contemporary political violence in Mexico? My answer has evolved across time. At first, I wanted to offer a basic accounting of what had happened: the who, what, where, ...
In a new book, Paul Gillingham tells the story of a nation that has thrived because of its diversity, not in spite of it. A 17th-century depiction of the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlán, the capital ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Thursday is Cinco de Mayo, a day commonly celebrated in the U.S. with Mexican food and drinks. But there's much more meaning behind this cultural holiday, which some even ...
The Baja coast has always had amazing waves. But as recently as the 1960s — when American surf culture took off — surfboards were a rare commodity in Ensenada. “It wasn’t like it is today where you ...
He was one of the last presidents of Mexico to rule over Texas and always portrayed as one of the great villains of Texas History. Santa Anna is an overwhelming presence in the history of early Mexico ...
He was one of the last presidents of Mexico to rule over Texas and always portrayed as one of the great villains of Texas History. Santa Anna is an overwhelming presence in the history of early Mexico ...
A woman will be president of Mexico for the first time in the country’s history. MEXICO CITY -- The chants broke out just before midnight as Claudia Sheinbaum took the stage at her victory party in ...