By Terry Sovil from the November 2010 Edition Aqui la eternidad empieza y es polvo aqui la mundanal grandeza. (Here the eternity begins and the worldly grandeur is dust.) – Sign over a cemetery entrance in Ohaxaca City. boy!! An opportunity to learn about the culture and celebrations of my new home! From delighted to […]
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By Terry Sovil from the November 2010 Edition Jose María Morelos y Pavón has a recognizable face. You’ll see him every time you hold a 50 peso note. He was born September 30, 1765 in Valladolid, Michoacán; a mestizo (mix of Spanish and Aztec Indian blood) and in a lower class of the Spanish colonial […]
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By David Fitzpatrick from the October 2010 Edition The last Emperor of the Aztecs There is relatively little information available concerning the last Aztec Emperor, and what particulars there are appear sketchy and contradictory. Most of the sources that have come down to us had agendas of their own to forward: the Aztecs saw him first […]
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By Freda Rumford from the September 2010 Edition Mexico’s 200 year celebration of Independence Day is on September 16th 2010. This day heralds the anniversary of the start of the war for Mexico’s final Independence from Spain. For more than two centuries, Mexico had been dominated & oppressed by Spain and on September 16th 1810 […]
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By David Fitzpatrick from the September 2010 Edition Part III: The DÉNOUEMENT (In the previous two issues: Napoléon III, Emperor of the French invaded Mexico and attempted to install a « puppet » Emperor in Mexico City. His selection for the throne, the Archduke Maximilian of Austria seemed an ideal choice, given the long common […]
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By Shine Dawson from the April 2010 Edition Hark, come hither, come down here I say. For a true story to tell I’ll tell it my way. ‘Bout two lassie Pyrates that bound up their breasts.To pass as a mate they would rival the best. Anne Bonny was born to her father and maid Astonished […]
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By Shine Dawson from the February 2010 Edition The carrack or nao was a three-or-four-masted sailing ship developed in the Mediterranean in the 15th century. It has a high rounded stern with an aftcastle and a forecastle and bowsprit at the stern. It was square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lanteen-rigged on the mizzenmast. […]
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