"You do not lead by hitting people over the head that's assault, not leadership" quoted by Dwight D. Eisenhower. This quote describes how Montezuma, the last independent Aztec ruler, and the greatest leader of the Aztecs, treated his Aztec people before the Spaniards conquest a...

January 1910 - In Veracruz, a respectable middle class citizen, Sanatanón Rodríguez Palafox, supplies meat to a German hacienda owner, Robert Voigt. Voigt cheats him out of seven hundred pesos. When Sanatanón protests, the German arranges with the local jefe politico, for Sanatanón to be drafted...

Run for the Border ""It is easier to run a revolution than a government" (Ferdinand E. Marcos (1917-81), Filipino politician, president. Time (New York, 6 June 1977). ) Webster's dictionary defines the word revolution as "an overthrowing of government [and/or] radical change"...

I am from an ethnicity and culture that is in the forefront of many political topics in this region today. I am Mexican. When this word comes up most people seem to think of illegal immigrants crossing the border. This thought can bring up much resentment and contempt from certain groups, and ...

Last year, some friends of my dry-cleaner's cousin went down to Mexico City to try to adopt a dog. When they returned home with their beloved pet, it sadly became sick, and they rushed it to the vet. Only to their dismay did their veterinarian bear the terrible news that their Mexican pet was...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so the saying goes. What one person finds appealing at sight another might depict as abysmal. Cultural anthropology falls prey to this line of thinking, just like every other existing academic subject. It is simply a part of nature that every set of eyes diff...

At the beginning of the fifteenth century, the world was a quite small place for Europeans. While they knew about China and Southern Africa, their worldview was still focused on Europe and the Mediterranean. Within 200 years, Europe would be almost all over the world with settlement on various conti...

The Olmec, Maya, and Aztec were dominating societies of Mesoamerica, rich in culture, community, and art. While life may not be completely interpretable yet, much in known about how these societies were constructed, and how their religion dominated their lives. Much is generally made of their m...