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...

In the twentieth century, export–led industrialization fuelled by foreign investment and technology (ELIFIT) has become an economic and social development strategy for many countries of Third World. In the 1950s and 1960s, a group of Latin American and East Asian countries adopted such a strategy ...

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 ...

Mexico Mexico, officially United Mexican States, is an important country because is sharing common border throughout its northern extent with the United States. Consequently, we should spend time analyzing and researching its human culture and environment because this culture is influences Un...

The use of hallucinogenic plants dates back thousands of years. Over the years, many different cultures and civilizations have used them for different purposes. The common belief that similarities exist between cultures that rely upon the use of herbal hallucinogens is greatly exaggerated. The c...

Physical Characteristics of Mexico Mexico's Geography, Topography and Climate It is estimated that Mexico has an area of nearly two million square kilometers, commonly defined by several regions: Central, Western, Northwestern, Baja California, Baja California Sur and the Northeastern Region...

"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...