Mexico – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:25:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Mexico – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Exiles of the ‘Lost Cause’: Southern Flight to Mexico after the Civil War https://brewminate.com/exiles-of-the-lost-cause-southern-flight-to-mexico-after-the-civil-war/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:31:32 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260149 To study this forgotten migration is to glimpse a moment in which the American South briefly looked beyond

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North to South: How Americans Quietly Became Mexico’s Largest Immigrant Group https://brewminate.com/north-to-south-how-americans-quietly-became-mexicos-largest-immigrant-group/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:30:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=259431 They are neighbors, landlords, patients, and coworkers. They are also, increasingly, a mirror. One held up not only

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San Jacinto Day Reflection: The Complex Legacy of Santa Anna https://brewminate.com/san-jacinto-day-reflection-the-complex-legacy-of-santa-anna/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:11:27 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=252666 “Santa Anna’s personal life mirrored the opportunism and self-interest that characterized his political career.” By Ray Scheel, M.Ed.Senior

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Restoring an Anti-Fascist Mural from the 1930s in Mexico https://brewminate.com/restoring-an-anti-fascist-mural-from-the-1930s-in-mexico/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:36:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=251903 The artwork suffered from neglect for 90 years. By Eli WizevichHistory CorrespondentSmithsonian Magazine In the fall of 1934,

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Escudos de Monjas: ‘Badges’ and the ‘Marriage’ of Nuns to Christ in 18th-Century Mexico https://brewminate.com/escudos-de-monjas-badges-and-the-marriage-of-nuns-to-christ-in-18th-century-mexico/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:15:09 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=198140 Their families paid to dress them in a large gowns, a floral crowns, and other elaborate textiles. Introduction

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‘Aborto Legal’: How Mexico’s Abortion Activists Care for Each Other—and Themselves https://brewminate.com/aborto-legal-how-mexicos-abortion-activists-care-for-each-other-and-themselves/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:13:56 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=234607 Volunteer collectives are bringing Mexico to the forefront of abortion access. Introduction Once a year, Vanessa Jiménez travels

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Mexico Is Suing U.S. Gunmakers for Arming Its Gangs https://brewminate.com/mexico-is-suing-u-s-gunmakers-for-arming-its-gangs/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 14:00:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=226830 Mexico claims that US firearm manufacturers are fueling illegal cross-border gun trafficking and violent crime abroad. By Timothy

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Mixtec: Mexican Pictographic Language in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript https://brewminate.com/mixtec-mexican-pictographic-language-in-a-fifteenth-century-manuscript/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:43:48 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=197931 How a feathered serpent god presided over a forgotten golden age of Mexican art. When the curator John

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‘Burning of the Idols’: The Christian Destruction of Aztec Imagery in the Sixteenth Century https://brewminate.com/burning-of-the-idols-the-christian-destruction-of-aztec-imagery-in-the-sixteenth-century/ Tue, 16 May 2023 14:05:26 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=198170 Tlaxcala as a community and city played an interesting role in Mesoamerican history. Introduction Two men hold long

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Monuments, Manifest Destiny, and Mexico in 1848 https://brewminate.com/monuments-manifest-destiny-and-mexico-in-1848/ Tue, 16 May 2023 14:04:53 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=200944 The monuments erected played a pivotal role in securing the line after the Mexican-American War. Introduction The survey

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