Latin America – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:37:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Latin America – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Xiuhmopilli: The Aztec Solar Year and the New Fire Ceremony https://brewminate.com/xiuhmopilli-the-aztec-solar-year-and-the-new-fire-ceremony/ Fri, 30 Dec 2022 15:18:37 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=144311 The Aztecs saw such time cycles as a mirror of the ancient cosmic cycles which, in Aztec mythology,

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Lola Álvarez Bravo: ‘Architectural Anarchy in Mexico City’ in the Mid-20th Century https://brewminate.com/lola-alvarez-bravo-architectural-anarchy-in-mexico-city-in-the-mid-20th-century/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 14:02:43 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167815 The contrast of tall modern buildings and older ones conveys the modern turn and the economic affluence of

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Dia de los Muertos: Commercialization and the ‘Day of the Dead’ over the Centuries https://brewminate.com/dia-de-los-muertos-commercialization-and-the-day-of-the-dead-over-the-centuries/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:44:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=166181 In the 1700s, Day of the Dead generated the largest annual market in Mexico City. Introduction As a

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Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels https://brewminate.com/mexicos-long-war-drugs-crime-and-the-cartels/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:18:27 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160879 This fuels rampant violence in Mexico, contributing to the country’s tens of thousands of homicides every year. Introduction

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A History of Drug Prohibition and the Political Roots of Cartel Violence in Mexico https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-drug-prohibition-and-the-political-roots-of-cartel-violence-in-mexico/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:18:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160872 For over a century, the Mexican authorities have sought to extract money from the drug trade by charging

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How 300 Years of Colonial Rule Still Marks Mexico https://brewminate.com/how-300-years-of-colonial-rule-still-marks-mexico/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:18:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160865 For 300 years, Mexico was a Spanish colony and the center of a huge administrative area called “New

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Things to Know about the Revival of the Trump-Era “Remain in Mexico” Policy https://brewminate.com/things-to-know-about-the-revival-of-the-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-policy/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:17:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160854 Here’s what you need to know about the past, present, and future of this harmful policy. After a

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The Challenge of the Nude in 19th-Century Latin American Painting https://brewminate.com/the-challenge-of-the-nude-in-19th-century-latin-american-painting/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:17:22 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160842 Peruvian Carlos Baca Flor excelled in the study of the nude model and Colombian artist Francisco A. Cano

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The Revolutionary Brick Church That Changed a Village https://brewminate.com/the-revolutionary-brick-church-that-changed-a-village/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:20:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160469 Architect and engineer Eladio Dieste’s lasting effect on a small Uruguayan town. Do you know who designed the

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The Codex Huexotzinco: Art to Protest Tribute in Colonial New Spain https://brewminate.com/the-codex-huexotzinco-art-to-protest-tribute-in-colonial-new-spain/ Wed, 19 May 2021 18:03:40 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=154432 These images were made in the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain by Indigenous artist-scribes in 1531 to protest

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