Tag Archives: Mexico

Poor Cuitláhuac…

Posted on 18/08/2011 by

We come to a very poor figure in later Aztec history. Poor, because of his situation as Aztec ruler. Poorer, because of what the modern distribution of information made of him. It’s about the person called Cuitláhuac. He was the … Continue reading →

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The Big Picture covers Mixteca

Posted on 28/06/2011 by

The Big picture of boston.com covers the Mixteca region today, especially the little town San Miguel Cuevas. The Mixteca region, which covers parts of the Mexican states Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla, has been hit hard by emigration to the USA. … Continue reading →

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Has the mysterious Chupacabra been found?

Posted on 27/06/2011 by

We’ve already had the pleasure of talking about El Chupacabra here once and twice. We found several odd points in this whole story. Now Benjamin Radford, editor of The Skeptical Inquirer, says that he solved the mystery around El Chupacabra. … Continue reading →

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Get a deeper understanding of the relationship of Maximilian and Benito… with a comic

Posted on 10/06/2011 by

Via Reddit, I stumbled upon a funny comic that tries to give a deeper understanding of the difficult relationship between Maximilian I. (covered here and just yesterday here) and Benito Juarez (covered here). The historical authenticity might not be the … Continue reading →

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More on the last emperor of Mexico

Posted on 09/06/2011 by

Do you remember our blog post about the last emperor of Mexico? Alright, now you do and we can continue. My good friend Dr. Beach over at Beachcombing’s Bizarre History Blog presented some other details and outstanding pictures of Maximilian’s … Continue reading →

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