Santa Anna first opposed the movement for Mexican independence from Spain, but then fought in support of it. He was the earliest of the caudillos (military leaders) of modern Mexico, and he "represents the stereotypical caudillo in Mexican history". Lucas Alamán wrote that "the history of ...
In 1967 he made Illustrations about the history of the Mexico Conquest (they were made for a history of Mexico book) In 1968 five portraits of important Mexican doctors to decorate the halls of the psychiatric hospital in Mexico City. In the same year he taught watercolor, drawing and ...
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was best known for her self-portraits. She loved to include elements from Mexican culture in her artwork, like bright colors and images from nature. Frida was disabled by polio as a child but was still planning to go to school to become a doctor. However, at 18...
“Writing this book required me to conquer serious inner demons. I was mildly dyslexic at a young age and still have a lot of trouble with dysgraphia: miswriting and mixing up letters. Finishing my senior thesis in college almost killed me, and this book was more than twice the length.”...
The NASA astronaut is of Mexican descent, and she's an advocate for women in STEM. “I think we need all the best and brightest people working in science and engineering fields, and that is certainly not limited to men or white men or anything like that,” she said to NBC News. ...
“Before becoming godín, Jaime worked for a miserable 79 mexican pesos an hour as a subject professor in one of the many universities in Guadalajara; very little for any future aspirations and very little for any present aspirations.” — José Baroja, book Sueño en Guadalajara y otros cuen...
Mexican ADO Bus Service from Cancun to Chichen Itza costs about $202 MXN ($9) one way and takes 3 hours. From Valladolid, there’s bus service every 30 minutes for about $26 MXN.Collectivo TaxiColectivos (shared taxis) leave the town of Valladolid from a lot just east of the bus ...
Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any black man, any poor person — ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know, not whether or not the country is just, but whether or not it has any love for justice, or any concept of it. It is certain, ...
Salma Hayek Pinaultis a Mexican actress and film producer nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and a Daytime Emmy. She was the first Latin star nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress with Frida (2003). In addition to her acting career, she also conducts socia...
The road was built during the Second Mexican Empire by the Austrian military officer and engineer Ferdinand von Rosenzweig. Paso do los Caracoles –Argentina and Chile (See Paso Internacional Los Libertdores) Paso Internacional Los Libertdoresl (Cristo Rendtor Road, Paso do los Caracoles, Los ...