New Mexico

Some people are not thinking about Donald Trump’s immigrations policies, and reforms. When he announced his candidacy for president the first topic he brought up was Mexico along with the people from there. He stated, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best… They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” He later adds, with Mexico’s…

everywhere in America and other Countries, drugs are constantly being imported and exported to America, from America, and back and forth between countries like Mexico, Columbia, and many more. Nevertheless, Mexico is known as home to one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated drug networks to this date. You may ask yourself, why Mexico? Well, Mexico has a very weak and corrupt law enforcement institution. Mexico’s drug related crime began around the 1980’s and they worked together with…

with Mexico? Mexico finally became a free country after a long fight with Spain for freedom. After winning this war Mexico's government gained many lands including what now is Texas, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Mexico didn't have many settlers in their northern lands so they started welcoming settlers from united states. united sate settlers were encouraged to settle in Texas. Mexico then realized a little too late that letting Americans move into Texas was a bad idea. Mexico was a…

The Couple in the cage was a performance, filmed into a documentary of artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco. Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a Mexican–American performance and installation artist and writer, as well as an activist and educator. His works revolves around the issue of the north–south border and US–Mexican interactions. Gómez-Peña is deemed as a pioneer of performance art, experimental radio, video and installation art. His works often involve dense texts, a collaboration with…

furthermore illustrates John Grady’s desire to run away to a new and mysterious land. John Grady did not…

heavy influenced by the Spanish conquest and in recent years by settlements of people from regions in the Middle East like Lebanon and Israel. The class system is particularly rigid and moving up or down in social class is challenging. In general Mexico is not very diverse in race, finding indigenous Mexicans in the highest level of poverty and with the least access to education. Mexicans upper class is notoriously mixed in race with foreign influences; it makes up the smaller part of the…

Wars in the United States have been fought over a variety of issues such as territory, resources, or political freedom. A key component of war is why and how the war began . Although ideally war should be avoided and compromise and negotiation should be the focus, wars still occur for a variety of reasons. When war does occur there are conditions outlined in the “Just War Theory” that determine whether the war is just or unjust. In United States history, the Mexican-American War and the…

7  introduction Mexico is a great place to visit. But you probably don’t know all the details. Mexico is filled with much more than good food, soccer, and warm weather. It has many other things. but you will be learning about things like their warm temperatures and climate, there amazing holidays like dios de los Muertos and día de la independencia. You will hear some…

the ceded territory, mainly in the areas of California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas”. The United States outnumber Mexico by nearly 20,000 troops. A political cartoon reveals that the United States Army was made up largely of untrained, undisciplined volunteer troops. Though the volunteers were unfortunate enough to have old, trashed guns, the American’s musket was still much better than the Mexican’s Brown Bess. Americans unleashed their new tactic of Flying Artillery, which the Mexicans…

There are even Spanish accounts of what Oñate did to the Indians and he was ultimately exiled from present day New Mexico and sent back to Spain where has was charged and found guilty of excessive cruelty against the indigenous population during his conquest north from Mexico. Yet, Oñate has historically been, and still is celebrated throughout New Mexico and other parts of the Southwest by a specific group of people who feel he represents their heritage. The statue that was built…