Greater Mexico City

Hello everyone, this week I would like to include you all in an interesting conversation with an artist I just met by the name of Norax Ayala. Norax does feminist work her at California State University, Long Beach and she is also a graduate student. She grew up in the Inland Empire and went to undergraduate school there before coming to Long beach. She has always been interested in art and decided that she wanted to major in art coming out of high school. She started doing a lot of coloring…

Tomas Rivera portrayed the suffering, strength, and beauty of the migrant farm workers by telling their stories about their lives and the struggles they went through and the blessings they received. There were three things that stood out to me the most and they were: the conditions which the migrant farm workers had to work through, the way they were being treated by people, and how they always had hope. These three things show how strong these people were and how much they had worked for…

“Why were the outnumbered Spanish conquistador able to easily defeat the Native Americans of South and Central America? what was the reasons? what did the spanish did to be on the top of the war? Even though the spanish were outnumbered by Native Americans the Spanish were able to defeat the Native American easily.There are four important reasons the make this thing happen.” The first reason that the outnumbered Spanish won the battle was that Spanish gathered together to other…

significance today, La Raza Unida Party has played a major role in the civil rights of many Chicanos and Latinos alike. La Raza Unida Party was founded in Crystal City, Texas. Jose Angel Gutierrez and Mario Compean founded LRUP in 1970. Its creation was started when Diana Palacios, a student of Mexican descent and student at Crystal City High School, wanted to be part of the cheerleading team. At that time, only Anglo students and with the exception of one Latin student, were allowed to be on…

However, Cortés’ resolve held and his determination carried him into the city. After Cortés marched into Tenochtitlan with approximately one thousand Tlaxcalan natives, Montezuma regarded Cortés as the reincarnation of their god, Quetzalcoatl (Navia, 2015). Montezuma received Cortés well, showering him in various gifts of gold…

Townsend, Camilla. Malintzin’s Choices: an Indian woman in the conquest of Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 2006. Selfishness or NOT Malintzin’s Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico is a book written by Camilla Townsend. Townsend’s timeframe in this book takes place in the 1519-1521.Townsend describes the thesis of this book throughout her work, her thesis basically stated that Malintzin was an indigenous woman that translated for Hernando Cortés in the…

One of the most prolific artists in South Texas, Paul Valadez, treats us to yet another inspired solo exhibition. His insights into aspects of our lives are made visual in “American Raspa,” on display at UTRGV’s Visual Arts Gallery. “American Raspa” consists of paintings and collages installed in related sets. Raspas are a combination of layered elements, shaved ice covered with colorful flavorings. “American Raspa” implies much the same; its paintings boast pleasant images and shapes filled…

How do we study a historical event? A good way to learn about a historical event is through good collection of primary sources. Mark Wasserman’s The Mexican Revolution: A Brief History with Documents is just that. It is a good academic representation as well as a good teaching tool; while it has it shortcomings overall, it is a good collection of documents for the time period it covers. To start, this book gives a good academic representation of the Mexican revolution because it uses a…

Why did spain settle St.Augustine? Do you know why Spain settled in St. Augustine? I found this information from documents A,B,C and D. Why did Spain move and claim St. Augustine? Why did Spain settle St. Augustine? In this document it will begin with treasure then religion and colinisationation at last. St. Augustine was a great place for Spain to settle and store treasures. The Spanish fleets used two ships to transport the treasure to St. Augustine. A large ship to to transport the…

The Aztecs believed the five suns were, had been the key in the rebirth of the world. Although the first thing created by the Aztecs was a fire and a half sun. The Aztecs then undertook the creation of humanity by sacrificing a god whose blood drops on a mass of ground-up bones produced the first man and woman, named Oxomoco and Cipactonal respectively. The birth of each individual took four days. The cycle of 5 suns followed, which corresponded to 5 world ages, each one ending in destruction.…