Mexico City

Frida Kahlo, born July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico, defines herself as a woman and an artist by pursuing her passions and making her career a priority in a time when women were supposed to be submissive to men and focus solely on pleasing their husbands. Though Frida loved her husband Diego Rivera very much, she had the courage to branch out from what was considered normal at the time, and focus on herself and what she wanted out of her short life. She quickly rose to fame with her paintings…

Corrine Andersen. The author argued for a more powerful meaning behind Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits, claiming that Kahlo’s works of art were not desperate, attention seeking pieces, but rather, a view of cultural and political strains of present-day Mexico. Andersen wrote this article for the critics who overlooked Frida Kahlo’s activism and public involvement. Andersen was successful in proving Frida Kahlo’s self portraits had a more powerful message. Throughout the essay, the author, used…

The two regions I will be talking about today will be Mexico and Costa Rica and the reason why is to show readers that their are a lot of differences in these countries such as how big they are, weather, & money wise. Costa Rica is located in the Central America and cover about 51,060 square kilometers of land and is the 131st largest nation in the world. While on the other hand Mexico is located in the North America and covers about 1,943,945 square kilometers of land making it the 14th largest…

El Chapo a hero or a Villain? Why is it that many Mexicans and, in particular, Sinaloenses (Mexican’s that originate from the state of Sinaloa) mystify the figure of Chapo Guzman? Why is it that a high percentage of them resented his capture and celebrated his escape? In a recent survey that was conducted by Univision (a very respected and trusted source of Hispanic news), they asked Sinaloenses; "With whom would you associate el Chapo with?” and the vast majority responded with characters from…

2.the right answer is, c,mayans. it is the right answer because all that was left of them were evidence and traces of the tribe. my answer was wrong because the Aztecs were war people. I found the answer in a power point. 4the right answer is B, Inca. it is the right answer because the Inca had built their civilization my first answer was wrong because the mayans weren’t even near the andes. i found my answer by using the power point. 5The silk road was shut down i found my answer by…

For this small essay, I had to read these texts: Mexica Accounts of Moctezuma Meeting Cortes, by Bernardino de Shag/un and Cortes on Meeting Moctezuma, by Don Hern/an Cort/s. During my reading I noticed that some elements concur in both texts. Such has the gift of necklaces from Moctezuma to Cortés, or that Moctezuma takes the hand of Cortés to guide him somewhere. And other’s do not concur, some elements are not included and some are not the described the same way, in each text. The two main…

Recently, I attended the grand opening Centro Latino at Emory. It was sponsored by the Latino Student Organization, in collaboration with the Alumni Association and SOL of Multicultural Emory. This event was certainly one of celebration as it marked a moment in history for Emory by having a special space Hispanic, Latin American and Latinx students on campus. Centro Latino, which is located on the second floor of the Dobbs University Center, West Wing, was festively decorated with flags of the…

Often, New Mexico is forgotten in the line up of states. It has been so neglected that some people believe that is does not even exist; however, if one was to take a glance at the government officials who are currently in office, they would be blown away at all the influential people they would find. Not only have several of New Mexico’s government officials made vast impacts in their own states, but they have also made impacts and advances all throughout countless different areas in their lives…

Joan Miró was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. He was born on April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain. He grew up in Barrie Gótic. He focused his art on Surrealism and Automatism. Surrealism is the sandbox for the subconscious mind; Automatism is the”random” drawing that attempted to express the inner workings of the human psyche. While he was working in the business world he had a nervous breakdown and left the business completely for art. In 1924, Miró joined a Surrealist group. Miró…

Undoubtedly, Patricio Guzmán is an accomplished and gifted filmmaker with his talents evidently shown in both his documentaries La Batalla de Chile and Nostalgia de la Luz. Both documentaries pertain to the coup d'état, which occurred in 1973 in Chile, that overthrew the legally elected socialist President Allende, and subsequently began the autocratic and oppressive rule of the dictator Pinochet from 1973 to 1990. While both movies concern the same subject matter, the prominent distinction…