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Reference & History
Reference & History
The Aztec Sun Stone
Español This huge monolith with at least 500 years of existence seems to speak to us from its silence of stone. The sunken eyes of Tonatiuh, the Aztec sun god, look out from the center of this cyclic sequence of glyphs and dates. The impressive Stone of the Five Eras, has a diameter ... Read MoreReference & History
Who is the Mexican President?
The current Mexican president is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, also referred to as AMLO. He assumed the presidency on December 1, 2018, and is the 58th President of Mexico. The term for Mexican presidents is 6 years and there is no reelection. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presidency will end on... Read MoreReference & History
Is MS-13 a Mexican Gang? La Mara Salvatrucha
NO. MS-13 is not a Mexican gang. The Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 is a criminal gang that originated in the 1980s in Los Angeles, California, particularly in Pico Union. Mara is a term used by Central Americans that means gang. During the civil war in El Salvador, where the US intervened b... Read MoreReference & History
Mexican pre-Columbian Cultures
Mexico is a country with a profusion of cultural and historical wealth. Five hundred years ago, it became the melting pot of Spanish and indigenous groups from which the mestizo of modern Mexico was born. There are relics of the past that gives evi... Read MoreReference & History
Teotihuacan: The Place where Men Become Gods
Among the hundreds of archaeological sites in Mexico, Teotihuacan is the most visited, even more than the New Wonder of the World, Chichen Itza, or the mysterious city of Monte Albán, in Oaxaca. Teotihuacan is for Mexicans a pre-Hispanic Mecca. Teotihuacan is now ... Read MoreFind articles and news about Mexico.
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