Francisco Hernández de Córdoba

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AMLO’s Letter to Spanish King Ignites a Firestorm

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Ricardo Castillo 3 comments

By RICARDO CASTILLO On March 6, Pulse News Mexico published an article offering a retrospective on the arrival of Hernán Cortés to Cozumel island. (It was the first incursion of a European army into the American continent with an intent to conquest.) It happened in 1519. Actually, the intent of that article was to set up an observation point from

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Cortés Was in Cozumel, but Not on Vacation

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Ricardo Castillo One comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO The question is not if (since it will surely happen), but how well will the conquest of Mexico’s Aztec Empire fare in the celebration of its 500th anniversary by Hernán Cortés? The truth is that, half a millennium later, Mexicans are split over how they feel about Cortés, the ensuing 300 years of colonial rule and the brutality

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