TWO HISTORICAL PLAZAS: IN MEXICO AND IN PERU

Today, the populations of Mexico and Peru are results of meetings between Indians and Spaniards; in most, genes originate from them, and then there are genes caused by Africans, Danes, Frenchmen, Italians, Japanese, Chinese, Lebanese, Russians, Germans and others who sailed or were sailed to America. This cultural mixture has at the Tlatelolco, where the…

TWO HISTORICAL PLAZAS: IN MEXICO AND IN PERU

In the final comparisons in my two-piece work The World According to Aztecs and Incas: MYTHS AND STORIES OF MEXICO AND PERU I write (pages 488-489 in Volume 2): ***** Today, the populations of Mexico and Peru are results of meetings between Indians and Spaniards; in most, genes originate from them, and then there are…

ECONOMY AND VIOLENCE IN MEXICO

In the 1970s, Mexicos economy grew strongly following the discovery of large oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico. However, a global overproduction of oil occurred and in addition, the Mexican economy suffered from growing international interest rates and the US Dollars sky-rocketing. Mexicos foreign debt exploded, the country had to ask for international support,…