Mexican History
The U.S. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) recently returned to Mexico a Mexican historical document, signed by Hernan Cortes, which had somehow been purloined from an official Mexican archive. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published August 19th, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
This year, 2025, is the 700th anniversary of Mexico City, founded on an island on a lake as the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. (See Mexico City’s 700th Anniversary). President Claudia Sheinbaum presided over the official ribbon-cutting for a monument. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published August 10th, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
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Cinco de Mayo – May the 5th, is the Mexican holiday celebrating the Mexican victory over the French army on May the 5th, 1862, at Puebla, east of Mexico City. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published May 5th, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
Columbus Day, October 12th, commemorates the day Christopher Columbus brought Western Civilization to the New World. All New World nation-states, incuding both Mexico and the U.S. – are results of that.In Spain, Columbus Day is known as Día de la Hispanidad (Day of Hispanicity). In Spanish-speaking Latin American countries it was traditionally known as Día de la Raza, Day […]
Claudia Sheinbaum won the Mexican presidential election on June 2nd and is scheduled to take office on October 1st. As part of the transitional period between her election and inauguration, she has been selecting her team. Sheinbaum’s choice for Chief of Staff – a very important position – is the grandson of a famous Mexican […]
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Mexico City was founded as Tenochtitlan in 1325 by the Aztecs and destroyed by the Spaniards and Indian allies in 1521. The Spaniards built a new city above the rubble. Therefore, when you dig down under the city you find the Aztec structures. Right off downtown Mexico’s City’s Zocalo Plaza is the Templo Mayor, site […]
On September 27th, 2021, Mexico celebrated its bicentennial of independence. That’s distinct from the bicentennial/centennial celebration of 2010, which celebrated the bicentennial of the beginning of the movement that developed into the independence movement, and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution. The September 27th date is the bicentennial of the entry into Mexico City of […]
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Today is August 13th, 2021. It’s the 500th anniversary of the Fall of Tenochtitlan on August 13th, 1521. Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire. It was a magnificent city on a lake. On August 13th, 1521, the siege of Tenochtitlan by Hernan Cortes and the Spaniards, with their many Indian allies, ended in […]
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My first VDARE article was published twenty years ago, on May 30th, 2001. Now it’s May 30th, 2021. Here is a retrospective of the past twenty years writing for VDARE. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published May 29th, 2021, on VDARE.COM.
It’s now been 500 years since Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived to Veracruz, Mexico. On April 21st, 2019, Cortes and his ships arrived to the island of San Juan de Ulua, right off Veracruz. The next day, April 22nd, 2019, the Spaniards went ashore. Thus began their conquest of the Aztec Empire, which fell on […]
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