The Olympics
Mexico had a team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. There were four skiers on the Mexican team. In many ways though, the Mexican team was not really very Mexican. Only two were born in Mexico, only two speak Spanish, only one currently resides in Mexico. And yet, they were very proud to compete for Mexico. […]
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The 2018 Winter Olympics was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Mexico has participated in a number of Winter Olympics through the years, and this time had four skiers competing. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published March 12th, 2018, on Mexidata.info.
In the recent Rio Olympics, Puerto Rico, through the agency of tennis player Monica Puig, won its first gold medal. Congratulations Monica and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is an autonomous U.S. territory with its own Olympic team. This raises questions about Puerto Rican nationalism and what the island’s political destiny should be. For the full […]
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The 2016 Summer Olympic Games, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are now history. They were held from August 5th, 2016 to August 21st, 2016. Officially, these Olympics were known as the “Games of the XXXI Olympiad” and were popularly referred to as “Rio 2016.” In this year’s 2016 Olympics, Mexican athletes won five medals […]
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