History Of Viva Mexico

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Introduction
“Viva Mexico!” Cry the Mexican people with pride. “Viva Mexico!” They say, in the face of hardship. “Viva Mexico!” They scream when they succeed. “Viva Mexico!” They holler when everything is falling apart.
Welcome to Mexico, the country of tacos, drug dealers, racial and gender discrimination, oppression and mariachis… Think again. The purpose of this paper is not to tell you that everything you think you know about Mexico is wrong, but how can you be right if you don’t have the whole truth?

Western Culture Imposing Itself On Others

Overview
Was Columbus a saint or a sinner? Was his discovery of the New World in 1492 a blessing to us all or, more importantly, a curse that is still with us? Did he bring joy, happiness and progress or did he light the flame of oppression? Today he is considered responsible, at least to a great degree, of bringing the Western (then Spanish) culture to the American continent - North and South. So, even now, 500 years after his voyage of discovery across the Atlantic with a crew of sailors yearning for adventure and riches, the debate is still going on. Did he do good, or should he have stayed home and never sailed out from Spain? Did Western (and then Spanish) culture serve a higher purpose... or not?
The spread of a particular culture due to economic or military dominance is not a new concept. So the fact that the Latin America has been tremendously influenced, first by Spain (the dominant country in the 16th century) and now by the United States is just a continuation of something that is well established. Throughout history, the dominant economic and military power of the time has spread its culture to the weaker nations. In other words, culture has followed the econo...

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...Furthermore, do many Americans recognize any Mexican national heroes? Juarez, Hidalgo, Iturbide, Morelos? No! But everyone has to know who Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr were Do not be aggressive about this, right?
Do Americans know that the result of the Mexican American War of 1846 was that Mexico lost what was then Texas, California and New Mexico? In fact, word “gringo” (considered slang for American) comes from that war. Mexicans scrawled “Green Go Home” on the walls ( The United States soldiers uniforms were green). The angry phrase eventually evolved to the term “gringo,” which is today used in Mexico to describe an American, derisively or not, depending on how it is used.

Differences In The Two Cultures

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