I see Mexico isn't nearly out of the woods yet.the younger generation would have to understand the value of the gift they had been given, and they would have to work even harder than their parents had to preserve it.
I see Mexico isn't nearly out of the woods yet.
whose death nine years later at the hands of drug-trafficking soldiers would help ignite a fiery, public rage at the unholy union between the narcos and the Army
By 2008, an investigation by El Universal would reveal that over half of the members of the Committee on Corruption Reform had accepted bribes from cartel-affiliated Army officers (which would form just one piece of the massive wave of scandals that would rattle the foundations of the new republic just a few years after its inception).
Speaking of the form of the regime, since the president's role is largely ceremonial and he doesn't even get to formally appoint the prime minister as is the case even in the UK or in Italy, I think it would be better called a parliamentary regime than a semi-presidential one.The fundamental change was to move Mexico from a presidential to a semi-presidential regime
Really great stuff. No revolution is complete without leaving problems for future generations to solve, even one as successful as this one.
I’ve noticed that this new state has a thing for Nahuatl terminology for political functionaries similar to Ireland’s use of Irish terminology. I wonder - is this based on OTL romanticism?
Well, it's because of a pride of having a pretty strong civilization before the arrival of the conquistadores, even though quite often they don't treat the indigenous peoples of the country all that well at times.I don't know. I'm guessing there is some allure that comes from having a past with an ancient Mesoamerican civilization. Perhaps it is the Mexican version of "woke".
Ever since the OTL Mexican Revolution, when Mexicans feel nationalistic, they bring up their Aztec past.
Well, it's because of a pride of having a pretty strong civilization before the arrival of the conquistadores, even though quite often they don't treat the indigenous peoples of the country all that well at times.
They welcomed Cortez because they saw his men as goons to hire to get their own back at rivals. Cortez basically showed up, was used to break the Aztec Triple Alliance's hegemony, and then the Spanish spent the next few decades pouring blood and treasure into Mexico to wipe out the states that were vying for dominance in the power vacuum.Hell, some tribes welcomed Cortez.
They welcomed Cortez because they saw his men as goons to hire to get their own back at rivals. Cortez basically showed up, was used to break the Aztec Triple Alliance's hegemony, and then the Spanish spent the next few decades pouring blood and treasure into Mexico to wipe out the states that were vying for dominance in the power vacuum.
Of course the official Spanish perspective was that they had conquered the whole region by taking out the tlatoanis of Tenochtitlan, and everything else was just a "rebellion", but that's pretty clearly not what the facts on the ground were.
Some on the lower class, maybe. But the oppression, slavery, and military conquest probably did not win any friends. At all. Quite the opposite in fact.I think the Spaniards having a religion that didn't require cutting children's hearts out was something some Indians appreciated.
Some on the lower class, maybe. But the oppression, slavery, and military conquest probably did not win any friends. At all. Quite the opposite in fact.
Yes, but quite a bit of that slavery came from the need by the Aztec state religion to satiate the Aztec sun god through human blood.Some on the lower class, maybe. But the oppression, slavery, and military conquest probably did not win any friends. At all. Quite the opposite in fact.
Yes, but quite a bit of that slavery came from the need by the Aztec state religion to satiate the Aztec sun god through human blood.