Is their anyway that California, Texas and the Southwest remain a part of Mexico

I realize that this might be impossible, especially with the existence of the U.S.A, but is their any way for Mexico to keep California, Texas, and the Southwest? The only way I could see it would be for either Britain to win the ARW, or have Texas lose its war for Independence, and then in 1844 have Henry Clay or some other candidate who wouldn't be in favor of war with Mexico. Even then it would be hard to control gringos from the U.S and the rest of the world to stay in Mexico. So is there a way for this to happen?
 
Assuming a PoD after Mexican independence (1821?), maybe. Mexico will almost certainly lose some of Texas and Northern California to the US, but it has a decent chance of hanging on to the rest, especially if it stabilizes faster. I think the best case scenario for Mexico is keeping California south of the 35th parallel, New Mexico, Arizona, and Western Texas.
 
Assuming a PoD after Mexican independence (1821?), maybe. Mexico will almost certainly lose some of Texas and Northern California to the US, but it has a decent chance of hanging on to the rest, especially if it stabilizes faster. I think the best case scenario for Mexico is keeping California south of the 35th parallel, New Mexico, Arizona, and Western Texas.

I tend to broadly agree. Eastern Texas is very unlikely to remain Mexican with a post 1821 POD. Utah may also be hard to hang on to. On the other hand, losing Northern California is not a given (although the US may be not the only interested party; Fort Ross anyone?)
 
I realize that this might be impossible, especially with the existence of the U.S.A, but is their any way for Mexico to keep California, Texas, and the Southwest? Mexico.
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Have a better army, beat the US invasion forces. Or wear out the invaders with partisan warfare, as in the original history, but carried out longer.
 
Mexican Stability is the #1 factor. So Unifying the Mexican State and not merely crushing rebellions is imperative. That being said, if Texas still Revolts as in OTL there would have to be a mass genocide and deportation of Texans to re-establish Mexican control over that territory.
 
Freeing all the slaves and throwing the Anglos back across the Mississippi doesn't seem like it would trouble Santa Anna to me, assuming a complete battlefield victory. Heck, doing the first even if he can't do the second creates a Texas more inclined to side with Mexico than the USA even if it's an odd and problematic territory.

California and the West are easy; the Mexican-American War relied on a series of improbable, amazing blunders on the Mexican side to go the way it did. Texas, rather harder.
 
I tend to broadly agree. Eastern Texas is very unlikely to remain Mexican with a post 1821 POD. Utah may also be hard to hang on to. On the other hand, losing Northern California is not a given (although the US may be not the only interested party; Fort Ross anyone?)

Russia didn't really have the ability out interest to project power that far South in California.

Honestly, I think that the best you can do is try to head of the Texas revolution somehow, possibly by ferrying slaves and throwing the yanks out like someone what had said, then have the Mexican military be somewhat competent so they can beat the Americans in a war.
 
it wouldn't have taken much to give Mexico the win in the Texan war... simply have Santa Anna stay away and let his high priced generals fight the war. They wouldn't have pulled SA's dumb stunt at San Jacinto. If you keep Texas in Mexico, then the Mexican/American War (if there is one) gets harder for the USA, possibly too hard to win...
 
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