Mexico’s Killing Fields
What is a interesting current event taking place in mexico that connects back to early spanish conquest?
In other words, what social issues of today in Mexico could be traced back to the social issues of mexico in the 1500’s. (social organization etc)
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Tough question. What comes to my mind is that the Spanish conquistadores came into a land with a highly developed civilization, completely destroyed that civilization, their government, culture, and religion. They forced the people tp give up their culture, language and religion. They created a country of a few rich land owners and millions of poor people. Mexico just became independent of Spain 200 years ago.and still suffers the "growing pains" of becoming an independent nation and correcting the wrongs of the past. The vast gulf between rich and poor is still present in many ways. The corrupt Napoleonic "justice" system is still used. Political parties and holders of public office are often controlled by the wealthy descendants of the rich land owners of the past.
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October 27th, 2009
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Tough question. What comes to my mind is that the Spanish conquistadores came into a land with a highly developed civilization, completely destroyed that civilization, their government, culture, and religion. They forced the people tp give up their culture, language and religion. They created a country of a few rich land owners and millions of poor people. Mexico just became independent of Spain 200 years ago.and still suffers the "growing pains" of becoming an independent nation and correcting the wrongs of the past. The vast gulf between rich and poor is still present in many ways. The corrupt Napoleonic "justice" system is still used. Political parties and holders of public office are often controlled by the wealthy descendants of the rich land owners of the past.
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