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Chocolate: Mexico’s Gift to the World
Ask friends who received chocolate as a Valentine’s Day gift today where it’s originally from and you’re likely to hear Germany or Switzerland. It may take a friend who is especially learned to give you the correct answer: Mexico.
Chocolate, derived from the Nahuatl xocolatl, meaning “bitter water,” has existed in Mexico for thousands of years. Made into a chile-infused drink still common today in many parts of Mexico, xocolatl was and continues to be a nutritious delicacy.
So coveted was xocolatl as a drink that the cacao seeds used to make it were traded as currency and paid as tribute to the state.
Unlike chewing gum and peanut butter, which also have their origins in Mexico, chocolate’s roots are indisputable. As mentioned earlier, even the word’s origin is Mexican. Nevertheless, it may be necessary on this day of love and friendship to share with those close to us a bit of history on this great thing called chocolate.
To the world we say, “you’re welcome.”
Photo: Carved figure of a man holding a cacao pod; Scanned image of the Codex Zouche-Nuttal which describes the cacao plant and its uses; Ground cacao beans on a metate
Seminario de Historia y Lengua Náhuatl
Todos los Martes del 7 Febrero al 26 Junio de 2012 - De 18:00 a 20:00 Horas - Mtro. Itzá Eudave
UNAM, Mexico DF
Informes: filologicas.unam.mx
How The West Was Stolen
On February 2, 1848, representatives of the United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending what the US called the “Mexican-American War,” known in Mexico as the “War of United States Intervention.”
Overnight, more than a hundred thousand Mexican citizens became foreigners in their own land. Although the TGH included safeguards protecting land rights, respecting the culture and language of Mexicans, this was never honored.
164 years later, many families are still fighting for their land. This fight is especially strong in New Mexico and Texas, states that saw extended land disputes well into the twentieth century.
The justification for this war was based on the notion of “Manifest Destiny,” or the divine right to continental expansion. Essentially, religion used to excuse a racist land grab.
As we’ve seen recently in Arizona, there’s a concerted effort to keep our youth from studying the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and other important parts of Mexican history in the United States. It illustrates how after 164 years the Mexican-American war is still being fought, albeit more so with legislation than with invading armies.
For Mexicans living in the United States, especially those in the Southwest, February 2 is a day to remember that “we didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.” Let us never forget this.
Digital artist Tonatiuh Moreno of Guadalajara interrupts Felipe Calderón to challenge his drug war policy during a speech yesterday to local business leaders shouting, “When will this war be over?”
See video from Milenio and read more at the LA Times and La Jornada.
![Mexicans: You Would Starve Without Us!
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Mexicans: You Would Starve Without Us!
Read: Unemployed Americans: Not Tough Enough for Farm Work [Bonus]
Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas on the cover of the August 28, 1939 issue of Time magazine.
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Similar to the phrase “forget about it”; it can have many meanings depending on how it’s used and the inflection applied. It can mean “watch it!,” or it can mean “okay.”
Source: La Pinche Vida
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