Throughout Mexico's history there have been several episodes, some glorious, and others that have shown us moments of weakness. One of the latter, undoubtedly, was that of the Conquest of Mexico ...

By Gwynne Dyer – Friday, 13 August, is the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, fell to the invaders after a long siege ...

Upon their arrival, in 1919, the Spaniards had some weapons that gave them an advantage over the indigenous people of the country ...

In 1519 Hernan Cortés sailed from Cuba, landed in Mexico and made his way to the Aztec capital. Miguel Leon­Portilla, a Mexican anthropologist, gathered accounts by the Aztecs, some of which were ...

It was likely already endangered 300 years ago, after the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs concluded and the lakes where it ...

Polk wanted to lay claim to California, New Mexico, and land near the disputed southern border of Texas. Mexico, however, was not so eager to let go of these territories. Polk started out by ...

It is one of the best-preserved examples of pre-conquest Aztec-style writing that exists, after Catholic authorities in colonial-era Mexico dismissed such codices as the work of the devil and ...

Former Mexican first lady Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller was a key voice in urging Spain to apologize for its conquest-era abuses.

Indeed, as Greg Grandin demonstrates in his excellent new book, America, América, US policy toward Latin America has shaped ...