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Historia de España: la Edad Contemporánea, Teide (1979) La Civilización Española a Mediados del Siglo XIX, Espasa-Calpe (1992) ISBN 978-84-239-7259-3; Realidad y Mito de la Primera República, Espasa-Calpe (1991) ISBN 978-84-239-1994-9; Historiadores Españoles de Nuestro Siglo, Real Academia de la Historia (1999) ISBN 978-84-8951-222-1
This company has received scholarships and support from the National Endowment for Culture and Arts (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, FONCA) and the Council for the Culture and Arts of Nuevo Leon (Consejo para la Cultura y las Artes de Nuevo León, CONARTE), just like from the program “México en Escena”. It has promoted 15 ...
Mexico cut its imports of horses and mules, mining machinery, and railroad supplies. The result was an economic depression in Mexico in 1908–1909 that soured optimism and raised discontent with the Díaz regime. [58] Mexico was vulnerable to external shocks because of its weak banking system. [citation needed]
On December 30, 1853, Antonio López de Santa Anna signed a treaty with James Gadsden, the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, which involved the sale of an area of 76,845 square kilometres (29,670 sq mi) from the states of Sonora and Chihuahua to the United States for $10 million.
Mexico's first project of high-density, low-cost housing was the Centro Urbano Alemán (1947–49), Mexico City, by Mario Pani. Perhaps the most ambitious project of modern architecture was the construction, begun in 1950, of Ciudad Universitaria outside Mexico City, a complex of buildings and grounds housing the National Autonomous University ...
The symbol of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the central image on the Mexican flag since Mexican independence from Spain in 1821.. The history of Mexico City stretches back to its founding ca. 1325 C.E as the Mexica city-state of Tenochtitlan, which evolved into the senior partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance that dominated central Mexico immediately prior to the Spanish conquest of 1519 ...
February 10 — Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician and economist, assassinated while campaigning for President of Mexico (d. 1994) [1] February 14 — Verónika con K, actress, singer and TV hostess; February 28 — Jorge Rubén Nordhausen González, polítician (Senator, PAN) (d. 2018).
Central Mexico, home to Mexico City, features rich culinary traditions like mole and tacos al pastor, and is the birthplace of Mariachi music. Southern Mexico, including states like Oaxaca and Chiapas, has a strong indigenous influence, with tropical cuisine featuring cochinita pibil and mole de olla, and lush landscapes.