The Ultimate Cinco De Mayo Post Posted May 5, 2024 Robert BittoLeave a commentPosted in Little-Known History It’s not Mexican Independence Day. It’s not the day that Mexico kicked out the French. So, what exactly is the holiday called Cinco de Mayo?
Jacinto Canek: Last King of the Maya Posted March 31, 2024 Robert BittoLeave a commentPosted in Little-Known History In the Yucatán in 1761 a Maya leader spearheaded a brief but intense uprising against the Spanish.
María Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: Champion of Mexican Independence Posted March 17, 2024 Robert BittoLeave a commentPosted in Little-Known History The wife of a colonial magistrate became a key player in Mexico’s War of Independence from Spain.
Cajemé and the Yaqui Indian Republic Posted October 3, 2016May 8, 2021 Robert Bitto3 CommentsPosted in Little-Known History The story of the last attempt to restore Native sovereignty in Mexico in a small corner of Sonora.
