La Soledad, By Octavio Paz

Mexico, a country rich and complex in history is made up of thirty-one states and a federal district; also known as the national government, located in Mexico City. Mexico ranks third largest state within Latin America and has one of the largest populations. The country being the home of the Spanish speakers than any other Nation, however shows evidence of past cultures and events; despite political and social changes that occurred over centuries. Their rural areas are known to still be inhabited by the indigenous people, whom still practice the lifestyle of their ancestors. Mexico’s land is highly diverse and their history happens to be a part of every piece of land that is walked upon.

To what extent was Mexico’s independence from Spain a “full-scale assault on dependency”? This essay will investigate how the Mexican independence from Spain was only slightly a “full-scale assault on dependency”, due to several political and social conflicts. Firstly, Mexico remained a monarchy (but not under the control of Spain) after the insurgency. Secondly, there was still an official state religion in Mexico. Another reason is because social conflicts reduced the desire for independence .On the other hand, it assaulted dependency because there were some changes within the social hierarchy, and because Mexico was free from Spain.

After the people of Mexico freed themselves from Spanish control, they faced difficulties trying to officially establish themselves as a country. Despite their independence, Mexico had to also live with the aftermath of Spanish colonialism. Part of the aftermath included socio-political issues amongst the Mexican people. In an effort to establish themselves as a nation, they first had to free themselves from a Spanish ideology, for Mexico truly was not free after their independence. The socio-political predicaments contribute to the evolution of modern day Mexico.

II. Thesis Statement: Mexico is an interesting country, with many different and people and customs, as well as major problems.

The Mexican culture is a collectivist and enthusiastic of its traditions. The current Mexican culture it’s not simple because it has rich traditions and contrasts, outgrowth with history and modernization (Cultura, n.d.). The Mexican culture has a mixture of pre-Hispanic

In the twentieth century, even with citizenship status, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were considered and consequentially treated as outsiders or intruders (Oboler, 32). It is not surprising that at the end of Valdez’s play, the whitest model is most desirable to the Anglo government.

The historical backdrop of Mexican-Americans, Americans of Mexican plunge, to a great extent starts after the extension of parts of Mexico. How racial obstructions play in the encounters of Mexican-Americans has been fervently. Mexican-Americans themselves regularly give equivocal reactions

Around 1920—after a 10-year span of revolutionary efforts, what we know as Mexico today was transformed and recreated. The Mexican revolution has been hailed as a struggle to radically shift an authoritarian government by giving more power to the people and making the voices heard of the oppressed Mexican class. However, the narrative that has been told about the revolution has been romanticized overtime, and what happened in the nation after the revolution shows even more how there wasn’t a real sense of justice for everyone in Mexico. Mexico’s struggle to make sense of their identity through this time period can be seen through the films created shortly after the revolution. The time period in which these films were created is known

It is easy to mistakenly interpret the fall of Tenochtitlan as a one-sided ravaging, a destruction handed down from the higher power that was the Spanish. The label “conquistador”, or conqueror, given to the Cortés’ forces, reflects such a belief. However, the interactions between the Aztecs and Conquistadors and between Cortés and other natives as depicted in Cortés’ Second Letter and the compilatory Florentine Codex reveal that the exchange that transpired in Tenochtitlan was more complicated than an unprovoked vanquishing on the part of the Spanish. Further analysis of these two texts reveals that Cortés is not the destructive conqueror one would assume him to be, and that the Aztecs may be partially responsible for their own demise.

Henderson provides this book to as a means to correct the current Anglo-centric literature that circulates America, in which blames Mexico for its own losses

What does it mean to be truly Mexican? Perhaps it is to know the origins of history, race, biological conditions, and culture, or perhaps it means to be free from artificial facades and subconscious complexes so that it becomes possible to find true authenticity, as philosopher Samuel Ramos has explained. The identity of Mexico and the discovery of what lo mexicano means is something that has been pondered about by many. It is difficult to answer this question with a definite explanation because everyday, we evolve as humans and have different experiences that shape our character. We live in the present, but are always thinking and worrying about the future. By studying the past and learning about history, but particularly the story about about Mexico, we gain further insight about individuals, society, identity, the importance of history in present life, and even learn about the psychological effect the past has had on individuals.

Mexico is an extremely important country, as far as immigration is concerned, in the world. It has a large amount of emigrants that leave their country each year. Many of these emigrants go to the United States. This has caused the Mexican immigration issue to become very popular. After research, we have found out a lot about the country of Mexico.

Alongside job losses and the increase of the dependence of Mexico on the United States, Mexico has deeply been affected on a cultural aspect after the NAFTA was put in place. Indeed, Zuloaga explains in her article that “The internal imbalances caused the Mexican people to question their independence and national identity”. (Zuolaga,2001) By these words, the author once again shows that cultural identity is well affected by economic integration measures, and thus, globalization. Further on, she also mentions the asymmetry of power among NAFTA’s member states, which is undeniably palpable looking at the lack of affirmation Mexico is offered to deliver, here in the cultural

Like an enormous living museum, Mexico City provides an extraordinary showplace for the thousands of years of human cultural achievement that Mexico has attained. It ranks as one of the world's great capitals and is a must for anyone craving to understand Mexico's complex past, its fast-paced present, and its ever challenging future. The size and grandeur of the city are staggering. It is not only the oldest continuously inhabited city in the Western Hemisphere, but, by some accounts, has also become the largest city in the world. Before we look at present day Mexico City, let us look into it deep and storied past.

An important omission from Garcia Marquez's metaphorical history of Latin America is the savagely cruel wars for independence, which last from 1810 to (in Colombia) 1819. We can assume then that these wars are already over by the time Macondo is founded, so that this fictional act corresponds to developments in about 1820 - 1825 in the country's real history. This primitive stage of Macondo is also a time of innocence, a psychological theme important in the book.