In retrospect, CONMUJER (Cordinacion General de la Comicion Nacional de la Mujer) was created in 1998 to advocate legislation and regulation benefiting women. ... These economic inequalities have increased the labor movement of men across the border for better paying jobs leaving two out of three families in rural Mexico without any working men at the home (LA Times, P. ... The largest, and most powerful, is the Confederacion de Trabajadores Mexicanos (CTM), which has an estimated 6 million members. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While they were celebrating Pedro de Alvarado went there with his men. ... In the Spanish version of La Noche Triste they claim that they had to fight their way out of Tenochtitlan. ... They decided to go back and help the others left behind, but as they went back Pedro de Alvarado met them with the few warriors that made it out alive. Finally Cortes and the couple of men that survived made it to safety far away from where they were first attacked. 2 3 The Mexica version of La Noche Triste portrayed the Spanish as fleeing Mexico by night. ...

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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the dominant figure in Mexican politics during the time of the US-Mexican War. ... Under Juarez, Mexico went through a period known as the "La Reforma." ... The goal of the La Reforma was to transform Mexico socially, politically and economically. ...

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La Noche Triste, June 30-July1, 1520, was when the Aztecs avenged their lost emperor. ... Antonio de Mendoza became the first viceroy in 1538. ... Under the leadership of Agustin de Iturbide Mexico declared Independence in 1821. ... The Age of Santa Anna Between the years of 1823 and1855 General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna had control over Mexico. ...

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There was a huge revolution in the country of Mexico that started in the year 1910, led by Porfirio Diaz, the president of Mexico in 1910. In the 1860's Diaz was important to Mexican politics and then was elected president in 1877. Diaz said that he would only be president for one year and then wo...

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Portilla writes that shortly after Montezuma's imprisonment, Cortes and his troops were forced to flee the area and engage in a battle with Panfilo de Narvaez, the Cuban governor, who was on terms to arrest Cortes for his offenses. ...

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The reports of opulent Mexican empires brought back by explorers on Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba's and Juan de Grijalba's coastal journeys caused the Spanish government to look inland. ... Cortes's ship was the last to arrive and he found upon landing that one of his commanders, Pedro de Alvarado, had rashly removed the ornaments from the local temples and forced the Cozumelans to flee to the center of the small island. ...

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Rsrch. Paper Marriage between Artists When two artist marry each other, it creates a truly one of a kind relationship. It binds two highly creative and expressive minds that seek ways to reveal their ideas and emotions to the world. Their art would obviously be affected by their sig...

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• Grade Level: High School