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In a message dated 2/15/2005 1:19:57 A.M. Central Standard Time,
valhdez@... writes:
Hi Guillermo,
I may not be as fluid in my Mexican history as others, however I believe
the reasons Mexico was defeated by the US in 1840 was because we (Mexico) had just fought a bitter battle for Independence from Spain just a few decades earlier. (Santa Anna had to enslave Mayan Indians as soldiers as he traveled north to fight the Alamo). This "batalla" for Independence left the nation politically, economically and militarily weak. Further, it was the Central power's internal struggle that actually
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