Category: Latin American History

• May 5, 2013

  Viva Mexican Independence! Sort of…

  Happy Cinco de Mayo!  Mexican Independence from Spain, right?  No.  Mexico defeated the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, and this is the genesis of Cinco de Mayo.  If you’re wondering what the French were doing in Mexico in 1862, keep in mind that Mexico just lost the Mexican American War. …