Angel Castillo

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

@ryder_see @gay_simpkins #hist466 It definitely puts it into perspective how easily any country could fall under the influence of fascism so quickly.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

@tunakichi1 #hist466 It's actually very interesting, because the Apache would raid both the United States and their Mexican neighbors. The Mexican-Apache wars actually lasted until the early 1900s.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

@M4Odh #hist466 it is quite interesting how the PRI was able to stay in power for so long. you would think that the one party system existing for so long would have lead to boiling point of dissatisfaction and possibly another revolution.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

@M4Odh #hist466 it makes sense to a degree. I think that point being made was that they were in need of aid to stay afloat, similar to a lot of third world countries.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

@gay_simpkins #hist466 though they could barely agree on most things when they gained power, it is great that Mexico was able to unite and not fall apart due to more infighting.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 It's not surprising that their views on immigration are completely different. Lopez calls Trump out on the Statue of Liberty not "being an empty symbol.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 The author of this article even notes how strange it is that Lopez and Trump had never met face to face at that point. I agree that it is odd, Mexico being our closest neighbor an done of our closest trading partners.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 The relationship between Trump and Lopez is a very interesting one. Trumps hard line stance against Mexico would have a disastrous impact on their economy.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 The article comes to a conclusion that President Nieto must apologize for his slow response. i think that such a response could earn him good will but it could also confirm the words of his adversaries in laying blame on him. It is a tough situation nonetheless.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 This nytimes article, paints a picture of the kinds of issues modern Mexicans have with their government. Drug cartels can essentially do what they want with impunity.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 It is interesting that thanks to the radio, Mexican officials were easily able to put down the insurrection thansk to intercepted radio transmissions.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 The United States businessmen supporting Cedillos insurrection because they wanted to fight a "communist regime" sounds really familiar.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 "The once proud Mexico seemed like just another third world country." Gonzales even makes not that a lot of Mexico's issues were due to corruption.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 It's quite interesting to me how Mexico was able to keep a regime going for so long. Generally we think of a long running regime as a bad thing, even Gonzales compares it's long running stint to the Soviet Union.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 Gonzales gives an excellent overview of the book. He discusses the kinds of things that Mexico has had to deal with throughout the years during and after it's revolution.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

@FromtheAKwoods #hist466 It seems to have gotten a lot less violent as well. Though most people would disagree with each other on the most mundane things, I doubt we'll see another revolution in the US similar to the ones in Mexico, mainly because our quality of life is much higher than it was.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

@ryder_see #hist466 That seems to be a common them throughout history. One side acts as the moral righteousness while they take part in underhanded/immoral practices.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

@britbotbella #hist466 It seems like teachers today also have the responsibility with preparing students with becoming productive members of society in much of the same way. Though the carrying firearms to work has become a lot rarer.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

@FromtheAKwoods #hist466 Kinda my own take here but, most often times we see people living in poverty we see that things such as drugs and alcohol are very popular. I think Cardenas realized that steps must be taken to help a lot of these people break a vicious cycle.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 Cardenas even had teachers try to teach peasants useful skills such as reading and writing while also preaching about abstaining from destructive vices like alcoholism.

[Angel Castillo @AngelCa24109264]

#hist466 Though he supported land reform and when he tried to implement throughout the country he was met with various support and resistance depending on how the people had lost or gained land throughout the years.