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Aimee Ruiz

But in 2010, Ruiz and Paraiso lost to Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas in the final of the World Championships in Seoul, South Korea.

American Party of Florida

Virtually all the illegal immigrants in Highlands County were Mexicans; Avon Park is located in Highlands County.

Annabel Port

Prior to working in radio, she taught English to Poles and Mexicans for three years, spent six months doing data input, one week cleaning an old people's home and to her knowledge holds the national record for the 6 years she held a paper round (until the unusually mature age of 18).

Antonio Morales de la Peña

As vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies, he took part in the 2004 Convention of the World Association of Mexicans Abroad, held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Battle of Churubusco

Following their defeats at Contreras and San Antonio, the Mexicans fell back to the village of Churubusco.

Battle of Embudo Pass

Following the Battle of Cañada, the local Pueblo Indians and New Mexicans retreated to Embudo, near present-day Dixon, New Mexico, where they made another stand in the narrow canyon south of the town.

Battle of the San Gabriels

A company of Texas Rangers under Lt. James O. Rice had pursued the Mexican agent Manuel Flores and his party of Mexicans and Indians, following their murder of four surveyors working between Seguin and San Antonio, Texas.

Bedford Park, Bronx

Among the national symbols one may see strolling the neighborhood include the double-headed eagle (the emblem of Albania), the icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe (sacred to Catholic Mexicans), the shamrock of Ireland, the Arabic calligraphy of the shahadah (the Muslim profession of faith), or the coquí of Puerto Rico.

Celebration of Mexican political anniversaries in 2010

Even if there are some criticisms about the Mexican's Bicentennial celebrations, some other people who were interviewed by La Prensa think that this event creates a "sense of unity" at a time where Mexicans are "living difficult times".

Commuter worker

The United States Congress has not authorized commuting, but the Supreme Court ruled in the 1970s that the immigration process can be used by Mexicans to obtain jobs in the United States while maintaining residences in Mexico.

Cordova Rebellion

Additional documents were found after a battle on the North San Gabriel River on May 17 and on May 18, 1839, after a party of Texas Rangers defeated a group of Mexicans and Cherokee.

Demographics of Mexico

Mexicans of African descent are particularly numerous in the Costa Chica region of Guerrero and Oaxaca, and along the coast of Veracruz.

Estado de Occidente

This led to a new outbreak of war between the Mexicans and the Yaquis (see Yaqui Wars) with Juan Banderas as the leader of the Yaqui forces.

Jalap

This kind of jalap, the purga de Sierra Gorda of the Mexicans, was traced by Daniel Hanbury to Ipomoea simulans.

Jesús Padilla

Although he was born in the United States, according to Article 30 of the Mexican Constitution, he was born Mexican as he is the son of Mexicans born in a foreign country.

Julian Wheeler

His career went downhill shortly thereafter and he suffered defeats to Mexicans Juan Manuel Márquez, Jorge Páez (twice), and Juan Lazcano.

Mexican-American women in the U.S. from 1900–60

LULAC was founded to overcome discrimination and segregation amongst Latinos after the Mexican War, in which many Mexicans became citizens of the United States but still found themselves victims to prejudice.

Mexican–American War campaigns

Scott first encountered stiff resistance at Contreras where the Mexicans were finally put to flight after suffering an estimated 700 casualties and the loss of 800 prisoners.

Mexicans of American descent

Some of these American Mexicans or their descendants have returned to the United States since, including church leader Marion G. Romney, politician George W. Romney, and chemist Henry Eyring.

Politana, California

To replace the New Mexicans as guardians of their herds, the Lugos brought Mountain Cahuilla tribesmen under their leader, Juan Antonio, to settle in Politana.

Ramón Ortiz y Miera

In April 1849 Father Ortíz arrived in Santa Fe, where he was welcomed by Governor John M. Washington and Territorial Secretary Donaciano Vigil, who both thought he was unlikely to succeed and even offered to supply transport to Mexicans seeking repatriation.

Ray John de Aragon

The author's interest eventually leaned toward the controversial which was sparked by the defaming novel, Death Comes to the Archbishop, written by Willa Cather in which she tainted the image of Hispanic New Mexicans and their heroes.

Rey Pratt

Two years later, the First Presidency again instructed the Pratts to move, this time to Manassa, Colorado, and establish missionary work among Mexicans in the United States.

Roman Catholicism in Mexico

While Obregón was in control of Mexico City during February 1915, he ordered the Church to pay 500,000 pesos to alleviate the suffering of poor Mexicans.

Susana Chavez-Silverman

I decided to title it—and subsequent e-mail missives—a crónica, inspired by the somewhat rough-hewn, journalistic, often fantastic first-hand accounts of the so-called New World sent “home” by the early Spanish conquistadores, and refashioned by modern-day counterparts such as the Mexicans Carlos Monsiváis, Elena Poniatowska, Cristina Pacheco, and the Chilean Pedro Lemebel, whose writing I admire.

Taos Pueblo

Mexican Pablo Montoya and Tomasito, a leader at Taos Pueblo, led a force of Mexicans and Indians who did not want to become a part of the United States.

Ted Conover

Conover spent a year traveling with Mexicans in order to write Coyotes; he lived in a "feeder" valley in the Mexican state of Querétaro, spent time in Arizona, Idaho, California, and Florida, and crossed the border three times.

The Last of the Meheecans

Cartman joins the United States Border Patrol as a volunteer, where he is instructed to stop Mexicans from crossing the border, regardless of the "semantics" of which direction they are traveling.

The boys play "Texans vs. Mexicans" at a sleepover at Cartman's house, a game in which the "Mexicans" (led at first by Butters, and then Kyle due to Butters' poor leadership skills) attempt to elude the "border patrol" (led by Cartman) and cross the border into Texas (Cartman's backyard).

Tubac, Arizona

Apaches attacked the town repeatedly in the 1840s, forcing the Sonoran Mexicans to abandon both Tumacacori and Tubac.


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