Old School: What a Hostile Mexico-Trump Relationship Might Look Like
Old School: What a Hostile Mexico-Trump Relationship Might Look Like
Nothing is certain yet, but history suggests relations with Washington under Donald Trump could get ugly.
Shortly after I moved to Mexico City in 2004, I discovered a fantastic pozole restaurant near a subway stop called “Niños Héroes” - literally, “Boy Heroes.” I took a Mexican friend there and, between slurps of cilantro-y goodness, asked if by any chance he knew the origin of the name. He started to explain, and then an amused smile crossed his face: “You know, güero, you should look that up yourself.”
In retrospect, all I can say is: That’s not a chapter I remember them teaching us in U.S. public schools. The Niños Héroes, for the similarly uninitiated, were...
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