Plenty of Nothing

Don Quijote by José Guadalupe Posada

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Three Amigos, 1957

The first ever meeting of a Canadian Prime Minister (St. Laurent) and a Mexican President (Cortines) took place at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia in March, 1957, at the invitation of US President Eisenhower, 37 years before NAFTA. Source.

Iturbide

Agustin de Iturbide, aka Emperor Agustin, abdicated on this date in 1823, bringing the First Mexican Empire to a close. Here he is on an 8 reales piece. Source.

Flapper Torera, 1928

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Day of the Dead Barbie

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The Fall of Tenochtitlan

The Spaniards captured the Axtec capital Tenochtitlan on this date in 1521. Source.

 

Toreo de Tijuana, 1964

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2021 Serie del Caribe

Estadio Teodoro Mariscal in Mazatlán. Source.

The 2021 Serie del Caribe is on, running from January 31 to February 6 at Estadio Teodoro Mariscal in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. Mexico has hosted the tournament fifteen times before, Mazatlán five, most recently in 2005.

The stadium is named after Teodoro Mariscal, first president of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, which was formed in 1945.

Whitey Ford played for Venados de Mazatlán the winter of 1948-49. The first Serie del Caribe was held in February 1949 in Cuba, but there was no Mexican team in it that year.

This year the participating countries are: Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia. The teams are:

Mexico: Tomateros de Culiacan. These guys have won the tournament twice.

Dominican: Águilas Cibaeñas. These guys have won the tournament five times.

Venezuela: Caribes de Anzoategui.

Puerto Rico: Crillolos de Caguas. These guys have won the tournament five times.

The Panamanian league did not play this last year, so they're sending a national team. Their manager is a Cuban, Alfonso Urquiola.

Colombia: Ciamanes de Barranquilla.

"In Mazatlan" by War.

[Final, February 6th: Águilas Cibaeñas 4 - 1 Crillolos de Caguas]

Gran Teatro de Santa Anna

Opened in 1844, the Gran Teatro de Santa Anna was the Mexican home of opera in the nineteenth century. It was demolished in 1900 to make way for a road. Painting by Pitro Gualdi. Source.

El Increible Blue Demon

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