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[velvetdestroya]

A crusade has begun as the guys hit the stage during the Corona Capital Festival, Day 1 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez, Mexico City, Mexico on November 18, 2022.

[photo credit; daniellojedafoto]

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[barbucomedie]

Model 1866 Spencer Carbine from the United States of America dated to the 19th Century on display at the National Museum of the Revolution in Mexcio City, Mexico

During the Second French Intervention in Mexico, the American government gave a thirty million dollar loan to the government of President Benito Juárez. This Spencer carbine was thought to have been a gift from the USA to Benito Juárez as part of their show of support against the French Empire and their Hapsburg allies.

Photographs taken by myself 2023

#19th century #military history #victorian #mexico #mexican #cavalry #second french intervention #national museum of the revolution #mexico city #barbucomedie

[ltwilliammowett]

Reales, pieces of eight, doubloones and ducats

Who doesn't know it, in films and books there are always stories about great pirate treasures and lots of coins are shown. But what kind of coins are they? Here is a small overview.

Silver real

Silver coin: 8 reales Fernando VI, Viceroyalty of New Spain - 1757 (x)

The real was a coin and a currency in Spain for several centuries after the mid-14th century, weighing 0,12 ounces (3,43g) of silver, and these were eight reales to a peso, hence the term " pieces of eight" for pesos.

Silver piece of eight or Spanish Dollar

Spanish piece of eight, 1780 (x)

Was an early Spanish silver dollar sized coin, with a content of 25.563 g = 0.822 oz t fine silver. As Spanish mints issued silver denominations smaller than eight reales relatively infrequently, these coins would sometimes be chopped up into smaller pieces to provide small change. In the 17th and 18th centuries, so many were in circulation that they were accepted almost anywhere in the world. The American doller sign $ was derived from the figure 8 stamped on the side of the piece of eight, the silver peso (or piaster). They were minted at Mexico City and Lima in Peru, and were common currency in all of England's colonies, being valued at four shillings and sixpence. Often they wre cut into eight pieces for ease of transaction, so that two bits made a quarter. The origin of the American phrase, not worth two bits, is from the days when the English colonies around Massachusetts used this Spanish money. Pieces of eight were produced for about 300 years, in Mexcio, Peru and Colombia, and they became the standard unit of trade between Europe and China. They wre legal tender in the USA until 1857. Before the Spanish started exploiting Potosi in Peru (in today's Bolivia), silver was almost as valuable as gold in the Old World. Such were the quantities taken from the New World, that silver dropped to about a 1/5 of the value of gold. The Spanish exported four billion pesos of silver and gold from the New World between 1492 and 1830.

Gold ducat

Gold ducat of Venice. Doge Andrea Gritti, Italy, 1523-38 (x)

This was the European gold trade coin, containing around 3.5 grams (0.11 troy ounces) of 98.6% fine gold, during the late medieval and early modern period. The name derives from ducatus, the Latin form of the title of the Doge of Venice, whre the ducat was first issued 1284. Called the ducado, it was worth less than a doubloon, about 10-11 silver reales, and was known to the British seaman as a ducat. The coin was copied throughout mainland Europe, and coins of the ducat standard were struck in several European countries up to the 20th century.

Gold doubloon (doblôn)

Spanish 4-doubloon, or doubloon of 8 escudos, stamped as minted in Mexico city mint in 1798 (x)

This was an early Spanish gold coin, worth approximately $4 (four Spanish dollars) or 32 reales, and weighing 6.766 grams (0.218 troy ounce) of 22-karat gold (or 0.917 fine; hence 6.2 g fine gold). The name originally applying to the gold excelente of Ferdinand and Isabella. It was later transferred to the two escudo coin issued by Spain and the Spanish colonies in the Americas. It was the largest Spanish gold coin, weighing slightly less than an ounce of gold, and originates from the Latin word duplus, or double. A doubloon was worth about seven weeks wages to a sailor.

#naval history #general history #coins #reales #piece of eight #doubloon #ducat #medieval seafaring #age of discovery #age of sail #age of steam

[coochiequeens]

Deranged man in a dress disrupts a conference about human trafficking and forced prostitution demanding his right to buy sex is respected.

A conference on tackling human trafficking and migrant smuggling was interrupted when a transgender politician became enraged at a speaker suggesting that the sex trade should be abolished, calling it “hate speech.”

The second day of the 7th Congreso Latinoamericano y Caribeño sobre Trata de Personas y Tráfico de Migrantes (Latinamerican and Carribean Congress on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling) was held in Mexico City on Wednesday, The annual Congress features speakers and politicians from Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies gathering to discuss ways in which to eradicate human trafficking. Wednesday’s panel featured a lecture by Spanish Sociologist Dr. Rosa María Cobo, a professor at the University of La Coruña.

Dr. Cobo gave a radical feminist perspective on human trafficking, and called for the abolition of the sex trade which she noted relied upon the exploitation of women and girls with few economic and social resources. 

“Prostitution is not right, from an ethical and political point of view,” Dr. Cobo said, “It is not acceptable for a woman to become an [object] and it is not acceptable for a man to objectify and [commit] violence against women who have very few resources and who are vulnerable.”

At the end of her talk, Dr. Cobo was presented with a gift from Cecilia Márquez Alkadef, a member of Mexcio’s Chamber of Deputies, which is one of the key organizers of the annual Congress. 

Just as Dr. Cobo was posing for photographs, a male voice could be heard furiously screaming through the auditorium. 

On the event’s official livestream, the camera panned out to show an individual getting increasingly aggressive, yelling towards the stage before standing to yell out into the audience. The event’s host attempts to calm the individual down and request they respect the perspective that was presented by Dr. Cobo, but the man only became more enraged. 

“This is hate speech! This is criminalizing my comrades! This is hate speech paid for with Government funds!” 

The man was quickly identified as Maria Clemente, a trans-identified politician who was elected last year and became the first transgender person to enter Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies. 

A member of the audience began to speak out against Clemente, yelling back in a sarcastic fashion, “Women were born to be whores?” To which Clemente responds, “Well I am a woman, and I am a whore!  It’s my job and and how my family eats! I love it!”

In another angle of the same altercation, Clemente can be heard chanting: “Sex work is work! Sex work is work!” Clemente also lashes out against one of the Congress officials attempting to calm him down when he is called ‘Sir,’ and begins to aggressively approach the podium yelling: “Maria! Maria! My name is Maria!”

Following Clemente’s outbursts, the Congress went to a recess. According to La Razon de Mexico, Clemente left and several other attendees withdrew. The Congress is holding its final meeting today.

A few clips of Clemente’s outburst taken by an audience member began circulating on social media on Thursday, with many Mexican feminists expressing outrage at his furious defense of prostitution, and derailing of a conference on human trafficking.

“I am not a psychologist but these people urgently need mental help. They’re not [okay], really. We see the same scenes. Hate, rage, violence, aggressiveness and a huge pathological ego. They kick like small children in adult bodies. It is not normal.” One commenter wrote in Spanish beneath one of the videos of the incident posted by Women’s Declaration International’s Mexico branch.

“How strange that [a trans-identified male] always has to be the center of attention in feminist spaces and even more so in a room full of female victims. And they have the nerve to say that they are disrespecting him, what was he doing in a congress on trafficking in the first place?” Another asked.

Many offered praise for Sonia Sanchez, the abolitionist who had engaged Clemente from the audience and defended women’s right to be free from sexual exploitation.

Sex-based violence against women in Mexico is considered to be among the highest in the world, with the country’s femicide rate continuing to rise even as the general homicide rate falls. 85% of human trafficking victims in the country are female, with women and girls overrepresented in every form of the crime, including organ trafficking, forced prostitution, and labor exploitation.

The lack of justice for female victims of sex-based violence have led to widespread unrest in Mexico, especially amongst the organized feminist activist community who have staged regular protests this year. In March, thousands of women marched the streets of Mexico City demanding greater protection from law enforcement and the Government.

UPDATE July 8/22: A spokeswoman associated withWDI Mexico responded to Reduxx‘s request for comment, and, in a Spanish-language statement, called Clemente’s behavior “an embarrassment.”

“Although this behavior leaves much to be desired, for [feminists] it is an opportunity to show the world the truth about transgenderism,” representative Laura Lecuona says, “These are not simply a few men on the margins of society fighting for their right to housing and work.”

Lecuona says this is not the first time Clemente has been recorded as having an explosive emotional outburst. In December of 2021, Clemente allegedly attacked Congressional cafeteria staff after they used the wrong pronouns for him. 

“[Clemente] was the reason Deputy Gabriel Quadri was reprimanded by the National Electoral Institute for alleged expressions of ‘discrimination and transphobia,'” Lecuona explained, noting that the precedent of Quadri’s penalization had feminists worried as it acted as a warning against expressing any critical sentiment.

“Not all gender identity activists make such a fuss. Others are more subtle in their ways, but most of those who are influencers and have a certain platform, whether in traditional media or on social networks, are hostile to radical feminists and to anyone who does not agree with them.”

Women’s Declaration International is a statement which affirms the rights of women and girls based on sex, and denounces the impact gender ideology has had on women’s rights. It currently has over 32,000 signatories from 159 countries.

[sha666y]

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[seilbahntechnik]

Favorite tweet : Montag hatten wir die urbanen #Seilbahnen erst in der Vorlesung „Verkehr & Nachhaltigkeit“ - gerade Foto in GEOSaison 5/2023 entdeckt: Seilbahn im Stadtteil #Iztapalapa von #Mexcio-City - Überfliegen von Wohnhäusern dort kein Thema, stattdessen Freude über Verkehrsverbesserung https://t.co/bQJ8XAEZdw — UDE-WIGEO (@UDEWIGEO) Jun 7, 2023 June 07, 2023 at 05:24PM via Twitter https://twitter.com/UDEWIGEO

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[marie759]

Powerful earthquake strikes southwest Mexico

A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Mexico late Tuesday and caused widespread vibration even in Mexico City, killing at least one person.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 4 miles east and northeast of Los Órganos de San Agustín, about eight miles from the Pacific resort of Acapulco on the Pacific coast. It was measured at an initial depth of 12.8 kilometers. The Mexican State Civil Protection Secretariat reported that at least 92 aftershocks were recorded, one of which was 5.2. In Mexico, alarms were heard just before the earth’s vibration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration initially issued a tsunami warning, but it was later revoked.

The lone death was a 19-year-old man named Eliodoro Hurtado, who died in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said there was no major damage in the capital, 372 kilometers from the quake center. In a social media publication, Sheinbaum said many people had lost electricity and authorities were working to restore power. The city’s metro station said in a statement that train traffic has recovered since the safety investigation.

About 1.6 million customers were estimated to be without electricity in Mexico and all four states, the country’s state-owned Electricity Service, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) said in a statement. The CFE said it was working to restore power to the affected areas.

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Earthquakes are not uncommon in Mexico because they are located on the edge of the North American tectonic plate. Two major earthquakes hit the country in September 2017, and on September 19, 1985, heat of -8.0 degrees killed an estimated 9,500 people in and around Mexico City. The quake left the city with a huge scar, leading to changes in building regulations and better protection against earthquakes. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said there had been no "significant damage" in the state of Guerrero, where Wednesday is located. Although no serious damage has yet been reported from the center, Lopez Obrador said authorities have received reports of the stones falling.

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[paradiseofpalms]

ACADEMIA. Centro, Cuidad de Mexico.

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[lperezidente]

AguiLEO y CrotaLEA

#me #mexcio #Mexico city

[worldtogether]

TAXI Mexcio City # 23

#df #mexico #Street Photography

[dailytomlinson]

@isaacunofficial: Mexcio City with @Louis_Tomlinson @sebasberen

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[ltwilliammowett]

The Pastry War

The series of impossible war triggers also includes a war between France and Mexico. Here, however, it was not about a cut off ear as in the case of the War of Jenkins's Ear, it was about cake.

In the years following Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821, the country was plagued by riots, looting and street fighting between government troops and rebels, and suffered property damage, including the looting of a bakery near Mexico City owned by a French-born pastry chef called Remontel. Remontel was turned away by the Mexican government when he tried to make good the damage caused by the looting of Mexican officers, and turned his case directly to his homeland and the French King Louis-Philippe. This found fertile ground there, as Paris was already richly fed up with Mexcio not paying its debts, which had been incurred during the 1836 Revolution of Texas. And now France demanded compensation of 600,000 pesos, including an astronomical 60,000 pesos for Remontel's pastry shop, which had been estimated at less than 1,000 pesos. When the Mexican Congress rejected the ultimatum, the French Navy began blocking the main seaports along the Gulf of Mexico from the Yucatan Peninsula to the Rio Grande in the spring of 1838. The United States, which had a controversial relationship with Mexico, sent a schooner to help with the blockade.

The Prince of Joinville on the poop of the corvette Créole listens to the report from the vessel's Lieutenant, Penaud, and sees the explosion of the tower of the Fort of San Juan de Ulua on 27 November 1838. The frigate Gloire can be seen in the background, by Horace Vernet 1841

This situation dragged on until 27 November 1838, when, however, French warships bombed the island fortress of San Juan de Ulua, which guarded the outstanding port city of Veracruz. Mexico declared war on France and its President ordered the conscription of all men who could carry arms. Within days French Marines raided the city and captured almost the entire Mexican navy.

Expedition of Vice-Admiral Baudin to Mexico in 1838. Bombartment of San Juan de Ulua by the French squadron on 27 November 1838, by Theodore Gudin 1839

Mexico succeeded in chasing the French onto their ships after they had mobilised their former president and military general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. But Santa Anna paid for this with his leg. Which he then used to become president again later. Less than four months later, the Pastry War was over. British diplomats brokered a peace agreement in which Mexico agreed to pay France’s demand of 600,000 pesos, including the cost of Remontel’s pastry shop. French forces withdrew from the country on March 9, 1839, although they would return to fight a protracted war with Mexico in the 1860s.

#naval history #the pastry war #french #mexican #1838-1839 #age of sail

[aaronsolorzano]

Kinda of a guide to Mexico City’s Centro Historico

#Mexico City #El Zocalo #mexcio #cdmx #travel #Centro histórico

[atari-teenage-riot]

Thank you Mexico City! Absolutely amazing crowd!!! 💥👊🏻👊👊🏾💥💥🇲🇽💥💥 Together we all made this night unforgettable yeah! The time is right! The season is right! The energy is right! WE MUST GO FREE!!! Atari Teenage Riot #atariteenageriot #alecempire #nicendo #zanlyons #atr #mexcio #tour #mexicocity #cyberpunk #edm #electronicmusic #techno #industrial #rave #gabber #breakcore #hardcoretechno #hiphop #punk #live #concertphotos #glitch Thanks to the fans for providing the photos! Please add your credits in the comments (we’ll add them to the text here:) (hier: Mexico City, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BySu4bDCRB5/?igshid=gkg38j34egm5

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[godfatherofsol]

Origins of Mexico

The original inhabitants of Mexico called themselves the "Mexicas". The word 'Mexico' is identical in several languages, such as Mixtec, Otomi, Pame, and Tarasco. In "Nahuatl" (the language of the "Aztecs/Mexicas")  it is the combination of three words: 1. Metx(tli) - 'moon' 2. xic(tli) - 'navel' 3. co - 'in'

This gives Mexico a meaning of "In the navel of the Moon". Since the postions of the lakes, upon which Mexico City was founded, were shaped like a rabbit and correspond to the same pattern on the moon, thus:

Mexico = "The Rabbit's Navel"    

The "Aztecs" emerged in the Valley of Mexico, or Anahuac as it was called by its peoples, around the 14th century. Aztec legends tell of seven Nahua tribes, known as the Chichimecas. According to Aztec myth, the journey from Aztlan (ancient capital  of modern day Nayarit) to Anahuac was directed by Huitzilopochtli (left-handed  hummingbird), who represents the sun god, and his sister Malinal Xochitl (grass flower), manifested as the moon. Near the end of the journey he abandoned his sister, who took refuge in Malinalco (today a famous archeological center). Malinal's son Copil (royal crown), also representing the moon, attempted to incite the people of the Valley to destroy the Aztecs at Chapultepec (hill of the grasshoppers). On the Cerro del Penon (Hill of the Big Rock) war was waged between Huitzilopochtli and Copil. Copil was killed by Huitzilopochtli, who told Tenoch to go and bury his nephew's heart at the site where the high priests had been seeking for nearly a century (Aztec century = 52 years). This spot is said to be located in the "Plaza de Santo Domingo".

[The name Tenoch is part of the name originally given to Mexico City "Tenochitlan". It is derived from the tree which produces the tenochtli (red, hard, prickly pears). Tenochtli is the symbol of human hearts sacrificed to the sun.]

Without documentation, what makes this the exact location where Mexico was founded? The following facts will help show that:

The sun and its nahual 'double' the eagle are one and the same, that is, their names  are interchangeable. Likewise, the moon is identified with its nahual the rabbit that lives on it. Unlike the sun, which is all fire, the moon is a place of quiet peace. The home of the rabbit is a symbol of fertility. This is also the reason why the pyramids at Teotihucan are called the 'sun' and 'moon'.  

Even though the sun defeated the moon, that does not deprive the moon of its place in Mexcio's beliefs. The moon's role is that of keeping the waters of the cosmos, sending rain, and preserving the moonlight. Here is a metaphor concerning the rabbit:  

"The earth, in conjurings, was called 'face-up' rabbit, for thou art resplendent mirror..'; that is, the rabbit is the reflection of the earth on heaven or vice versa" (via indigenouspeople)

[batmomhoe]

Honey~mooon~!

Requested by an anon

Summary: HCs of the batfam on their honeymoons.

Warning(s): just marital fluff

Bruce:

takes you anywhere, one of those that throws a dart at a map, at LEAST a month long, if you would allow him he’d make it somewhere he can also do batman work. he’d go all out, but you a whole new wardrobe for your honeymoon, even though you would spend 95% of your honeymoon out of clothes and in a bathing suit. private island? i think yes. 

Barbara:

somewhere classy, think Paris or Italy, or on the other side somewhere homey, a little bed and breakfast in the Alps. she’d like to be able to make breakfast for you during your stay, somewhere with a big window so you two can drink something while cuddling and watching out the window, doesn’t even think of hacking or crime fighting unless she somehow falls into it.

Dick:

high/fast paced, Las Vegas, NYC, sunny LA, Miami, bonus points if it has a beach, you two have cute matching outfits to wear a couple times, every single moment is Instagram worthy, Dick constantly takes pictures of you, you two shower each other in kisses every night and every morning, would buy you something unique and extremely memorable

Jason:

somewhere with a lot of green, a city that’s not really known, basically camping or renting a cottage in the woods/mountains. he’d want to explore the area around you two more than anything else, but he’d make sure everything is perfect, bonus points if there’s a hot spring. cozy nights in a cabin/lodge are the things of his dreams

Stephanie:

venice, or st Petersburg, or Bangkok, would not care if she can’t speak the language, the cutest friggin pictures, also buys you some nice ass clothes (and more importantly, shoes), go out to eat for every meal practically, pick one day where you just stay in the hotel all day, you two buy matching bath robes and do some double spa treatments, weird food pictures together

Tim:

japan, south korea, NYC, anywhere that has a booming night life, would be like a kid in a candy store if you agreed to japan. would want to participate in absolutely every aspect of the culture (okay maybe not every aspect) you two would have to spend at least two to three weeks there and trust me they’d be busy weeks 

Duke:

nashville tennessee, savannah georgia, anywhere florida, cancun mexcio, somewhere warm!!!!! bonus points if it’s somewhere you can stay in your bathing suits 24/7. would definitely find somewhere you two can get a caricature portrait done. wouldn’t mind a traveling honeymoon, just exploring all over with you, also just really wants to try each state’s burger with you by his side

Cass:

south korea, austria, egypt, greece, australia somewhere rich in history, bonus points if you go see the local ballet!!!! Vienna is probs her ideal spot, wants to wear pretty gowns when going out, buys some antiques for your new shared apartment, the whole trip is Instagram worthy!!!!! especially the pics cass takes of you

Harper:

Quebec, New Zealand, finland, somewhere kind of…unique? a place people normally wouldn’t think of but when you tell where you’re going there still like “oh nice!”, wants to eat all the weird exotic foods with you, POUTINE. takes pictures of your reactions, maybe gets a really meaningful tattoo with you??? she doesn’t care what type of activities you do as long as you two are having fun and enjoying yourselves.

Damian:

Arabia(his birthplace) or somewhere of the sort, it would mean a lot to him if he could show you where he grew up(at least the country, maybe not exactly where he grew up). would absolutely love showing you the customs and all the authentic food!!!! this little bean would be the happiest he’s ever been in his life during your honeymoon and he wouldn’t even get sassy!!!!

#bruce wayne #batman #barbara gordon #oracle #dick grayson #nightwing #jason todd #red hood #stephanie brown #tim drake #red robin #duke thomas #cassandra cain #black bat #harper row #damian wayne #robin #headcannons #fluff #honeymoon