Poor Mexico.....
Because of such poor leaders as Santa Ana, including
many others after him, Mexico remains a 3rd world
country. We, 25 million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
in the U.S., are living proof of Mexico's economic and
political failures.

Alberto Duarte Prieto.

--- "v.h.villarreal" <raices_regias@...>
wrote:

> Very interesting information, Joseph.
> 
> Although the ecclesiastical divisions didn't
> strictly follow the lines
> that eventually became the political division of the
> States.
> 
> An interesting bit of history is that Aguascalientes
> used to be part
> of the State of Zacatecas until the early to mid
> 1800s, when Santa Ana
> granted its independence as a sovereign State and a
> way to punish some
> political opponents he had in Zacatecas.
> 
>
http://omega.ilce.edu.mx:3000/sites/estados/libros/aguas/html/sec_25.html
> 
> Victor
> 
> 
> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes
> <makas@n...> wrote:
> > Well I'm not sure I understand it all but here is
> a quote from Dr.
> Lyman 
> > Platt's book, "Mexico, General Guide:
> Ecclesiastical Divisions."
> Lots of 
> > details in the book:
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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