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MEXICAN TRUTH Vs. REAL TRUTH: Why There are a Variety of “Truths” in Mexico!

by Boye De Mente on Sep 18, 2009

Just as there is Mexican time in the culture of Mexico and American time in American culture, there is also Mexican truth and real truth. And again, this element in Mexican culture is a product of the convoluted history of the country. As noted earlier, for some 400-plus years the people of Mexico who were not of pure Spanish ancestry, and the native Indians, were subject to the will and the whims of medieval church dogma and doctrine, political leaders who were absolute dictators, a ruthless military, a corrupt police force and a cadre of local bosses who were typically despotic in their treatment of workers. In this environment, the mixtures and Indians created their own version of la verdad (lah vahr-DAD), or the truth, making it whatever would help protect them from the arbitrary and often brutal dictates of the people who ruled the country for their own personal benefit…and for the first 300 years for the benefit of Spain....Read More >>

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