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A Business Man: Ulysses S. Grant and the Mexican Southern Railroad

By Kasandra M. Garza
Many years later following the end of his presidency, Ulysses S. Grant decided to venture on a trip to Cuba and Mexico in December of 1879. Grant’s colleagues, such as Whitelaw Reid, asserted that Grant's trip was motivated by his eagerness to make…

The Mexican Army and Hurricane Katrina: A Forgotten History

By Kasandra M. Garza
The Ejército Mexicano (Mexican Army) rolled into Nuevo Laredo on September 8, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina slammed into southern Louisiana after making landfall in New Orleans. A line of forty-five military vehicles filled with up to 195 military…
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