Spain’s colonization of Mexico did not end with the fall of the Aztecs in 1521—it began a 300-year transformation. Through conquest, forced labor systems like the encomienda, aggressive missionary ...

Before the inauguration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on October 1, her first diplomatic conflict had already begun. Although she invited the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, to her ...

In a new book, Paul Gillingham tells the story of a nation that has thrived because of its diversity, not in spite of it. A 17th-century depiction of the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlán, the capital ...