A Cinco De Mayo Focus On Hispanic Politics

It is the Cinco De Mayo or the fifth of May. For those uninitiated it is a day that we Texans, in particular, pay considerable attention to because a brave Tejano led the Mexican forces to victory at the Battle of Puebla. (This all happened back when Texas was part of Mexico). General Ignacio Zaragoza came from the community now known as Goliad. His one-line letter he wrote to President Benito Juárez to inform him about the Mexican victory over the French will forever go down in history - "The national arms have been covered with glory".

Stace at Dos Centavos has an excellent history of the battle and it's historical ramifications.

Like others let me jump into the spirit of the day, here is a video of an interview I gave on the Ron Whitlock Show that focused on Hispanic politics in the United States.