Mexico and its Imperial Dream - a podcast by Allen Perez

Soon after Mexico achieved its independence from Spain, there were several people within Mexico who looked at the remaining Spanish possessions in the region and started to develop dreams of expansion and grandeur. With Spain's dominance of the region fading, Mexican political leaders felt it would only be correct to for Mexico to fill the void left behind by Spain and assume control over the remaining territories as a means of assuring Mexican and Latin American independence but also to give Mexico its rightful position on the world's stage.  The annexation of Cuba, plays an interesting role in Mexican history as it has an interesting end result. 

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