Kent Paterson is a freelance journalist who covers the southwestern United States, the border region and Mexico. He is a regular contributor to CounterPunch and the Americas Program.

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo opened a Wednesday news conference in Mexico City with a 17th Century map of North and South America as a backdrop. "Obviously the Gulf of Mexico is recognized by the United ...

The same technique is also used for the borders of the image and in the frame. Enconchada paintings were first produced in Mexico in the 17th century in the workshop of brothers called González.