How the United States Stole Mexico

Increasingly, Trump has his sights set on Mexico—promising to send in US troops in the name of fighting cartels and advancing a so-called drug war policy. But Trump’s actions harken back to an era of US empire much, much older.<br /><br />See, Mexico has withstood a long history of foreign intervention by the Spanish, French, and multiple times by the United States.<br /><br />In 1848, Mexico lost more than half its territory to the United States. The US states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and more used to be part of Mexico. <br /><br />Today, host Michael Fox visits Mexico’s National Museum of Interventions in Mexico City, and we look back at the devastating history of foreign intervention in Mexico amid Trump’s threats against Mexico and elsewhere in the region today.<br /><br />This is Episode 9 of <a href="https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Under the Shadow</a>, Season 2. <a href="https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Under the Shadow</a> is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump administration’s onslaught on Latin America.<br /><br />Hosted by Latin America-based journalist <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mfox" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Michael Fox</a>.<br /><br />This podcast is produced in partnership between <a href="https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Real News Network</a> and <a href="https://nacla.org/under-shadow" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">NACLA</a>.<br /><br />Theme music by Michael Fox’s band, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nexDyQCZI89JH8zsYu5wa" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Monte Perdido</a>. 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Hosted, written, produced, mixed, and edited by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mfox" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Michael Fox</a>.<br /><br /><b>Guests</b><br /><ul><li><a href="https://x.com/llchristyll" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Christy Thornton</a>, Associate Professor of History at <a href="https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/christy-thornton.html?challenge=d06e90d7-4d8f-4b88-9d8c-10b73beb60f1" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">NYU</a></li></ul><b>Resources</b><br /><ul><li>Here is the link to Mexico’s <a href="https://mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx/venues/national-museum-interventions/?lang=en" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">National Museum of Interventions</a>.</li><li>You can check out <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/mfox" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Michael Fox’s Patreon</a> to see exclusive pictures of the museum and the wall out front.</li><li>Here is the episode of Michael Fox’s podcast Stories of Resistance about the <a href="https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resistance-the-saint-patricks-battalion" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">St. Patrick’s Brigade</a>.</li><li>This is Christy Thornton’s book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christy-Thornton-ebook/dp/B08P32WBLS?ref_=ast_author_dp&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy.</a></li></ul><b>Under the Shadow, Season 1</b><br /><ul><li><a href="https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">You can check out the first season of Under the Shadow by clicking here</a></li><li><a href="https://therealnews.com/the-beginning-monroe-and-migration-under-the-shadow-episode-1" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Beginning: Monroe and migration | Under the Shadow, Episode 1</a></li><li><a href="https://therealnews.com/panama-us-invasion-under-the-shadow-episode-13" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Panama. 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