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It was not and could have been

Thinking about today's social reality in Latin America always leaves a question floating in the air about what might have been but was not, had not been given to place the conquest of America by the English Crown or other European nations that joined after the English New World adventure. It may be released at the imagination to run wild as a colt through the grasslands of the assumptions and make an imaginary utopia always supported the wishes rather than the possible realities that times have brought to all those people then, that today are in part but also in part be stopped in the process of mestizaje that took place between indigenous and foreign, between natives and outsiders.

Surely the final migration process that came with the encounter of two worlds would have happened shortly after 1492 have not materialized at that time, indeed, might even say that this significant date is merely the culmination of a few meetings already had been over previous centuries but from then officially start with globalization. It has been proven through archeology, as well as genetically, the encounters between the two worlds came long before Columbus reached the Americas, including the Nahua mythology, Olmec, Toltec, Mayan and Aztec deities are European or at least clearly features of the old continent, such as Quetzalcoatl. Therefore, these foreign influences and began to give from the moment the first European to set foot on the new continent.

However, whenever we start from that not so long ago October 12 to jump on the bandwagon of the assumptions and the possibilities of what would have happened not so traumatically altered the future, because we must understand that the meeting marked a before and after in the history of America and therefore in the future of their peoples. To try to imagine how society would be today without this European influence, it might be interesting check or compare the differences or similarities in the society of that time, especially in the context of the Nahua people, and by extension in Mexico and Central America in English.

The lifestyle was varied among the peoples of the highlands of Mexico and elsewhere in Central America, but if we look in more developed cultures, such as the Olmec, Toltec and Aztec were many similarities between native and European courts . Both the side and the other liked to have clowns, dwarves and fun pages for kings and courtiers, as was also similar restrictive and oppressive sense of priests and religious. However, there was a clear difference from the American monarchs who shared the dual role of priest, while the European monarchies, although they had much influence religions, kings were not priests. Similarly, there were also differences between each other, in the native one was more restrictive with their own than with strangers while the alien is punished equally.

In other mundane issues, such as ethyl and sexual excesses, for the Americans were a clear sin, however, for excess ethyl Europeans were not so. That same difference when the priests gave Europeans pointed to someone guilty of damnation, chasing him everywhere, unlike pre-Hispanic, indicated only as impious to his people and the failure was considered worse as high hierarchy. Compliance with the rules themselves social, moral and religious, were more an honor to race a clear obligation, so to cohabitants of other tribes, especially those who had different customs even more licentious called attention to them.

A Native American monarchs, unlike the Europeans, would have never thought to ask a religious exemption to earn heaven or paying bribes or favoritism so what was practiced by native kings what Europeans only preached. The picaresque, deception, envy, resentment, greed, ambition or any other human weaknesses also were between the American societies, however, to the chiefs Aboriginal values \u200b\u200bas their word, honor, sincerity and obedience to one's conscience was rife, while for the Europeans were just sophistry with which better deceive his opponents. For its part, the two peoples agreed on many attitudes, such as superstition, divination, witchcraft, promiscuity or taste for parties and laziness, yet there basic differences, the Aztecs worshiped the old and the English less so. Also among the Aztecs gave ethyl permissiveness and sexual issues, both old and old women, while for Europeans it was an aberration.

Women for the Aztecs, occupied an important role in society, in contrast to Europeans, for it seemed that neither exist. Although the Aztecs were also sexist, there was no shame between them or failed to women participation in their legends. Aztec women fought, loved and gave birth to both the Aboriginal and with foreigners, while English, when children gave birth brown with curly hair were given by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Usually religions are cruel, first and second, because if the English complained about the native human sacrifices did the same for torture.

can say that the understanding between the great lords was difficult, impossible, quite the opposite of what happened to the people, that the differences between both cultures were overcome with time and giving a quick syncretism, which highlighted the existence of more meeting points than disagreement. Something very different from what happened to the indigenous peoples of North America and Anglo-Saxon conquerors, far from extracts created Creole and Latin America, Native Americans fled to take refuge in their land. In short, in a way, this cultural syncretism, while he has led the merger of two towns, has preserved the customs of both sides of the Atlantic.