“Adiós Mamá Carlota” Mingles Regal Ruler & Ghostly Dreams, at The Stage, San Jose
Luis Valdez Uses Mexican History to Expose Imperial Fantasy by Cynthia K. Lopez Most accounts of the short two-year reign in Mexico of Emperor Maximilian and Empress Carlota recount horrors from the Mexican point of view. The imperialist invasion in 1862 led to their European-imposed rule, the ouster of democratically elected Mexican President Benito…
