Back then, avocados were called the Nahuatl word huacatlwhich also happened to mean testicles. Scholars think the Nahua chose the name because of the fruit has a, uh, suggestive shape and was ...

“The Aztecs and other Nahua people living in what is now central Mexico held a cyclical view of the universe, and saw death as an integral, ever-present part of life. Upon dying, a person was ...

His last column, Gustavo Esteva titled “The End of Illusion”, and in it he denounced the eviction of Nahua communities, not only revealing the systematic attack on defenseless groups ...