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La Llorona

La Llorona
The Weeping Ghost of Latin America's Past
Mexico's infamous "weeping ghost" has many incarnations: a jilted widow, a slave princess, a milk addict, a coffee bag, and a pair of panties.
Malinche (c.1496-1529)
The Maligned Mother of Mexico
Sold into sexual slavery to Hernan Cortes, this maligned woman became his interpreter, and it was with her words that the Aztec Empire fell.

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