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All: tequila, tequila! - without sampling the local beverage. in moderation, of course. [exhales deeply] ooh, ooh! [laughing] [steady music] jalisco s capital, guadalajara, is mexico s second city. it s vibrant and exciting, with t-shirt weather all year round. the locals proudly call themselves tapatíos, a nickname meaning triple the worth. you can see from the vibe here, guadalajarans are proud to be the face of contemporary mexico. - hola. - hola. ¿cómo estás? wendy perez has been eating her way through guadalajara in her 25 years as a food writer. like, that s the best job ever.
Eva Longoria visits the state of Jalisco, where much of what is seen is quintessentially Mexican originated. She also discovers that the state capital,.
Of indigenous and european influences. oh, my god, there s so many. - sí, claro. - this combination, known as mestizo, is at the heart of mexican cultural identity. a century ago, as the civil war had left the country destitute and divided, to unite the population, the new government promoted the ideology of mestizo. politicians, educators, and artists like diego rivera and frida kahlo came together to celebrate the birth of a nation like no other, one where european and indigenous people were rooted equally together. this movement is what helped to make mexico unique. - and what helped inspire fabián s mole. so you fry the chile. that s where the love and patience comes in? you have to do all of those? oh, my god, i ll see you in the table.
Through their expertise, these cattle wranglers began to earn their own status. then as rural communities started to feel disenfranchised, the charros used this status to fight for their rights. - [shouting in spanish] - it was the charros who helped establish mexico as a constitutional republic. in 1910, during the bloody civil war, two charros, emiliano zapata and pancho villa, led rural uprisings that helped depose porfirio diaz, mexico s longest-standing dictator.