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Filipino influences in Mexico

Posted 14 April 2006 21:25 GMT

Spanish trade routes helped the exchange of ideas and influences between the colonies in America and Asia. Milkphish visits Mexico and finds things that originated in the Philippines.

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Written byPreetam Rai

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