Modern Usage and Supporters
A current usage of "reconquista" was advanced by Chicano activists of the 1970s to describe plans for the creation of a mythical Aztec homeland called Aztlán. Aztlán was the mythic origin of the Azteca people who migrated to the area known as Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City).
Other groups, like the National Will Organization identify themselves with the modern Hispanic Mexico, which they see as deprived of its northern territories after the Mexican War. Other groups that support the concept of Reconquista include the Mexica Movement and Voz de Aztlan.
Read more about this topic: Reconquista (Mexico)
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