alejandra bologna: thank you so much for having me. damian: well, thank you for being here. we're gonna talk later on in the show about cinco de mayo. for us pochos it means a lot of cultural pride, but in mexico, for mexicanos, what is cinco de mayo? alejandra: well, it's really interesting starting about what is the difference between here in mexico and the celebration in the united states of cinco de mayo. for mexico, it was a battle that was held in 1862. it was the invasion of the french army ruled by napoleon. so, it was the most important army in the world at that time, and in puebla, ignacio zaragoza defeated the army, the french army, so that's why it's a special moment of our history against an invasion of a foreign country that in that battle was the mexican army. that it was inferior, defeat the most powerful army in the world. so, the celebration it's less than or has not the same meaning as the independence day that as you know is on september 16th, but what is important is that during those periods, there was a lot of connection with californians, and that whe