Mexican Revolution
by Érika Carrillo | published: 11/18/2006
On November 20th Mexico commemorates the Revolution.
The parade Revolution Day is celebrated throughout Mexico, and since it is a federal holiday the majority of people have the day off from work. In each city there are civic events and a color guard to remember the heroes. On this day people march through the main streets and schools and local institutions participate with cheerleaders and acrobats. To watch the parade, how about breakfast along the Malecón? Bring the family and enjoy the show in front of the ocean. This weekend, the restaurant and bars along the Malecón are for the other revolutionaries. But why did the Mexicans revolt? Madero, Villa, Zapata The decades of 1910 and 1920 were the scene of a series of social revolts that intended to transform the social and political system created by the then President, Porfirio Díaz. Díaz, although he integrated Mexico in the wave of "progress," he had landed on the bad side of the Mexicans after his 30 year residence in power. Francisco Madero, a rich land owner from northern Mexico, put his hat in the ring for the elections of 1910. Even though Madero triumphed, Díaz had Madero incarcerated and claimed victory for himself. Taking refuge in San Antonio, Texas, Madero wrote the Plan de San Luis Potosí in which he denounced the electoral fraud and declared himself the Provisional President of the Republic and encouraged the population to raise arms on November 20 of the same year. Two so-called great men came along with their troops: in the north Pancho Villa against the municipal government, and in the south Emiliano Zapata against the local chiefs. Mexico Unbalanced Villa and Zapata mobilized the rural population, ruthlessly battling and laboring until their assassination by state troops in 1919. The situation of the country was unstable. Madero, Victoriano Huerta, Venustiano Carranza, and then Álvero Obergón passed through the presidential post. Laws were developed that protected the workers, railway men, and farmers and the Constitution of 1917 was created, the document that still governs Mexcio today. Socially, the revolution became a way of life, emerging from it the figure of La Adelita, the woman revolutionary, and the embarrassingly famous song La Cucaracha, that makes reference to the soldiers in the war. Although for the majority of the people the revolution ended in 1920, guerrillas existed until 1934, and Lázaro Cárdenas is considered the last president that followed the Revolutionary thought. November 20th Mexican Revolution° 8:00am - Civic Ceremony Hoisting of a monumental flag at full mast Unidad Deportiva Agustín Flores Contreras. ° 8:00am - Sport Civic Parade Plaza Lázaro Cárdenas, Ignacio L. Vallarta, Morelos, Av. México & finish in Ley supermarket |
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