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Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution
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cancuntodaynews on 12/11/2011 14:57:00

Movements are characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist
and agrarian.

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The Mexican Revolution was an armed conflict, which began on November 20, 1910
with an uprising led by Francisco I. Autocratic President Madero against
Porfirio Diaz. Movements are characterized by several socialist, liberal,
anarchist, populist and agrarian. Although in principle it was a struggle
against the established order, eventually became a civil war is often seen as
the political and social event of the twentieth century in Mexico.
The history of conflict dating back to the situation in Mexico under the
Porfiriato. Since 1876, General Porfirio Diaz led Oaxacan exercise of power in
the country in a dictatorial. This went on for 34 years, during which Mexico
experienced remarkable economic growth and political stability. These
achievements were made with high economic and social costs, they paid less
privileged strata of society and political opposition to the Diaz regime. During
the first decade of the twentieth century several crises erupted in various
areas of national life, reflecting the growing dissatisfaction of some sectors
with the Porfiriato.
When Diaz said in an interview that he would retire at the end of his term
without seeking re-election, the political situation began to stir. The
opposition claimed the government relevant to the position expressed by Diaz. In
this context, Francisco I. Madero made several tours in the country to form a
political party to elect their candidates in a national assembly and compete in
elections. Diaz launched a new bid for the presidency and Madero was arrested in
San Luis Potosi for sedition. During his stay in prison were held the elections
that gave the victory to Diaz.
Madero escaped from state prison and fled to the United States. From San Antonio
proclaimed the Plan de San Luis, who called to take up arms against the
government of Diaz on November 20, 1910. The armed conflict in the first
instance took place north of the country and later spread to other parts of the
country. Once the rebels occupied Ciudad Juarez (Chihuahua), Porfirio Díaz
resigned and went into exile in France.
In 1911 elections were held where Madero was elected. Since the beginning of his
mandate had differences with other revolutionary leaders, which led to the rise
of Emiliano Zapata and Pascual Orozco against the Madero government. In 1913 a
counterrevolutionary movement led by Felix Diaz and Bernardo Reyes Huerta led a
coup. The military uprising, known as the Ten Tragic Days, ended with the murder
of Madero, his brother Gustavo and Vice President Pino Suarez. Huerta became
president, which caused the reaction of several revolutionary leaders such as
Francisco Villa and Venustiano Carranza. After just over a year of struggle, and
after the U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Huerta resigned the presidency and fled
the country.
From that event deepened the differences between the factions that had fought
against Huerta, triggering new conflicts. Carranza, head of the revolution under
the Plan of Guadalupe, called on all forces to the Convention of Aguascalientes
to name a single leader. At that meeting, Gutierrez was appointed president, but
hostilities resumed when Carranza ignored the agreement. After defeating the
Convention, the Constitutionalists were able to begin work on drafting a new
constitution and bring Carranza as president in 1917.
Factional fighting was far from over. In the rearrangement of the main forces
were killed revolutionary leaders: Zapata in 1919, Carranza in 1920, Villa in
1923, Obregón in 1928.There is currently no consensus on when it ended the
revolutionary process. Some sources place it in the year 1917, with the
proclamation of the Mexican Constitution, some others in 1920 under the
presidency of Adolfo de la Huerta and 1924 with that of Plutarco Elias Calles.
There are even some who claim that the process is continued until the 1940’s.