¡Viva la revolucíon!

I wouldn’t say “little known”, but this facebook post (by Judit Megal) captures the essentials quite nicely:

A little know fact about the Mexican Revolution:

It started because of conditions similar to what you see around the world today:

-A President who gave too much of the Country’s National Resources away,

-Foreign corporations exploited the national workforce and took the profits out of the country,

– Most of the rural folk didn’t own the land they lived and worked on, only less than 0.10% of The Indigenous People owned any land at all, instead 1,000 Families owned most of the Gran country of Mexico.

– The Government ruled by a strongarm and forced dictatorship on the country.

– Taxes were high, profits were taken out of the country, the Rich Elit enjoyed all the cream while the country’s workmen were kept under.

It all changed in 1908 after the situation reached a boiling point.

Fransico I. Madero, a young educated son of a Rich Farmers family openly opposed the President and ran against him in the Elections.

– The Elections were forged, Madero was imprisoned, and the old ruler stayed in power.

– Madero escaped across the border and started planning the Political change needed in Mexico.

-On 20 of November, 1910, Madero announced his political program; to overthrow Diaz, to organize a Democracy, and return to the Indigenous Communities the Land that was stolen from them.

That announcement ignited the fires of the revolution.

Although on the 6th of November 1911, Madero was elected and the old president was exiled, that was only the first chapter.

For the next 20 years, there were many internal conflicts and disagreements about the road ahead between all parts of Mexican society. Although these years are considered part of The Mexican Revolution they also qualify as Civil War.

The last internal armed conflict happened in 1926 and was resolved a year later.

¡Viva México! ¡Viva México!

¡Que Viva México!