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José De León Toral
José de León Toral (December 23, 1900 – February 9, 1929) was a Roman Catholic who assassinated General Álvaro Obregón, then- president elect of Mexico, in 1928. Early life León Toral was born in Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, into a family of Catholic miners. He moved to Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution and witnessed General Obregón closing churches and arresting priests who were suspected of supporting ex-President Victoriano Huerta. In 1920, he joined the National League for the Defense of Religious Freedom, which opposed the governments of Obregón (1920–1924) and Plutarco Elías Calles, and he reportedly was also involved in the Cristero movement. Background During the Calles administration, oppression against the Catholic Church greatly expanded in 1926 under the Calles Law, which provided for the execution of priests and other individuals who violated provisions of the 1917 Constitution. Wearing clerical garb in public outside church buildings was pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matehuala
Matehuala is the second most important city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It is located at around , at an elevation of about 1,500 m. Matehuala is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name, located in the northern part of the state, on the border with the southwestern corner of Nuevo León. The city of Matehuala population is of 176,876. The municipality has an area of . Government Municipal presidents Notable people *Juan José Ortega - film director and producer (1904–1996) Notable buildings * Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Matehuala has the same architectural style as the Church of Saint Joseph des Brotteaux, in Lyon, France. Its construction started in 1898 and was never finished. * Iglesia Santísima de Guadalupe See also *Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Matehuala The Immaculate Conception Cathedral ( es, Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción), also Matehuala Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral located in the city of Matehuala, in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plutarco Elías Calles
Plutarco Elías Calles (25 September 1877 – 19 October 1945) was a general in the Mexican Revolution and a Sonoran politician, serving as President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. The 1924 Calles presidential campaign was the first populist presidential campaign in Mexico's history, as he called for land redistribution and promised equal justice, expanded education, further labor rights, and democratic governance. After Calles' populist phase (1924–1926) he was committed to separating church from state (1926–1928), passing several anticlerical laws that resulted in the Cristero War. Calles is most noted for his founding of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1929, which ensured political stability in the wake of the assassination of president-elect Alvaro Obregón in 1928. Including its two subsequent incarnations the party held power continuously from 1929 to 1997, and was not defeated in a presidential election until 2000. After the end of his term, Calles contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toral Execution , a municipality in Spain
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Toral may refer to: *Toral (given name) *Toral (surname) *Toral (Star Trek), a fictional character in ''Star Trek'' * Operation Toral, the codename for British presence within Afghanistan post-2014 *Toral Lie algebra *''Surrender of General Toral'', an 1898 film *Toral de los Guzmanes, a municipality in Spain *Toral de los Vados Toral de los Vados is a village and municipality located in the region of El Bierzo (province of León, Castile and León, Spain) . According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Chamber Of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: ''Cámara de Diputados'', ) is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, the bicameral parliament of Mexico. The other chamber is the Senate. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the constitution. History Bicameral legislature, including the Chamber of Deputies, was established on 4 October 1824. Unicameral Congress was in place from 7 September 1857 to 13 November 1874. After being drafted, one copy of the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire was given to the Provisional Governmental Board, which was later put on display in the Chamber of Deputies until 1909, when fire destroyed the location. Composition The Chamber of Deputies is composed of one federal representative (in Spanish: ''diputado federal'') for every 200,000 citizens. The Chamber has 500 members, elected using the parallel voting system. Elections are every 3 years. Of these, 300 "majority deputie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarón Sáenz Garza
Aarón Sáenz Garza (1 June 1891 – 26 February 1983) was a Mexican politician. Biography He was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León. Sáenz Garza served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs during Calles' time as president. During his tenure, he continuously defended the Calles Administration's decision to cut oil to the United States when US Secretary of State Frank Kellog tried to bargain for a deal. He soon became Governor of Nuevo León and maintained close ties with Calles; as governor, he even sat with Calles when he questioned the assassin of President-elect Alvaro Obregon in 1928. It was also announced that Calles had plans to nominate him as the Chairman of the National Revolutionary Party. President Pascual Ortiz Rubio appointed him Secretary of Public Education in February 1930. By 1934, Saenz had been dubbed as the "Shadow of Calles" and was named Governor of Mexico's Federal District by Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas. Cardenas and the Mexican Congress, however, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Ángel
San Ángel is a Colonia (Mexico), colonia or neighborhood of Mexico City, located in the southwest in Álvaro Obregón, D.F., Álvaro Obregón borough. Historically, it was a rural community, called Tenanitla in the pre-Hispanic period. Its current name is derived from the El Carmen monastery school called San Ángel Mártir. San Ángel remained a rural community, centered on the monastery until the 19th and 20th centuries, when the monastery was closed and when the area joined urban sprawl of Mexico City. However, the area still contains many of its former historic buildings and El Carmen is one of the most visited museums in the city. It is also home to an annual flower fair called the Feria de las Flores, held since 1856. In 1934, San Ángel was declared as a ''Pueblo Típico Pintoresco'' (Picturesque Typical Town); in 1987, due to presidential order, it was declared historical monument zone. Geography San Ángel is located in the southwest of the Federal District of Mexico alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concepción Acevedo De La Llata
Concepción (Spanish for ''conception'') refers to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to Roman Catholic Church doctrine. Concepción or Concepcion may also refer to: Geography Argentina *Concepción, Catamarca, a village *Concepción, Corrientes, a town *Concepción, Tucumán, a city *Concepción de Buena Esperanza, dead city in Chaco province *Concepción de la Sierra, Misiones Province, a village *Concepción del Bermejo, Chaco, a village *Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos, a city *Concepción Department, Argentina, Corrientes Bolivia *Concepción, Santa Cruz, a town * Concepción Lake, Chiqui, a laketos Province Chile *Bay of Concepción *Concepción, Chile *Concepción Province, Chile *Greater Concepción * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción Colombia *Concepción, Antioquia *Concepción, Santander Costa Rica *Concepción District, Alajuelita Guatemala *Concepción, Sololá *Concepción Chiquirichapa *Concepción Huista *Concepción Las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Pro
José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez, also known as Blessed Miguel Pro, SJ (January 13, 1891 – November 23, 1927) was a Mexican Jesuit priest executed under the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles on the false charges of bombing and attempted assassination of former Mexican President Álvaro Obregón.Marisol López-Menéndez, ''Miguel Pro Martyrdom, Politics, and Society in Twentieth-Century Mexico'' Rowman and Littlefield 2016; Pg. xii/ref> Pro's arrest, lack of trial, and evidential support gained prominence during the Cristero War. Known for his religious piety and innocence, he was beatified in Rome on September 25, 1988, by Pope John Paul II as a Catholic martyr, killed ''in odium fidei'' (in hatred of the faith). Historical background At the time of Pro's death, Mexico was ruled by fiercely anti-clerical and anti-Catholic President Plutarco Elías Calles who had begun what writer Graham Greene called the "fiercest persecution of religion anywhere since the reign o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humberto Pro
Humberto is a Portuguese and Spanish masculine given name of Germanic origin. It may refer to: * Humberto Aguilar Coronado * Humberto Ak'ab'al *Humberto Albiñana * Humberto Albornoz *Humberto Alonso Morelli * Humberto Alonso Razo *Humberto Andrade Quezada *Humberto André Redes Filho * Humberto Anguiano *Humberto Arencibia *Humberto Aspitia * Humberto Ballesteros *Humberto Barbosa *Humberto Bedford *Humberto Benítez Treviño * Humberto Biazotti *Humberto Blasco * Humberto Brenes *Humberto Briceño *Humberto Briseño Sierra *Humberto Bruni Lamanna * Humberto Calzada * Humberto Castellanos * Humberto Castro * Humberto Cervantes Vega * Humberto Clayber * Humberto Coelho * Humberto Contreras * Humberto Costa * Humberto Costantini * Humberto Cota *Humberto Cruz *Humberto Curi *Humberto De la Calle * Humberto Delgado *Humberto Domingo Mayans *Humberto Donoso * Humberto Dávila Esquivel *Humberto Díaz Casanueva * Humberto Elgueta *Humberto Elizondo * Humberto Fernandes *Humberto Fernánd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puppet Leader
A puppet state, puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government, is a state that is ''de jure'' independent but ''de facto'' completely dependent upon an outside power and subject to its orders.Compare: Puppet states have nominal sovereignty, but a foreign power effectively exercises control through means such as financial interests, economic, or military support. By leaving a local government in existence the outside Powers evade all responsibility, while at the same time successfully paralyzing the Government they tolerate. Puppet states are distinguished from allies, which choose their actions on their own or in accordance with treaties they voluntarily entered. Puppet states are forced into providing legal endorsement for actions already taken by a foreign power. Characteristics A puppet state preserves the external paraphernalia of independence (such as a name, flag, anthem, constitution, law codes, motto and government), but in reality it is an organ of anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chihuahua (state)
Chihuahua (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is located in northwestern Mexico, and is bordered by the states of Sonora to the west, Sinaloa to the southwest, Durango to the south, and Coahuila to the east. To the north and northeast, it shares an extensive border with the U.S. adjacent to the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas. Its capital city is Chihuahua City; the largest city is Ciudad Juárez. Although Chihuahua is primarily identified with its namesake, the Chihuahuan Desert, it has more forests than any other state in Mexico, aside from Durango. Due to its variant climate, the state has a large variety of fauna and flora. The state is mostly characterized by rugged mountainous terrain and wide river valleys. The Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range, part of the continental spine that also inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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