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Battle Of Parque (1912)
The Battle of Parque was a battle during the Mexican Revolution, where Emiliano Zapata and his supporters rebelling against president Francisco I. Madero, who had recently overthrown the previous president Porfirio Díaz. A group of Zapata's supporters attempted to ambush a train containing 27 Mexican Rurales under the command of the American Soldier of Fortune, Emil Lewis Holmdahl. Plan of Ayala and Zapata's Rebellion Against Madero Compromises between the Madero and Zapata failed in November 1911, days after Madero was elected president. Zapata and Otilio Montaño Sánchez, a former school teacher, fled to the mountains of southwest Puebla. There they promulgated the most radical reform plan in Mexico, the Plan de Ayala (Plan of Ayala). The plan declared Madero a traitor, named as head of the revolution Pascual Orozco, the victorious general who captured Ciudad Juárez in 1911 forcing the resignation of Díaz. He outlined a plan for true land reform. Zapata ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its replacement by a Liberation Army of the South, revolutionary army, and the transformation of Mexican culture and Federal government of Mexico, government. The northern Constitutionalists in the Mexican Revolution, Constitutionalist faction prevailed on the battlefield and drafted the present-day Constitution of Mexico, which aimed to create a strong central government. Revolutionary generals held power from 1920 to 1940. The revolutionary conflict was primarily a civil war, but foreign powers, having important economic and strategic interests in Mexico, figured in the outcome of Mexico's power struggles; United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution, the U.S. involvement was particularly high. The conflict led to the deaths of around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. A Zapotec peoples, Zapotec, he was the first Indigenous peoples of Mexico, Indigenous president of Mexico and the first democratically elected Indigenous president in the postcolonial Latin America. A member of the Liberal Party (Mexico), Liberal Party, he previously held a number of offices, including the Governor of Oaxaca, governorship of Oaxaca and the presidency of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Supreme Court. During his presidency, he led the Liberals to victory in the Reform War and in the Second French intervention in Mexico. Born in Oaxaca to a poor rural Indigenous peoples of Mexico, Indigenous family and orphaned as a child, Juárez passed into the care of his uncle, eventually moving to Oaxaca City at the age of 12, where he found work as a domes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jolalpan
Jolalpan Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar .... References Municipalities of Puebla {{Puebla-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ambrosio Figueroa
Ambrosio may refer to: People *Alessandra Ambrosio (born 1981), a Brazilian model *Arturo Ambrosio (1870–1960), an Italian film producer *Fabrisia Ambrosio, Brazilian-born physical therapist and academic *Franco Ambrosio (1932–2009), an Italian businessman *Frank Ambrosio (born 1949), American philosopher *Gabriele Ambrosio (1844–1918), Italian sculptor *Giovanni Ambrosio (1420–1484), Italian dancer and writer on dance (Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro) *Luigi Ambrosio (born 1963), an Italian mathematician *Marco Ambrosio (born 1973), Italian former footballer *Rodolfo Ambrosio (born 1961), Argentine rugby union coach *Sandra Ambrosio (born 1963), Argentine former cyclist *Thomas Ambrosio (born 1971), American political scientist *Valentino Ambrosio (born 2000), American football player *Vittorio Ambrosio (1879–1958), an Italian general from World War I and World War II Other * Ambrosio (horse), a racehorse * Ambrosio Film, an Italian film production company that exis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tacubaya
Tacubaya is a Poverty in Mexico, working-class area of Mexico City in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo, D.F., Miguel Hidalgo. The ''colonia (Mexico), colonia'' Tacubaya and adjacent areas in other colonias are collectively referred to as Tacubaya. San Miguel Chapultepec sección II, Observatorio, Daniel Garza, and Ampliación Daniel Garza are also considered part of Tacubaya. The area has been inhabited since the fifth century BC. Its name comes from Nahuatl, meaning “where water is gathered.” From the Spanish colonization of the Americas , colonial period to the beginning of the 20th century, Tacubaya was an separate entity to historic center of Mexico City, Mexico City and many of the city’s wealthy residents, including viceroys, built residences there to enjoy the area’s scenery. From the mid-19th century on, Tacubaya began to urbanization, urbanize both due to the growth of Mexico City and the growth of its own population. Along with this urbanization, the are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Looting
Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as booty, loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage. Looting by a victorious army during war has been a common practice throughout recorded history. In the wake of the Napoleonic Wars and particularly after World War II, norms against wartime plunder became widely accepted. In modern armed conflicts, looting is prohibited by international law, and constitutes a war crime.Rule 52. Pillage is prohibited. ''Customary IHL Database'', International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)/Cambridge University Press. |
Pablo Torres Burgos
Pablo is a masculine given name, the Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Acha (born 1996), Spanish archer * Pablo Alarcón (born 1946), Argentine actor * Pablo Alborán (born 1989), Spanish singer * Pablo Aimar (born 1979), Argentine footballer * Pablo Armero (born 1986), Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew (born 1955), Indian photojournalist * Pablo Berger (born 1963), Spanish film director and screenwriter * Pablo de Blasis (born 1988), Argentine footballer * Pablo Brandán (born 1983), Argentine footballer * Pablo Brenes (born 1982), Costa Rican footballer * Pablo Bueno (born 1990), Argentine footballer * Pablo Carreño Busta (born 1991), Spanish tennis player * Pablo Casals (1876–1973), Catalan cello virtuoso * Pablo Cavallero (born 1974), Argentine retired footballer * Pablo Couñago (born 1979), Spanish footballer * Pablo Cuevas (born 1986), Uruguayan tennis player * Pablo Virgilio David (born 1959), Filipino cardinal, current Bishop of Kalookan * Pabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Puebla City
Puebla de Zaragoza (; ; ), formally Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, formerly Puebla de los Ángeles during colonial times, or known simply as Puebla, is the seat of Puebla Municipality. It is the capital and largest city of the state of Puebla, and the List of cities in Mexico#Top 100 cities by population, fourth-largest city in Mexico, after Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara. A New Spain, viceregal era planned city, it is located in the southern part of Central Mexico on the main route between Mexico City and Mexico's main Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic port, Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz—about east southeast of Mexico City and about west of Veracruz. The city was founded in 1531 in an area called Cuetlaxcoapan, which means "where serpents change their skin", between two of the main indigenous settlements at the time, Tlaxcala and Cholula (Mesoamerican site), Cholula. This valley was not populated in the 16th century, as in the pre-Columbian, pre-Hispanic period this area was prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Interoceanic Railway
The Interoceanic Railway of Mexico (''Ferrocarril Interoceánico de México'') was one of the primary pre-nationalization Rail transport in Mexico, railways of Mexico. Incorporated in Great Britain in 1888 to complete an unfinished project and compete with the Mexican Railway, it completed a Narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge main line from Mexico City to Veracruz (city), Veracruz in 1891. Branches included Mexico City to Puente de Ixtla (the constructed part of an incomplete line to Acapulco), Puebla, Puebla, Puebla to Cuautla, Morelos, Cuautla, Atencingo to Tlancualpicán, and a cutoff between Oriental, Puebla, Oriental and Santa Clara, Hidalgo, Santa Clara (bypassing Puebla). Through subsidiary Mexican Eastern Railroad, the Interoceanic acquired a branch from San Marcos, Puebla, San Marcos to Teziutlán in 1902, and in January 1910 it began operating the Mexican Southern Railway from Puebla to Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca under lease. The Mexican government acquired control of the Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yecapixtla
Yecapixtla ( ) is a town and municipality located in the northeast of the state of Morelos in central Mexico. Yecapixtla means, ''Land of men and women with sharp noses''. The town is home to one of the monastery complexes associated with the Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatépetl World Heritage Site. Yecapixtla is famously known for its tasty, high-quality beef, cecina (cured dry meat). The population of the municipality is 52,651 according to the 2015 census. The town was hit hard by the September 19, 2017 Puebla earthquake, in which two people died and the church was damaged.https://www.launion.com.mx/morelos/avances/noticias/113372-reportes-rapidos-despues-del-sismo-de-7-1.html (Dec 17, 2018) Town The town's historic center surrounds the church and former monastery complex of San Juan Bautista. Immediately surrounding it are the four neighborhoods established in 1550: San Pablo, La Concepción, Santa Mónica, and San Esteban. The town center around the monastery complex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jojutla
Jojutla is a municipality in the state of Morelos, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the city of ''Jojutla de Juárez''. The name ''Jojutla'' comes from Nahuatl ''Xoxōuhtlān'' () and means, ''Place of abundant blue skies''. Another interpretation is Jojutla should be written Xo-Xoutla and its etymological roots come from: ''xoxou-ki'', (dye called indigo) and ''Tla-ntli'', (teeth) to indicate abundance, so the name means: ''Place abundant in blue paint''. This meaning is corroborated by Father José Agapito Mateo Minos in ''Nohualco Tlalpixtican'' (1722), about how he saw the maceration and decanting tanks of the ''xoxouki'' plant, when it still existed in the plaza ''Zacate''. Ángela Peralta mentions a unique pyramid consisting of three parts: the ''momozok'', the turret and the ''campanile'' (tower), demolished by the colonial government. Remnants of this can be seen in the staircase of the municipal palace. Jojutla has an area of , representing 2.88% of the state. It is located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilization. Olmec works of art, currently displayed in the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City were found in the Gualupita III archeological site. The city is located south of Mexico City and reached via a 90-minute drive using the Mexican Federal Highway 95D, Federal Highway 95D. The name ''Cuernavaca'' is a phonaesthetics, euphonism derived from the Nahuatl toponym and means 'surrounded by or close to trees'. The name was Hispanicized to ''Cuernavaca''; Hernán Cortés called it ''Coadnabaced'' in his letters to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Bernal Díaz del Castillo used the name ''Cuautlavaca'' in his chronicles. The coat-of-arms of the municipality is based on the pre-Columbian pictograph emblem of the city that depicts a tree trunk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
