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Thread #108337   Message #2253310
Posted By: pdq
04-Feb-08 - 01:40 PM
Thread Name: Songs of the Mexican revolution
Subject: RE: Songs of the Mexican revolution
JJT...if you intend this thread to exclusively about Pancho Villa, why the title "Songs of the Mexican revolution?".

There were at least three revolutions is modern Mexico. We call our separation from Britian a revolution, Mexicans call their separation one also. That was in 1821.

Another revolution was started in 1854 by Diaz and other reformers, who finally tossed out General Santa Anna, a Spaniard and a crooked thug. Their goals included a secular education system that would welcome all citizens, not just sons and daughters of the elite.

The revolution you suggest happened between about 1910 and 1920 and involved the replacing of an aged Diaz with a different group of thugs and crooks.

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