Benito Juárez

Many historians believe that the Mexican Revolution was the first great revolution of the twentieth century. Beginning in 1910 and ending in the 1920’s, the Revolution was a result of several economic, social, and political conflicts. However, during the course of the Revolution, many more conflicts arose. With numerous transitions of presidents and political powers and a civil war, the impact on the average Mexican citizen can be argued. Nevertheless, despite the abundance of conflicts caused…

MEXICO GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY Located at the border of the USA and south east to Gutemala is Mexico. Mexico is the 13th largest country in the world. Mexico is over 700 thousand square miles. With it being at least one fifth the size of the USA, Mexico has a population of 120 million people. Mexico can be partitioned into nine topographic locales: the Mexican Plateau, the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Sierra Madre Occidental, the Cordillera Neo-Volcánica, the Gulf Coastal Plain, the Pacific…

The influence of religion in Latin American politics, particularly between 1780 and 1990, was immeasurable. Catholicism, in particular, was frequently used as both a way to legitimize power and a method to justify certain political decisions. Though it was very influential early on in Peru, as time passed, the footholds of religion were weakened in the political sphere. For example, while Catholicism strongly influenced Tupac Amaru and his actions in Peru, the Mexican government began to push…

1. The article suggests that more diverse environments increase all students' level of critical thinking skill and I think this is true because speaking of myself I can say I’m a mix from all experiences I’ve had and all the people I met through my whole life, you can learn things like food taste, clothing, dancing and language. I personally think there are countless things we can learn from each other and the more different we are the most learning you can get.…

The beautful, exotic, South American countries we know to day were not the same as they are today. They were manipulated under the control of Spain. These countries of Latin America desired their independence, but they were silently wondering how to escape Spain, however they did not have to wait for long. There were external events that had a particularily strong impact on political thought in Latin America. The American Revolution, The French Revolution, the slave rebellions in Hati, and the…

Cinco de Mayo, known as the fifth of May in English, commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867), but a false misconception present in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day. The Battle of Puebla (May 5, 1862) occurred because Mexico did not possess the ability to allocate funding to pay back war debts to European nations, therefore, Britain, Spain, sent their naval forces to Veracruz to…

Throughout history, leadership has always played a huge role in determining a countries success. By having an influential leader, citizens of a nation are able to thrive in more than one way. Leadership allows growth, prosperity, organization, and control within a certain city, state, region, or country. In most countries, leadership is presented in the form of government. That is, an organization which has the governing authority or ruling power over the society, usually in the form of a…

One of the many changes that were seen between the 1830s to the 1890s is political and economic change. This was done with the help of many leaders as well as the progress that the country was able to accomplish with the help of modernization. Back in the 1830’s one of the biggest political forms that were in place was that of the Caudillos. “Caudillos could be found in almost every corner of Spanish America from the 1840s until the 1860s. After the 1870s, the liberal reformers rebounded and…

“Respect for the rights of other people is what constitutes peace.” –Benito Juarez. The states in the world lived anarchic world, the birth of nations in the international order always need to start by the period of diplomatic recognition, next phase of strengthening and growth, lastly, the struggle to be placed in a position in the world. In fact, the international order is the result of international cooperation and born of values that reflect the feeling of the states for international…

While The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution written by Mariano Azuela depicts the character Demetrio Macias, an Indian man, who joins forces in the revolutionary army of Francisco “Pancho” Villa and rises up the ranks from a local leader to a general. Taking place during the time of the Mexican Revolution (1910 - 1920) the conflict began as an attempt by a middle-class movement to overthrow the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz (1876 – 1911) with the goal of establishing meaningful,…