#Benito Juarez

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Exterior de la tumba de Juárez, Ciudad de México en 1908.

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"Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz." — Benito Juárez

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Did u know that mexico was once technically under the french empire?

Yeah, do you know the whole 5th of may thing? well it's a celebration of the battle that the mexican state (with the help of indigenous people) won against the french, but they didn't won the war.

So, context. After mexico got its "independence" there were several other states that wanted to take over it: spain, britain, usa, and france. So the french try first through whats called "the war of the cakes" which sounds so much fun than it actually was (a lawsuit that some french bakers put out against the goverment after some people trashed their business). Anyways things happened and this powers (except the usa) decided that the mexican state owe them money so it started to pay whats called "the foreign debt or la deuda externa" which continues to exist 'till this day. Things happen again and now Benito Juarez, Jalisco native of indigineous heritage, masonero (sortof part of the ilumanti? i think?) and face of the Liberal Party whose motto was "The respect to the right of others makes peace", becames president, and decides to just stop paying said debt.

The european powers were angry and they threaten with invasion, but alas, Benito was like wait "abrazos no balazos or hugs not guns. " (reference to the current president of México) "and you win, I'll pay you the money", and the powers were like, you know what, yeah, and retreated. All except the french. (It was the third french empire? The one with Napoléon the third), who decided to invade México, again with around 6 thousand soldiers, which some die in the battle of puebla but at the end they were able to get into CDMX. Making it now part of the french empire.

However it wasn't like Napoleon the 3rd would've wanted to administrate the state/piece of land/ whatever it was at the time, plus he had wanted to established a local economy. So he talked to the Conservative party in México about what where their ideas for a candidate, and they said, a monarch (european obvs.) that was Catholic, and they ended up finding Maximiliano de Hasburgo, an austrian archiduque. Legend has it that the man was like "I'm not going unless the people in México want me to be their "king" or something like it. To which of course the conservative party was like "of course, they love you" (they didn't?? Like you'll see its weird).

Max de Asburgo arrived to Veracruz two years after the Battle of Puebla (aka 5th of May) in May, 1864 and then later made a big entrance to the Capital and all. He was the one that was like, you know what "we should built a castle near this lake that's called mountain of the crickets" which is why we now have the Castillo de Chapultepec, he put in vogue the fashion of having the president reside in a Castle until the presidential palace? home? in Los Pinos was created, which has been changed once again by the current president, who was like "fuck that, I'm staying at the castle" (i think, memory is a bit illusive). That being said, is important to note that Benito hadn't dissapeared, he still had a goverment, that changed headquarters everytime the conservative/imperial forces knocked, but he was there and he was fighting.

So, the arguments between the liberals and the conservatives, have to do with how the state is administrated in based of three key factors: 1st Republic (aka USA model) vz Monarchy (aka european model) 2nd Centralist vz Federalist and 3rd a lay goverment vz a religious one. And Conservatives where very you know, vocal about their religion and how México should be yk a Catholic State, and it WAS, but freedom of religion allowed to people to persue other spiritual/religious avenues therefore weakening the power of the church. And Max didn't only do that, he also took away the good of the chuch and nationalized them, and ecleciastic juristiction- which limit the role of the church in tribunals and stuff.

Max wasn't what conservatives expected. He did ruled under a monarchy, though I think we should know it wasn't an absolutist one, HE had the executive power and when he wasn't present her wife had it (She's a controversial figure some love her some hate her, she has a corrido in her name titled goodbye mom Carlota which refers to when she was exiled after her husband was murdered, but i'm getting ahead of myself). The lesgislative power was manged by the congress of ministers, and the judicial by the tribunal of accounts. But the most important part was that He made the law under which the empire would be mange in accordance to european LIBERAL principles as: personal freedom, equality under law, personal security, people not being able to enter your home without explicit permission, freedom of expresion (or more acurrately freedom of the press), freedom of work, and the most important for the historical context freedom of RELIGION.

Anyways, 2 years later the French lost against the Gringos in some battle, and they are like "we're out of north america" (they still had the french guayana, and i think still do? so they're still in america but they left México). So they retire the french troops that were in México and practically left Max and Carlota to fend for themselves. Things didn't look great for Max the conservatives hated him for being a liberal and the liberals for being a conservative, Benito had taken the opportunity of the french retiring to seized power and get back into the presidential seat. Benito told Max "Go back to where you came from" or something like it, and Max did wanted to go back to Austria but his mom and brother back there were like "And come back as a COWARD, a fail Monarch. No, you stay there and die like men".

And that's tecnically how México was part of the French empire under austrian administration. As always take anything I say with big excepticism, enjoy your 5th of May celebrations.

And die like men he did. The republican party, the one of Benito, held him a trial found him guilty and tie his hands, blindfolded him, and then shoot him to dead the 19 of July 1867. Legend has it that before he was shot he said the following words "Let the blood spilled by my death heal the wounds of México." His blood, however, did not heal any wounds.

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Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, installed as Emperor of Mexico by French Emperor Napoleon III in 1864, is executed in Queretaro, Mexico, at 6:40 a.m. by order of Benito Juarez, the president of the Mexican Republic. June 19, 1867.

Subscriber Content Add content here that will only be visible to your subscribers. Payment Image: Print of the execution of Maximilian in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. June 19, 1867. (Public Domain) On this day in history, Austrian Archduke Ferdinand , installed as Emperor of Mexico by French Emperor Napoleon III in 1864, is executed in Queretaro, Mexico, at 6:40 a.m. by order of Benito…

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TODAY'S VIEWING 1939

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Feliz primavera dices tup

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MWW Artwork of the Day (5/5/23) José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883-1949) Juarez & Fall of Empire (1948) Fresco National History Museum, Mexico City

Benito Juárez (1806–1872) was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico. He resisted the French occupation of Mexico, overthrew the Second Mexican Empire, restored the Republic, and used liberal efforts to modernize the country. "La Reforma" represented the triumph of Mexico's liberal, federalist, anti-clerical, and pro-capitalist forces over the conservative, centralist, corporatist, and theocratic elements that sought to reconstitute a locally-run version of the old colonial system

Orozco is a featured artist in this MWW exhibit/gallery: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.327655050673204&type=3

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Another book that actually is what it claims to be:

It is a short history of the French intervention in Mexico in the 1860s and the abortive second Mexican Empire. All part of the consolidation under Benito Juarez and eventually Porofirio Diaz of Mexico as an actually coherent state. The War of the Reform was the inevitable product of the specific role of the Catholic Church in colonial New Spain and the decades of Santa Anna's bumbling. The Mexican Right bellowed bloody murder and decided to look to the younger brother of Franz Josef to turn around their defeat in the War of the Reform.

For the short term, aside from the Battle of Puebla, Maximilian was able to wield the man who spent the Franco-Prussian War stabbing both the Second Empire and the Third Republic in the back as his main spearhead of holding power by fairly brutal means while believing himself a liberal. The result was, essentially, a North American analogue to the Vietnam War with Maximilian as Nyguen Van Thieu and Juarez as Ho Chih Minh and Le Duan.

The Republic lost far more battles than it won and yet the capital fell in a last dramatic set of events and the leaders of the defeated side either became boat people or were shot outright. The irony, of course, is that this was simultaneous to Napoleon III setting in motion French colonialism in Indochina and the historical mirror that followed a century later.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day from CDMX

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A few chapters later and there’s another works cited including some about the Franco-Mexican war in the 19th century. Which, as a former resident of Oaxaca de Juárez, is probably my favorite bit of Mexican history. Everyone should know about Benito Juárez he’s the coolest president of any country I’ve ever studied.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Juárez

The fic I’m reading had a lil works cited at the end of the chapter about the history of dairy farming in the NW US at the end of the 19th century. 🥹🥰

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Pozole: El Maíz Transformado en Tradición y Cultura"

El pozole es un plato tradicional mexicano conocido por su sabor distintivo y su importancia en la cultura culinaria de México. Se trata de una sopa espesa hecha a base de maíz hominy y carne, con una variedad de ingredientes y condimentos según la región. Historia y Origen:El pozole tiene sus raíces en las antiguas culturas mesoamericanas, como los aztecas y los mayas, quienes ya consumían un…

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"CINCO DE MAYO" Battle of Puebla 1862" by Carl D'Agostino

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Reblogging that last post from someone with an Obi-Wan icon made me decide that what I'm going to do to unwind on this day off is read codywan coffee shop aus

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Happy Spring! ☀️🪻🏵️