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On October 18, 1825, the Republic of Mexico officially declared September 16 its national Independence Day (Dia de la Independencia). Mexican Independence day, also referred to as Dieciséis de septiembre , is celebrated from the evening of September 15 with a re-creation of the Grito de Dolores by all executive office-holders (from the ...
The President rings the bell of Hidalgo and crowds gather in the Zócalo of Mexico City to shout ¡Viva México! (Long live Mexico!). Similar ceremonies are held in every state and municipality across the country. A military parade is held in Mexico City on September 16. [5] See also Fiestas Patrias (Mexico). September 27
The plant is run by Mexichem under agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos , the national petrochemical company, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, on the country's southern Gulf of Mexico coast. Pemex had an earlier fire at the same facility in February 2016 that killed one worker; also that month, an offshore Pemex Gulf platform fire killed two ...
Article 74 of the Mexican labor law (Ley Federal del Trabajo) provides that the third Monday of November (regardless the date) will be the official Day of the Revolution holiday in Mexico. This was a modification of the law made in 2005, effective since 2006; before then, it was November 20 regardless of the day, and all schools gave extended ...
Flag Day celebrations in Mexico City, 24 February 1950. The date was selected because more than a century earlier (February 25, 1821), the "Plan de Iguala" or "Plan de las tres garantías" was proclaimed by Agustin de Iturbide and General Vicente Guerrero. This plan was based in three principles: "Religion, Independence and Unity", which were ...
The break between Carranza and Villa became definitive during the Convention. "Carranza spurned it, and Villa effectively hijacked it. Mexico's lesser caudillos were forced to choose" between those two forces. [107] It was a brief pause in revolutionary violence before another all-out period of civil war ensued. Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata
Victor Leaton Ochoa (1850 Chihuahua, Mexico – 1945 Sinaloa, Mexico) was a Mexican American revolutionary, journalist, union leader, miner, prisoner and inventor. He is best known for his invention of the Ochoaplane, the electric brake, an adjustable wrench, a pen and pencil clip and a windmill.
Aguascalientes: Felipe González González PAN; Baja California. Alejandro González Alcocer PAN, until October 31.; Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN, starting November 1.; Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño PRD