Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez,known as Diego Rivera,was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.
Guadalupe Victoria,born JoséMiguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix,was a Mexican general and political leader who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence. He was a deputy in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies for Durango and a member of the Supreme Executive Power following the downfall of the First Mexican Empire. After the adoption of the Constitution of 1824,Victoria was elected as the first president of the United Mexican States.
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence. He fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century,and later served as President of Mexico. He abolished slavery on a national level during his brief term as president. Guerrero was deposed in a rebellion under Vice-President Anastasio Bustamante.
The Angel of Independence,most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel and officially known as Monumento a la Independencia,is a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare of Paseo de la Reforma in downtown Mexico City.
JoséJoaquín Antonio de Herrera was a Mexican moderate politician who served as president of Mexico three times,and as a general in the Mexican Army during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848.
Mariano Azuela Güitrón is a Mexican jurist who was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) from 1983 to 2009 and served as its President from 2003 to 2007.
Anastasio Bustamante y Oseguera was a Mexican physician,general,and politician who served as president of Mexico three times. He participated in the Mexican War of Independence initially as a royalist before siding with Agustín de Iturbide and supporting the Plan of Iguala.
Vicente Florencio Carlos Riva Palacio Guerrero better known as Vicente Riva Palacio was a Mexican liberal politician,novelist,journalist,intellectual,and military leader.
Riva Palacio may refer to:
The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is the document by which the Mexican Empire declared independence from the Spanish Empire. This founding document of the Mexican nation was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City on September 28,1821,by Juan JoséEspinosa de los Monteros,secretary of the Provisional Governmental Board.
Basque Mexicans are Mexicans of full,partial,or predominantly Basque ancestry,or Basque-born persons living in Mexico.
Antonio Riva Palacio López was a Mexican lawyer,politician,and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the Governor of Morelos for a full six-year term from 1988 until 1994. He was also appointed as Mexico's Ambassador to Ecuador from 1994 to 1998.
Events in the year 1991 in Mexico.
Events in the year 1990 in Mexico.
Events in the year 1989 in Mexico.
Events in the year 1988 in Mexico.
The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is part of the University of Texas Library system in partnership with the Teresa Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies (LLILAS),located in Austin,Texas,and named for the historian and bibliographer,Nettie Lee Benson (1905-1993). It is one of the world's most comprehensive collections of Latin American materials.
The Plan of Veracruz was a proclamation released on January 2,1832,by the military garrison of Veracruz which led to a year long civil war that eventually toppled the government of Anastasio Bustamante. The initial goal was simply to remove unpopular ministers from the cabinet of President Anastasio Bustamante. Antonio López de Santa Anna,but expanded as the rebels gained military successes.
Dolores Guerrero-Cruz is an American artist,she is known for her contemporary art through paintings,murals,and graphic art. Her art reflects her advocacy towards the feminist movement and empowerment movement for the Chicano and Latin community.
Manuel Payno,was a Mexican writer,journalist,politician and diplomat. His political ideology was moderate liberal. Payno's most notable literature work include Los bandidos de Río Frio,a costumbrista novel which stood up as an important and iconic piece of the Mexican literature,which has been an inspiration source for other writers and artists,and also from which several film adaptations have been made in Mexico.
