Mexican biography
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Mexico
Country in North America
This article is about the country. For other uses, see Mexico (disambiguation).
United Mexican States Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Spanish) | |
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| Anthem: Himno Nacional Mexicano (English: Mexican National Anthem) | |
Mexico in the Western Hemisphere Mexico and its states | |
| Capital and largest city | Mexico City 19°26′N99°8′W / 19.433°N 99.133°W / 19.433; -99.133 |
| Official languages | Spanish (de facto) None (de jure) |
| Co-official languages | |
| Ethnic groups | See below |
| Religion (2020)[1] | |
| Demonym(s) | Mexican |
| Government | Federal presidential republic[2] |
• President | Claudia Sheinbaum |
• President of the Senate | Gerardo Fernández Noroña |
• President of the Chamber of Deputies | Sergio Gutiérrez Luna |
• Chief Justice | Norma Lucía Piña Hernández |
| Legislature | Congress |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Low • Villa and Zapata: A Biography of the Mexican Revolution (Paperback)Description'Refreshing ... Frank McLynn has plunged into an important episode in the modern Mexican experience - namely, the social and political revolution that rocked the country for some twenty years, cost two million lives and reshaped its institutions.' The Wall Street Journal The Mexican Revolution erupted in 1910 to the cry of "Tierra y Libertad" - Land and Liberty. In the ten years that followed, bloody clashes between impassioned rebels and unscrupulous autocrats convulsed a nation in search of a new identity. It was the first massive social revolution of the twentieth century. Even as it visited further economic, cultural, and racial strife upon a country plagued by oppressive officials and crippled by poverty, it offered hope to the populace. And it made the rebel-outlaws Francisco (Pancho) Villa and Emiliano Zapata heroes in their time. Villa and Zapata vividly chronicles the decade of turbul • Jovita IdarBy Kerri Lee Alexander, NWHM Fellow | 2018-2020 As a Mexican-American journalist, activist, and suffragist, Jovita Idar often faced dangerous situations. However, she never backed down from a challenge. She single-handedly protected her newspaper headquarters when the Texas Rangers came to shut it down, and crossed the border to serve as a nurse during the Mexican Revolution. Idar bravely fought the injustices in her time. Jovita Idar was born in 1885 in Laredo, Texas. One of eight children, Idar’s parents were Jovita and Nicasio Idar. Her father Nicasio, was a newspaper editor and a civil rights advocate. From an early age, Idar was exposed to journalism and political activism. She attended a Methodist school in Texas called the Holding Institute where she earned a teaching certificate in 1903. Idar immediately began teaching, but soon resigned due to the segregation and poor conditions for Mexican-American students. During this time, the Mexican-American | |