Revolution Post #3: El Maderismo.

“Conciudadanos:- No vaciléis pues un momento: tomad las armas, arrojad del poder a los usurpadores, recobrad vuestros derechos de hombre libres y recordad que nuestros antepasados nos legaron una herencia de gloria que no podemos mancillar. Sed como ellos fueron: invencibles en la guerra, magnánimos en la victoria. —SUFRAGIO EFECTIVO, NO REELECCIÓN”

The maderist movement was the first, the one that started it all. Aiming for a nation where the voice of the people would finally be heard, a nation where the men in charge wouldn’t do just as they please, a nation with a true democracy.

The ideologies took the country by storm, and the uprisings gave way to big names such as Fracisco Villa in the north and Emiiano Zapata in the south. The promises of justice and equality would fuel the fire in the hearts of an enraged nation.