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DISTANT NEIGHBORS:  The U.S. and the Mexican Revolution

La sucesión presidencial en 1910 

Francisco Madero, son of an important textile-producing and cattle-raising family from Coahuila, read James Creelman’s interview with President Díaz and thought that he would run for president and reform Mexico. As outlined in his brave book, La sucesión presidencial en 1910 (The Presidential Succession in 1910), Madero’s concerns were mainly political; he wanted voting to mean something, and for people to be able to express themselves freely.  He was not sensitive to the popular need to have access to land to feed their families, neither was he very aware of the encroachment on peoples’ lands by agribusiness and extractive industries.  Nevertheless, in these early days, his courage to rise against Díaz rallied support throughout the country. 

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cover of La sucesión presidencial en 1910

La sucesión presidencial en 1910 
Call Number: F1234. M1904 A7 no. 1
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La sucesión presidencial en 1910

Francisco Madero, hijo de una importante familia con negocios en la industria textil y ganado en Coahuila, leyó la entrevista de James Creelman con Porfirio Díaz y pensó en presentarse a las elecciones y reformar a México. Como está deliniado en su soberbio libro La sucesión presidencial en 1910, las inquietudes de Madero eran principalmente políticas; él quería que el voto significara algo, y que la gente se pudiera expresar libremente. No estaba sensibilizado sobre la necesidad popular de tener acceso a tierras para proveer para sus familias, ni tampoco estaba al tanto sobre la invasión de tierras de los campesinos por parte de grandes intereses agrícolas e industriales. No obstante, en esos días, su coraje para levantarse contra Díaz consiguió unir el país.

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