tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post21545795137901403..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: 16 SeptemberMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-80012619762550553322010-09-19T23:47:46.522-05:002010-09-19T23:47:46.522-05:00There is an even more heartbreaking chapter of the...There is an even more heartbreaking chapter of the story of modern Mexican independence ... it is that of the legitimate father of Mexico and the liberator of New Spain, Agustin de Iturbide I. Thanks to revolutionary historians, such as Justo Sierra, we have hundreds of thousands of Mexicans pass the remains of the betrayed and wrongfully executed emperor without even knowing who he was or what he did for them. It is not surprising for me, since I know how Mexico is in love with losing, but it does smack a tad bit ungrateful. Mexico derives her name from the tribe that lost the war of Spanish invasion of 1519 - 1521 - The Mexica. If traditional logic prevailed amongst Mexican intellectuals and historians, the country would be named Tlaxcala since it was the Tlaxcalteca that made the Spanish victory possible. Then they embrace Miguel Hidalgo as the father of their independence. He, and his dream of a "gachupin" (Spaniard) free Republic died with him in 1811 a full ten years before Independence was achieved (1821). It was the descendendant of Spanish nobles that finished the job and became Mexico's first and forgotten emperor. He was not only forgotten, but ultimately substituted with a defrocked, narcissistic and beheaded coward. It is my hope, however, that this love affair with losers will someday dissapate and Mexico will be returned to her natural Monarchical state.Pochoboi80http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=704873620#!/?ref=homenoreply@blogger.com