He proved incapable of controlling the reactions from both conservatives and revolutionaries that his. Return to the fall of the porfiriato and the rise of francisco madero next section. The mexican presidential election of 1910 was stolen when porfirio diaz the longtime dictator, had his opponent madero arrested and imprisoned. Madero took refuge and fled to san antonio texas, and issued the plan of san luis potosi. Porfirio diaz, the former general and longtime dictator, stole the mexican presidential. Madero, who was jailed prior to the elections, and escaped to write the plan. Madero took refuge infled to san antonio, and issued the plan of san luis potosi calling for the nullification of the elections and upon mexicans to take up arms against the government. In this declaration, madero rejects the outcome of the elections and implores mexicans to engage in an armed revolt against the illegitimate ruler, diaz. The mexican presidential election of 1910 was stolen when porfirio diaz the longtime dictator. The date of maderos plan of san luis potosi, november 20, was a fixed official holiday in mexico, revolution day, but a 2005 change in the law makes the third monday in november the day of commemoration.
Madero, who was jailed prior to the elections, and. Zapata and his peasant followers in morelos fought hard against the dictatorship of porfirio diaz, trying to regain their lands stolen from them. Madero was interested in a political reform that would keep the social and economic. Having escaped from prison in the city of san luis potosi in early october, madero wrote and sent out the manifesto from the united states in the days following. Manifiesto dirigido al pueblo mexicano por don francisco i. Madero san luis potosi, octubre 5, 1910 ver mecanoscrito original, con correcciones del sr. Biography of francisco madero, led mexican revolution. Madero october 30, 1873february 22, 19 was a reformist politician and writer and president of mexico from 1911 to 19. Plan of san luis potosiplan of san luis potosi, manifesto by francisco madero 6 october 1910 which launched the mexican revolution of 1910. The presidency of madero to his assassination the mexican revolution, like many before and since, began with a reformist phase. Our beloved country has reached one of those moments. Madero to defend the plan of san luis potosi, and who oppose with armed force the present plan, will be judged traitors to the cause which they defended and to the fatherland, since at present many of them, to humor the tyrants, for a. The rise of francisco madero the mexican revolution and the. Madero escaped incarceration and sought refuge in san antonio where he subsequently released the plan of san luis potosi.
The plan is a denunciation of madero as well as a manifesto of zapatismo and what it stood for. Feb 18, 2020 francisco madero, mexican revolutionary and president of mexico 1911, who successfully ousted the dictator porfirio diaz by temporarily unifying various democratic and antidiaz forces. Peoples, in their constant efforts for the triumph of the ideal of liberty and justice. The insurgent military chiefs of the republic who rose up with arms in hand at the voice of don francisco i.