Viva Mexico !

" Ha sonado la hora de nuestra libertad; y si conoceis su gran valor me ayudareis a defenderla"

In the night of the 15th of September and early morning on of the 16th, Mexico celebrates his Independence Day.
A hundred and ninety seven years ago Miguel Hidalgo, a very educated priest, rallied the people of his small town to fight for their freedom from the Spanish governement, only 30 people joined him the first time the bell rang, many more joined after.
The people were poor, peasants, servants and slaves that had to do the work in the mines and the fields.




I really like history and this priest was quite the man:
It takes an educated man to start a Revolution.
He was no ignorant; he spoke French, Italian, Latin and four indigenous languages.
He had five kids.
One of the first things he did was abolish slavery in what was named the New Spain (Mexico).
He was decapitaded shortly after starting the movement of Independence, the soldier that did it got paid 20 pesos( 2usd) for it.
There's a state in Mexico named after him; Hidalgo.
Others continued on with the mission, their fight for freedom lasted 11 years.
He's considered " El Padre de la Patria".(basiclly the father of the country)
Knowing the magnitude of what he was starting and very conscience of the risks he sayd:

"Los autores de semejantes empresas no gozan del fruto de ellas"

( the authors of such investments don't enjoy the fruit of them )
I guess he knew that what he was doing was for a brighter future. No country should be slave of another.
I think Mexico is one of those country you either really like or don't like at all; for me it was pretty much love at first sight and I'm still totally in love with it today.
So today I drank some tequila for Mexico, lindo y querido. Cheers!!