This blog is about my spiritual journey as a Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose serving the young, the poor and the vulnerable through the ministry of chaplaincy and working for social justice by promoting the sustainability goals of the United Nations.
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Cry of Dolores
General Juan Álvarez
In 1820 Padre Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla proclaimed the famous Cry of Dolores
rallying the people to protect the interests of Guanajuato and urging them to revolt against Spanish elite.Padre Hidalgo
was assassinated soon after the rebellion began, and the fight for independence brought a
halt to Spanish mining operations. Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, butMexico City was invaded by the United States.In September 1847 soldiers
from Guanajuato joined in the unsuccessful attempt to
defend México City. Under the treaty which ended the war, Mexico ceded a huge part of their
northern territory including all of what is now California, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and Arizona, as well as
portions of Utah
and Wyoming. Under Antonio López de Santa Anna and the
provisional government of General Juan Álvarez, peace was restored. Benito Juárez assumed
the presidency of Mexico in Guanajuato and made it the provisional capital of Mexico
in 1861.
