Mexican Revolution 1910-1917
In 1821, Mexico gained its independence. The period of universal happiness and sombrero-tossing was short-lived – the young nation had to strain itself to maintain its place on the world political map.
The next half-century was a joyful, exciting one: first an empire, then a republic in triplicate, then an empire again. There was absolutely no time for boredom – sometimes there were internal squabbles, sometimes foreign ones, sometimes all at once. By the 1870s, Mexicans had lost a good chunk of their homeland in the north, but they still managed to become an independent state.
Well, what else can you call a country that had just executed its own emperor and had the "Mexican George Washington" – the great reformer Benito Pablo Juarez García, popularly elected in 1867 – ascend to the presidential throne?
In 1871, a national hero who professed to be a champion of the people and social justice encountered an unpleasant phenomenon: voting. The 1857 Constitution established indirect elections in the country, meaning that the decisive votes were cast not by the entire population, but by specially trained individuals.
Something similar is currently practiced in the election of the US president, for example. However, there is a nuance: in the context of the 19th century and a vast territory with many hard-to-reach places, where it is impossible to organize a one-time personal vote for everyone, the institution of electors makes sense...
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