Carranza, Venustiano, 1859-1920; Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1910-1946
INCOMUNICACION Incommunication. The position of a
man in prison who is not permitted to
communicate with his friends, lawyers
or any one from the outside.
JEFE Chief.
JEFE POLITICO Political chief. Head of a district
under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
Under Diaz they had almost unlimited
power for mischief.
LEY FUGA The Runaway Law--which was resorted
to for the purpose of doing
away with obnoxious political enemies
or agitators; while they were
taken from one prison to the other,
they were shot from the back, and
the pretext was that they had tried
to run away.
MADERISTA Political follower of F. I. Madero.
MOCHO Contemptible term to designate members
of the clerical party in Mexico.
NEO-CIENTIFICO New scientist. A political party which
was a continuation of the old cientifico
party. They came into power
under Madero, and were headed by
Ernesto Madero, uncle of Don F. I.
Madero, and by Rafael Hernandez, a
cousin of the president.
PACIFICO A peaceful Indian, one that cultivates
the land and does not carry arms.
PELADO “Skinned.” Term applied to a very
poor Indian.
PEON Indian worker on plantation or mines.
PLAN DE AYALA Written by a school-teacher, Montaño,
for Zapata. It was aimed against
the neo-cientificos in the Madero cabinet,
--the provisional president was
supposed to be P. Orozco, and in case
of his absence Emiliano Zapata. The
Plan was essentially an agrarian plan,
local in its ideas of reforms.
PLAN DE GUADALUPE A Manifest written by V. Carranza to
rally the Mexicans in the overthrow
of the Huerta dictatorship. It did
not attempt to bring about any reforms,
--only the elimination of
Huerta and his supporters.
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