This Friday, in “La Mañanera del Pueblo” in the National Palace, the president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo He signed the decree to declare on February 14 as the day of the Lucutum anniversary of General Vicente Guerrero, first Afromexican president.
In the press conference that was carried out, as usual, in the Treasury Hall, José Alfonso Suárez del Real, political advisor of the Social Communication Coordination of the Republic, said the Decree of September 15, 1829 Signed by Vicente Guerrero where Mexico’s slavery was officially abolished.
“By instruction of the president, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum, today she will sign a decree that declares on February 14 of each year as the day of the lucrative anniversary of General Vicente Guerrero, first Afromexican president Where we highlight, in addition the fact of having legacy of the decree of September 15, 1829 in which slavery was officially abolished, “he said.
Suárez del Real reviewed the life of Vicente Guerrerowhere he stressed that it was One of the most relevant characters of the independence struggle of Mexico.
Vicente Guerrero, first Afromexican president
Vicente Guerrero. SUN / FILE
Vicente Guerrero was a Man of mestizo origin, with a strong percentage of black blood inherited from a peasant family and muleteers, that he managed to make a military career that took him to the Presidency of the Republic some years later.
His death occurred on February 14, 1831, but today he is remembered as the Mexican insurgent, ally of José María Morelos y Pavón, who fought against the Agustín de Iturbide regime, the first emperor of Mexico.
Vicente Guerrero was born in Tixtla, today Guerrero; At an early age he devoted himself to agriculture and arrieness, until at age 27 he began his military career under the orders of Hermenegildo Galeana.
Under his influence he joined the independence movement and was commissioned by José María Morelos (1765-1815) to take Taxco and distinguished with the degree of captain in the year of 1812.
He was part of the conquest of Oaxaca and for his demonstrations of extraordinary value, ascended to Lieutenant Colonel.
In 1816, after the apprehension and execution of José María Morelos y Pavón, the insurgent fight declined and Vicente Guerrero retreated to the Sierra del Sur and was one of the few that continued to fight.
Recognized as General in Chief of the South Army, in the year of 1818, Guerrero maintained with Pedro Ascencio a focus of insurrection in the area of Iguala and Taxco.
By the end of 1820, then Colonel Agustín de Iturbide, by order of the viceroy, was designated to end the insurgency, however, he allied with the insurgents and written the Plan de Iguala (1821) that included a proclamation of independence and a plan for the establishment of a Mexican government.
Guerrero recognized Iturbide as Emperor, but then fought him with Nicolás Bravo.
After the fall of Emperor Iturbide, Vicente Guerrero had already reached the degree of division general that took him, from April 1 to October 10, 1824, to be an alternate member of the Supreme Executive Power, since he left when General Guadalupe Victoria (1786-1843) was appointed Constitutional President.
As of this year and by presidential decree, every year, on February 14 its lucrative anniversary will be commemorated.
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