Plan of Guadalupe

Venustiano Carranza, author of the Plan of Guadalupe

In the history of Mexico, the Plan of Guadalupe (Spanish: Plan de Guadalupe) was a political manifesto which was proclaimed on March 26, 1913, by the Governor of Coahuila Venustiano Carranza in response to the reactionary coup d'etat and execution of President Francisco I. Madero,[1] which had occurred during the Ten Tragic Days of February 1913. The manifesto was released from the Hacienda De Guadalupe,[2] which is where the Plan derives its name, nearly a month after the assassination of Madero. The initial plan was limited in scope, denouncing Victoriano Huerta's usurpation of power and advocating the restoration of a constitutional government. In 1914, Carranza issued "Additions to the Plan of Guadalupe", which broadened its scope and "endowed la Revolución with its social and economic content."[3] In 1916, he further revised the Plan now that the Constitutionalist Army was victorious and revolutionaries sought changes to the 1857 Constitution of Mexico. Carranza sought to set the terms of the constitutional convention.[4]

  1. ^ Coerver, Don M. 2004. "Carranza, Venustiano". In Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History, Don M. Coerver, Suzanne B. Pasztor, and Robert Buffington. http://0-search.credoreference.com.dewey2.library.denison.edu/content/entry/abcmexico/carranza_venustiano/0
  2. ^ "Plan of Guadalupe". 2008. Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. 267.
  3. ^ Benjamin, Thomas. La Revolución: Mexico's Great Revolution as Memory, Myth, and History. Austin: University of Texas Press 2000, 63.
  4. ^ Davis and Ricon Virulegio, The Political Plans of Mexico, "A Decree Revising Certain Articles of the Plan of Guadalupe", 649-651