Why Francisco Madero Should Be Removed From Power Essay

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Michael Tomczak
HST 163WI
11/1/2014
Why Francisco Madero Should be Removed from Power Francisco Madero, the current president of Mexico, has really screwed up Mexico. He’s weak, spineless, and has no idea what he is doing in his precedency. He is a narcissist and he must be removed from power. Mexico will not stand for any of his screw ups and let alone be any best interest to the U.S. Mexico needs a president who has honor, who is prepared, who can be trusted, and most importantly, will stop at nothing to solve all the conflicts that are currently resulting in udder chaos in Mexico. A president is supposed to care a lot for the safety of his/her country and citizens. Francisco Madero is a sham who has no honor. According to Christopher …show more content…

Madero thought that he could easily become president just because of his last name, where he came from, and his rebellious ways. Note that none of those factors will make anyone president. He and Porfirio Diaz were both running for president at this time. Diaz promised that there would be free elections and Madero formed an anti-reelectionist party to challenge Diaz. But, the funny thing is that when Diaz came into power in 1876, Madero said that he would not seek re-election. Apparently, Madero lied to us all. Madero’s campaign was a disaster, even though his campaign really sold out with all the copies of his book The
Presidential Succession of 1910, his newspaper articles, and all the Mexicans that heard his speeches, he and most of the anti-reelectionists were arrested because Diaz believed that Madero and his group of anti-reelectionists were going to make plans of plotting armed insurrection, which is a violent uprising against the government. Diaz won this election and then, here’s where
Madero has no honor, since Madero comes from a wealthy family; he got bailed out of jail by using his father’s money. After he was bailed out, he crossed the border into Texas to set up …show more content…

Madero is the one who started the Mexican
Revolution. The purpose for this revolution was to overthrow Porfirio Diaz so that Madero would become the president of Mexico. Let’s get one thing straight, this revolution proved to be a huge success but, a straight-up tragedy for Madero. Madero did become president because of this revolution, it did overthrow Porfirio Diaz who then died in exile, but at the same time we all have to realize that this was a huge mistake made by Madero. The reason the revolution being a straight-up tragedy for Madero is because of the way that he handled the whole revolution.
According to an article called “The Mexican Revolution 1910-1920”, Madero’s revolution proved to be a success in overthrowing Diaz and his regime, but his victory in overthrowing Diaz was only the beginning of the conflict that would arise in Mexico. Madero seemed to forget a few things or he just wasn’t paying attention. He failed to note that revolts broke out, and Huerta treacherously assassinated his brother. This is only creates more chaos for Mexico to deal with.
It should also be noted that this revolution was a very selfish act made my Madero

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