Felipe Carrillo
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (born November 8, 1874 in Motul , † January 3, 1924 in Mérida (Mexico) ) was a Mexican politician and revolutionary who became known for his efforts at reconciliation between the white Yucatecos and Maya after the Caste War .
Felipe Carrillo was the second of 14 children of the married couple Justino Carrillo and Adela Puerto. Primarily speaking Spanish himself , he learned Mayathan , the language of his neighbors' children, as a child . As a teenager, he was arrested for calling for a protective wall against the Maya to be torn down during the Caste War .
Felipe Carrillo took part in the revolutionary struggles in Yucatán at the beginning of the 20th century and joined the Socialist Party of the Southeast (Partido Socialista del Sureste) PSS after the constitution of 1917 was adopted . In 1922 he became governor of the Yucatán when he gave his first address in the Mayathan language .
During his 20-month reign, he pushed for the return of the lands to the Maya as ejidos , promoted new cultivation techniques, granted women political rights, began family planning programs, fought against alcoholism and campaigned for the preservation and restoration of the pre-Columbian Maya -Found sites a. By expropriating the large landowners , he made many enemies among the elite. In 1924 he was kidnapped by followers of Adolfo de la Huerta and shot together with eleven other people, including three of his brothers.
In 1932 the city of Santa Cruz de Bravo in the state of Quintana Roo was renamed Felipe Carrillo Puerto in his honor.
literature
- Manuel Sarkisyanz : On the work and death of Felipe Carillo Puerto, the 'Red' Apostle of the Maya Indians. On the political legend of saints in revolutionary Mexico. Heidelberg 1991. ISBN 3-533-04493-9 .
- Alma M. Reed: Peregrina: Love and Death in Mexico. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70239-4 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carrillo, Felipe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carrillo Puerto, Felipe (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican revolutionary and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Motul |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1924 |
| Place of death | Mérida (Mexico) |