Tomás Garrido Canabal
Tomás Garrido Canabal (born September 20, 1890 in Catazajá , Chiapas , † April 8, 1943 in Los Angeles , United States ) was a Mexican politician and revolutionary.
Life
In the years 1920-1924 and 1931-1934 he served as governor of the state of Tabasco . Garrido Canabal is best known as a supporter of the pronounced anti-clerical politics of President Plutarco Elías Calles . During his tenure as governor, he introduced women's suffrage and initiated a campaign against alcohol by decreeing a ban on the purchase and consumption of alcoholic beverages. His anti-religious policy led to the confiscation of all valuables from churches and their closure. It included the removal of crosses from cemeteries and religious images from private households. Priests were forced to marry; even the traditional greeting adios was banned. Garrido Canabal founded the Camisas Rojas ( Red Shirts ), a paramilitary organization. In 1934 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture under President Lázaro Cárdenas , but had to leave the country a year later. He saw himself betrayed by the ruling class and was only allowed to return to Mexico in 1941.
Garrido Canabal died in 1943 in Los Angeles ( California ) from cancer.
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- ^ Anthony James Joes, Resisting Rebellion: The History And Politics of Counterinsurgency . The University Press of Kentucky, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8131-9170-6 , chap. 4 Religion and Insurgency in the Twentieth century , p. 78 (English, Google Books [accessed January 27, 2013]).
- ↑ Obituary Time Magazin . Time magazine . April 19, 1943. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Garrido Canabal, Tomás |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican politician, revolutionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Catazajá |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1943 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |