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unusual facts about Madero


Madero

Gustavo A. Madero, D.F., one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided


Disappearance and displacement of Mario Segura

At the time of his abduction, Segura was the Internet portal director for "El Sol del Sur Tampico", and he maintained the "Timely Alert" (Alerta Opurtuna) blog, which tracked drug-related violence and crime in the newspaper's coverage in the municipalities of Altamira, Madero, Ciudad Mante, Nuevo Laredo, and Reynosa.

Edith O'Shaughnessy

A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico covers events in 1913 and 1914, when Madero was overthrown in a violent coup (the "Ten Tragic Days") by Victoriano Huerta on February 13, 1913 and murdered by the new regime.

LGBT history in Mexico

Despite the international depression of the 1930s and along with the social revolution overseen by President Lázaro Cárdenas (1934–40), the growth of Mexico City was accompanied by the opening of gay bars and gay bathhouses supplementing the traditional cruising locales of the Alameda, the Zócalo, Paseo de la Reforma, and Calle Madero (formerly Plateros).

Madero Center

Several Argentine politicians and businessmen have bought apartments in Madero Center, such as the vice president Amado Boudou, the economist Jorge Brito and his son, and the businessman Cristóbal López.

Paul von Hintze

Through his agent Felix Sommerfeld who became Madero's secret service chief, the German ambassador kept up with political developments in the capital and the fight against uprisings along the Mexican-American border, most notably the revolt of Bernardo Reyes in the fall of 1911 and the uprising of Pascual Orozco in the spring of 1912.

Puente de la Mujer

According to business executive Bob Schmetterer, the bridge was not part of the original Puerto Madero project.

Puerto Madero

Puerto Madero has been redeveloped with international flair, drawing interest from renown architects such as Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, César Pelli, Alan Faena, Philippe Starck among others.

Rosendo Amor Esparza

In 1911 he was President of the White Neutral Cross, the first Human Rights organization in Mèxico and intervened to stop the massacre in the political crisis named "Decena Tràgica" that culminated with the assassination of president of Mexico, Francisco I Madero.

Second Battle of Rellano

This marked the high point of his rebellion, as he controlled all of Chihuahua except the town of Parral which was defended by Pancho Villa who had remained loyal to Madero.

Ten Tragic Days

Following the call on Madero during which Ambassador Wilson, with the British minister Francis Stronge and the German minister Paul von Hintze told President Madero that they protested against his continuing hostilities, Ambassador Wilson, accompanied by the British minister, went to the arsenal, called on Felix Díaz, and as Ambassador Wilson reports to Secretary Philander Knox that day, 'urged that firing be confined to a particular zone.


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