"Madero proposed that the man to choose immediately was only the vicepresident. He would thus learn the craft of governing, so that when Díaz disappeared, he could naturally occupy, smoothly, the place of the president." (Eduardo Blanquel. 1973)
As the dictator did not accept, Madero founded the Anti-Re-election Party and starts an election campaign for the presidency supported by the United States. Díaz does not allow the light democratic attempt and chases after Madero getting him to jail. Díaz was re-elected president and Madero already free takes refuge in the United States, who encouraged the movement against the interests of Europe in our country. With the Plan of San Luis Potosí on November 20, Madero calls for a fight under the theme "Effective suffrage. No Re-election". Pascual Orozco (1882-1915), Francisco Villa (1877-1923) in the north and Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919) in the south will be the first to go along with the start of the revolution. After 6 months of "skirmishes" the Madero revolution had triumphed and Madero, as later stated by Díaz as he leaves the country headed to Europe, "The Tiger had been set free".
Sure enough, 20 days after being inaugurated as president by Francisco León de la Barra (1863-1939) (Acting President), Madero faces the true armed struggle. Zapata gets up in arms with the Plan of Ayala, looking for a real and profound change in the conditions of peasants and indigenous peoples with the land possession. Madero did not immediately change the political, economic and military structures of the dictatorship; an extreme sense of democracy prevented him from consolidating his revolution and was one of the reasons for his downfall.
"Moment to moment, the situation became more complex. The insecurity climate that existed deeply worried owners of economic power. For them peace and security were essential conditions for their existence and prosperity. If Madero was incapable of ordering the country, it required a strong action against the government. More so when the Mexican President dared to correct the illegal status achieved by some foreign investors, thanks to which were exempt from the minimum obligations to the
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