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A Crisp View from the Border

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Emperor Maximilian, the best ruler Mexico ever had and his wife and most devoted supporter Empress Carlota, a true friend of the Mexican people. The kind-hearted Austrian archduke and his strong-willed Belgian bride may well have been the only ones in Mexican history who truly saw government as a service and had no selfish ends to serve. In a country torn by civil war, dictatorships and political coups they offered stability, trust and enlightened rule only to have their goodwill met with deception, treason, murder and madness. Will we ever see their kind again in Mexico?

Many people mistakenly believe that the two empires and influence of traditional conservatives in Mexico has been of no great importance, but the truth is quite the opposite. The two Mexican emperors and the power and the suffering of the Catholic Church in Mexico reach out a lot farther than most realize. It was Emperor Agustin I who succeeded in winning Mexican independence. His overthrow was engineered in large part by General Santa Anna who later became infamous for losing a war to Texas and the United States. During the war in Texas, Santa Anna's deputy was General Filisola, a friend of Emperor Agustin's and two of Santa Anna's foremost subordinates, Colonel Juan Almonte and General Adrian Woll, later loyally served the Emperor Maximilian. Santa Anna's return to power following his defeat and capture came after the overthrow of another Iturbide supporter, Anastasio Bustamante and the problems in Texas were largely predicted by Lucan Alaman, a noted Mexican monarchist.             The Second Empire came after a long conflict between liberal and conservative forces and would continue afterwards through such episodes as the Cristero uprising. The conflict over the Second Empire became to some extent a mini-world war with troops from France, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, the United States and the Confederacy taking part in the fighting. A prince of the Mexican Imperial House later fought for the Pope during the Italian unification wars and even after World War II the family was considered a "class enemy" by the Communists in Europe for being the heirs to the Mexican throne. In some ways, the two empires have been the pivotal events of Mexican history with everything that has happened since being in some way a result of these two eras.

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iVIVA AGUSTIN!

Mexico holds all of the elements needed for her own recovery and success independent of the United States. It is only by embracing the noble elements of her own history and using her own people and her own resources to full advantage will Mexico return to greatness regardless of the U.S.A.

Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Reyna de Mexico, Pray for Us

The tragic Austrian Archduke and his lovely Belgian Princess who became Emperor and Empress of Mexico. They tried to bring something beautiful to a torn and divided country and reaped only heartache from it. RIP

Mexico; Hapsburg, Bourbon and Iturbide, always Catholic and always faithful.