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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF    

Mexico’s Día de la Revolución (Revolution Day) officially falls on Nov. 20, but in recent years, the holiday is observed on the third Monday of the month in order to allow workers to enjoy a long holiday weekend.

This year, it will be celebrated as a national holiday on Monday, Nov. 18.

The holiday commemorates the 10-year Mexican Revolution, which began in 1910.

Initiated by Francisco I. Madero, a reformist writer and politician from the state of Chihuahua, to oust then-President Porfirio Diaz, who had been in power for over 30 years, the Mexican Revolution, was intended to eliminate class distinctions, reclaim land ownership for impoverished farmers and establish universal suffrage for all Mexicans.

It also provided for the elimination of presidential reelections, which remains an important feature of the Mexican political landscape.

The struggle was supported by many rural Mexican women, known as Adelitas, who took up arms and fought in the battlefields along with the husbands and lovers.