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Emiliano Zapata

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The Resume

    (August 8, 1879-April 10, 1919)
    Assassinated at the Chinameca Hacienda
    General of Ejercito Libertador del Sur (Liberation Army of the South)
    Slogan was ‘Tierra Y Libertad (Land and Liberty)’
    Supported agrarian land reform (Plan de Ayala)
    Portrayed by Marlon Brando in the film ‘Viva Zapata! (1952)’

Why he might be annoying:

    He promoted anarchy and guerilla warfare as a means of social change.
    He destroyed private property.
    Some historians claim he was a political pawn who carried out the ‘dirty work’ of manipulative intellectuals.
    He led a rebellion which put Francisco Madero in power, but quickly rebelled against Madero’s lackadaisical handling of land rights.
    He angered leaders of other separatist military factions, who in turn destroyed his home state of Morelos.
    He considered Karl Marx’s notion of communism to be a ‘good and humane’ ideology.
    His modern day followers, ‘Zapatistas,’ dress in black masks and ‘terrorize’ land owners.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He dedicated his life to fight for impoverished peasants, sharecroppers and farmers.
    He was a key figure of the Mexican Revolution.
    His objective was to achieve political and economic emancipation of Mexican peasants.
    His assassination came as the result of a political adversary’s ambush.
    Following his death, many peasants reported seeing him riding a horse and watching over their villages.
    His father died when he was 18 and he became a sharecropper to support his mother and sisters.
    Although he praised Karl Marx’s political ideology, he felt communism was ‘impractical.'
    He said: ‘I wish to die as a slave to principles, not men.’

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 65 Votes: 44.62% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 70.97% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 49 Votes: 69.39% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 51 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 110 Votes: 64.55% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 211 Votes: 63.51% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 217 Votes: 64.52% Annoying