Mexican Revolution

Guide to Mexico's public holiday dates, its civic and cultural holidays observed throughout the year, as well as important annual festivity dates

Mexico's three long-weekend holidays are well-established on the Mexican calendar and one of them also forms part of Mexico's 'Black Friday' shopping event

Mexico's Constitution was legalized on February 5th 1917, and its enactment is marked with a long-weekend national holiday

November 20th is the anniversary of the start of the 1910 – 1917 Mexican Revolution. The date is observed on the third Monday in November

An insightful book that shares a portrayal of what it was like among the ragtag armies of rebels during Mexico's turbulent revolutionary period

Independence Day on September 16 —marking events that led to the creation of the Mexican Republic— is the most widely celebrated of Mexico's political holidays

Mexico's central bank introduced a new design for the $1,000 peso bill in November 2020 featuring key national historical figures

2017 is the 100th anniversary of Mexico's 1917 Constitution, drawn up toward the end of the revolution

By the early 19th century, the local middle classes had grown tired of sharing their wealth with Spain

From revolution to paternalism, to a new order defined by global markets and technology

A brief introduction to Mexico's History

Every now and again, Mexico's National Statistics Institute publishes off-beat snippets that have no bearing on the country's economic situation