The Man Who Stood Up.(Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata)(Brief Article)

From: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication | Date: October 26, 2001 | Copyright information

A well-known saying in Mexico, attributed to Emiliano Zapata, is "It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees."

If anyone lived that quote, it was Zapata, the namesake hero of the Zapatistas. Emiliano Zapata was born in 1879 in the state of Morelos, the son of a horse trainer.

When he was 17, Emiliano's parents died, and he had to look after his brothers and sisters. One year later, in 1897, he was arrested for taking part in a protest against a l...

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