VIVA MEXICO!! Celebrating the 199th Anniversary of the independence of Mexico

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VIVA MEXICO!... It was on this day in the early hours of September 16, 1810 when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Influenced by the concepts of liberty, equality and democracy proposed by the French philosophers Rousseau, Montesquieu, Voltaire, and by the war of Independence of the United States, rang the bell of his little church in Dolores calling everyone to fight for liberty in a famous speech, known to history as the Grito de Dolores. This was the beginning of the Independence War, which lasted 10 years.

VIVA MEXICO!... is the yearly GRITO from millions of Mexican mouths all over the world. Today, it will be to celebrate the 199 anniversary of Mexico Independence. It is an always emotional celebration throughout the Country. Streets, houses, buildings and cars are decorated everywhere. On every street and plaza there are vendors selling flags, balloons, sombreros, reguiletes and pinatas. Flags wave from practically every house and building. People of all ages celebrate.

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