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  Victoriano Huerta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He entered the Mexican Army at the age of 17, distinguished himself and gained admission to the Military Academy at Chapultepec.
During the Porfirio Díaz administration he rose to the rank of general, and fought to subdue the Chan Santa Cruz Maya people of Yucatán and against the rebels of Emiliano Zapata.
On the eve of the 1910 revolution against the long established Diaz regime, Huerta was involved in the innocuous project of reforming the uniforms of the Federal Army.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoriano_Huerta   (532 words)

  
 Northern Belize - The Caste Wars of the Yucatan and northern Belize.
This is how Chan Santa Cruz (Small Holy Cross) originated as the principal sanctuary of the rebel Maya, who named themselves the Cruzoob (followers of the cross).
Although the end of the Caste War is associated with General Igancio A. Bravo's entrance into Chan Santa Cruz in 1901, it took three years for the end of the war to be officially declared.
The British colonists were by no means blameless for the disorder which took place on the northern frontier, and untill the end of the century, they continued to supply the Santa Cruz Indians with arms while complaining bitterly of the activites of the Icaiche Tribe.
www.northernbelize.com /hist_caste.html   (1215 words)

  
 Caste War | Planeta
From this speaking cross a community evolved -- Chan Santa Cruz (Little Holy Cross)-- and its inhabitants came to be called Cruzob, or followers of the cross.
To the Chan Santa Cruz, the voice of God came from that cross in that tree.
In 1935, the Chan Santa Cruz from these last holdout villages signed a treaty of sorts which allowed the rest of Mexico to rule them.
www.planeta.com /ecotravel/mexico/yucatan/tales/0409castewar.html   (1265 words)

  
 Exploring Yucatan: A visit to old Chan Santa Cruz, Quintana Roo
As we had been reminded in the new Museum of the Caste War in Tihosuco, Carrillo Puerto was formerly Chan Santa Cruz, the focus of a great Maya uprising in the mid-1800s and the capital of the cruzob Maya - the "People of the Cross."
In 1847 the Maya of Yucatan rose up against their oppressors and, in a bloody campaign, drove the whites and mestizos back across the peninsula as far as the gates of Merida, the old colonial capital.
Shaking hands, he introduced himself as Victor Chablekal, the guardian and rezador, or religious keeper of the shrine, which is still known as the cruz parlante, although the cross has long since ceased to speak.
www.colonial-mexico.com /Yucatan/cruz.html   (505 words)

  
 WorldVacations - (Travel Article) The Cult Of The Talking Cross - Quintana Roo, Mexico
The "Cult of the Talking Cross" was part of the Chan Santa Cruz Maya...
Somewhere around 1895 the Chan asked that Quintana Roo be taken over by the British Honduras, the Mexican govenment refused and sent another force to try to settle these Maya down.
One of the last Chan Maya villages today is Tulum, the desendants from this village are from that tough independent people that kept Mexico at bay for so long.
hotellinks.com /smallhotels/articleview.cfm?ArticleID=345   (415 words)

  
 Mexican Caribbean, Ecotourism the Mexican Caribbean
Here they founded the famous Chan Santa Cruz, capital of the Mayan people`s struggle, that never has been conquered by the Spaniards.
In 1901, the federal army managed to occupy Bacalar and Chan Santa Cruz, but the natives fled into the forest.
This action added to the indigenous opposition, and caused the territory of Quintana Roo to be recovered again in 1915: General Salvador Alvarado, military commandander of the peninsula, went to Santa Cruz de Bravo, where the natives continued fighting the soldiers and demanded the retirement of troops and the restitution of lands to the Mayans.
www.caribemexicano.com /eng/info/histo   (810 words)

  
 SantaCruzGOLFING.com
Dave Schumacher didn’t get an ace, but was witness to Bob Fleming, 55, Marc Arcuri, 52, and Dan Condie, 46, accomplishing the unbelievable feat on the 115-yard, 15th hole of the par-58 course.
Fleming, who carries a 1.7 index and has been on the amateur scene for decades, was the third-place finisher at the 1998 Santa Cruz City Amateur.
Santa Cruz’s Dodie Mazzuca shot a third-round 72 to finish with a even-par 213 total and a fifth place tie at the West Coast Ladies Golf Tour’s Kimel Chiro Classic at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz., Thursday.
www.santacruzgolfing.com /articles/16.shtml   (701 words)

  
 Caste War of the Yucatan | Planeta
Eventually a peace treaty was signed, but the Chan Santa Cruz Indians still remained hostile.
At first the chicleros were killed by the Chan Santa Cruz, or robbed of their equipment.
Progress was on the way, and in the depths of the forests of Quintana Roo, even the Chan Santa Cruz Indians heard the call.
www.planeta.com /ecotravel/mexico/yucatan/tales/0303yucatan.html   (1788 words)

  
 Health News
Margaret Chan helped fight the H5N1 bird flu virus when it made its first known jump to humans in Hong Kong in 1997 and fought SARS when it spread from southern China in early 2003.
Chan joined the WHO in 2003 and is now its assistant director-general for communicable diseases.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a statement that Chan's knowledge, experience in public health management and understanding of WHO rules would help the organization play a more active role in the health sector.
www.santacruzmedical.org /health/healthinfo/reutershome_top.cfm?fx=article&id=30706   (223 words)

  
 New Page 3
From 1850, Tulum was a part of the Chan Santa Cruz Indians ‘ "Talking Cross Cult." The Spanish had taught the Indians Catholic rituals, many reminiscent of Maya ceremonies; even the cross reminded them of their tree of life.
The small army managed to fight its way into the capital of Chan Santa Cruz, where they were virtually trapped for a year.
With famine, measles epidemic, malaria and 90 years of fighting (and beating) the Mexican army, the Chan Santa Cruz Indians’ population was reduced to 10,000.
www.cancun-vacation.biz /tulum.htm   (1000 words)

  
 Table of Contents and Excerpt, Bevington, Maya for Travelers and Students
Remarkably, the Chan Santa Cruz state existed for half a century until a Mexican expeditionary force was sent in to crush the rebels.
Rather than face certain annihilation in the face of the overwhelming firepower of the Mexican army, the rebels simply abandoned the town of Chan Santa Cruz and melted into the surrounding forest.
In fact, the military theocracy of the Cruzob is still maintained in a few villages around the town of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, which is the modern name of Chan Santa Cruz.
www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exbevmay.html   (2804 words)

  
 YUCATAN HISTORY
After Mexican independence in 1821, a long struggle fuelled by the Mexican government under the dictatorship of Santa Anna Federalists against Centralists ensued.
The "small sacred cross" became "Chan Santa Cruz" and its notoriety quickly spread amongst the people.
A Temple, the Balam Na, was constructed in its honor and soon living quarters and barracks were built around the Temple.
www.travelyucatan.com /yucatan-history.htm   (259 words)

  
 Early Belize History, Page 4
In 1901, Chan Santa Cruz the cruzob capital fell to federal Mexican troops from central Mexico.
The Santa Cruz Maya still controlled the district around which is now called Quintana Roo.
The war was not officially over until 1969 with the death of the chief of the cruzob town of Chumpom and the last of the Caste War leaders.
www.ambergriscaye.com /earlyhistory/4.html   (2717 words)

  
 HISTORY Cancun In 1967
The town, formerly known as Chan Santa Cruz, played an important role in the 1847 War of the Castes.
When the rebels were defeated in Valladolid and Mérida, the Indians fled to the jungle where they built the secret city of Santa Cruz.
The Cruz Indians continued fighting until 1915 until the Mexican army declared Quintana Roo an independent state.
www.visitcancun.com /history.htm   (1758 words)

  
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He entered the Mexican Army at 17 and was admitted to the Mexican gained admission to the Military Academy at Chapultepec.
During the Porfirio Díaz administration (the Porfiriato) he rose to the rank of general, and fought to subdue the Chan Santa Cruz Maya people of Yucatán and against the rebels of Emiliano Zapata.
In 1910, when Díaz went into exile, Huerta initially pledged allegiance to the new administration of Francisco Madero and he was allowed to remain in the Mexican army.
www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org /timeline/ImageDisplay.asp?Id=46   (690 words)

  
 Finding the Lost City Chapter 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
It is also around 15 or so miles from the former headquarters of the later followers of the cross, called Noh Kah Santa Cruz by them and Chan Santa Cruz by others.
Possibly the two had had enough of the rebel Maya, or perhaps, they were just anxious to see some variety in their food.
In fact, on their arrival, when they had the audacity to tell people that they had done a twelve (or so) hour hike in six and a half hours, no one would believe them.
www.mostlymaya.com /lost_city_chapter3.htm   (3399 words)

  
 Mayan Archeology - The Conquest - General Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
It was said that there was a wooden cross in this town that spoke to the villagers and inspired them to raise arms against the invaders.
In May 4th, 1901 the caste was was finally over when the 70 year old Mexican, General Ignacio Bravo occupied Chan Santa Cruz and destroted or dispersed the remaining Cruzob rebels.
As a goodwill gesture in 1924, the Mexican government returned ownership of Chan Santa Cruz to the Maya.
www.isourcecom.com /maya/conquest/conquestgeneral.htm   (4130 words)

  
 Riviera Maya, Arrendadoras, Avis, Ana y Jose Car Rental, Playa del Carmen
Its original name was Chan Santa Cruz, which means "little holy cross".
It was the sanctuary and capital city of the cruzoob during the Caste War, and the place where the "talking cross" appeared.
In 1932, Chan Santa Cruz was renamed Felipe Carrillo Puerto, a governor of the State of Yucatán.
www.rivieramaya.com /eng/en-Felipecp.htm   (258 words)

  
 Santa Cruz Style: ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ is just a bad trip By ADAM SANDEL SENTINEL CORRESPONDENT June 16, 2004
Santa Cruz Style: ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ is just a bad trip
Remaking the star-studded 1956 Oscar-winning "Around the World in 80 Days" as an excuse for a Jackie Chan martial arts comedy is about as wise as remaking the classic "All About Eve" as a Lindsey Lohan high school girl fight.
Jules Verne’s original story is shoved aside in favor of the uninspired subplot that requires Chan to return the statue to his village in China.
www.santacruzsentinel.com /archive/2004/June/16/style/stories/06style.htm   (728 words)

  
 Rio Hondo by Thomas Jarrett
Ladinos controlled the north and west and Maya the south and east of the peninsula.
The book's main locales are the two group's capitals, Merida and Chan Santa Cruz, the latter hidden deep in the jungle.
The miracle cross that talked like a man was located in the capital of the Cruzob, the community of Chan Santa Cruz, deep in the sothern jungles of the Yucatan.
www.rightreading.com /tjarrett/rio_hondo.htm   (802 words)

  
 MetroActive | Metro Santa Cruz This Week
The Ives Have It: Dvorák, Brahams and Puccini selections highlight Ives Quartet concert in Santa Cruz.
West is East: Jackie Chan kicks a hole in the old West in sweet 'Shanghai Noon.'
Postal: Metro Santa Cruz Letters, 115 Cooper St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060.
www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/05.24.00/index.html   (275 words)

  
 Report Template
RECOMMENDATION:  That the City Council by motion endorse State Assembly Bill 216 and direct the Mayor to communicate the Council’s support to our elected representatives, the news media, and others as appropriate.
DISCUSSION:  Over the years, the City of Santa Cruz has sought to reduce the negative impacts of alcohol on our community, especially our young people.
  At least one youth center will be located in Santa Cruz County, filling a major gap in the county's services to our community's young people.
www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us /cc/archives/03/2-11meeting/2-11rpt/cm009.htm   (866 words)

  
 23: Land of the Mayas - Yucatan, Mexico - Worldwide with Wee-Cheng - BootsnAll.com
Mexico, one of the largest and most advanced economies of Latin America, is indeed leagues ahead compared to many of its neighbours.
The bus passed through the town of Felipe Carillo Puerto, a sleepy place which was once known as Chan Santa Cruz, and the center of the Talking Cross cult of the Mayan people.
This group of Mayan people, remnants of the rebels of the bloody Yucatan Caste War which began in 1847, was successful in holding out against the Mexican Army for 50 years in this isolated part of Yucatan.
www.bootsnall.com /cgi-bin/gt/travelogues/wctan/23.shtml   (1385 words)

  
 Maya Enconters - Maya World Expeditions
It has the most incredible history of any town in Mexico.
It used to be called Chan Santa Cruz and was founded by the rebel Maya following Yucatan's Caste War (1847-1850), and until 1900 it was the capital of the only Native American state ever to become successfully established since the Spanish conquest of the Americas.
We visit the "grotto of the Speaking Crosses”; and its Sanctuary.
www.mayaworld.cc /mayaworld2006/circuito_me.html   (1293 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Tulum at Epinions.com
In fact the local Indians continued to rebel against the Mexican Government until early in the twentieth century.
Throughout the nineteenth century a protracted guerrilla war was conducted in Quintana Roo by a Mayan tribe the Chan Santa Cruz to try and keep the area independent.
The Chan Santa Cruz eventually surrendered and signed a peace treaty with the Mexican Government in 1935.
www.epinions.com /content_83540807300   (1421 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Caste War of Yucatan: Books: Nelson Reed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
CAPs: Chan Santa Cruz, Jacinto Pat, Venancio Puc, Cecilio Chi, Juan de la Cruz (more)
The death of billions of Tertiary and Holocene creatures; their deposit at the bottom of a warm, shallow sea; their formation into one great lime- stone bed; the eventual rising of that mass above water to become the peninsula of Yucatan-these remote events helped to shape the troubles of 1847.
Chan Santa Cruz, Jacinto Pat, Venancio Puc, Cecilio Chi, Juan de la Cruz, British Honduras, Santa Anna, United States, Bonifacio Novelo, Vera Cruz, General Vega, Colonel Rosado, General May, Rio Hondo, Cepeda Peraza, Colonel Cetina, Crescencio Poot, Carrillo Puerto, San Benito, Mexico City, Quintana Roo, Venancio Pec, Florentino Chan, Maria Barrera, General Bravo
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0804740011?v=glance   (1557 words)

  
 weschan.com: mars
Some colleagues of mine from work went with me on a night cruise of Santa Cruz harbor on a 70-ft. sailboat.
We had choppy water and the boat tilted at some points at a 45 degree angle.
I love taking pictures and taking apart stuff.
www.weschan.com /2003/08/mars.html   (112 words)

  
 DXing.info :: Los 40 Principales 3/6
Radio Caribe claims to be the most popular AM station in this tourist resort, where altogether 18 AM and FM stations operate.
The other stations in the network, XECTL Radio Chetumal and XECPR Radio Chan Santa Cruz, have much fewer competitors.
Picking up La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara was an awesome experience.
www.dxing.info /articles/mexico_3.dx   (1209 words)

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