Budweiser and Disinformation: Rewriting Cinco de Mayo
I am trying to collect true information on the history of Cinco de Mayo and the Battle for Puebla, and the involvement of Anheuser-Busch in the promotion of the holiday. Here is what I have, note ll of the variances.
MALDEF, "Drinko por Cinco" and
Anheuser-Busch
Most U.S. based Raza are not aware that "Cinco de Mayo" is not celebrated in Mexico as it is in Aztlan. Why and how did this day become so celebrated in the southwestern part of the United States? There are many reasons, but one of the principal ones is its "marketing" by the mostly Jewish owned alcohol industry.
Take for example the multi-billion dollar Jewish brewery by the name of Anheuser-Busch. The corporation which is, presently controlled by August Busch IV, learned that marketing Budweiser beer and other alcohol products to both the Black and Mexican communities could be highly profitable. Thirty years ago, Anheuser-Busch began a highly successful program that included buying the cooperation of national Hispanic and Black organizations and leaders. One consequence of the alcohol's industry targeting of Mexicanos was the slogan "Drinko por Cinco". The devastation to both communities, has in many cases, been worst than the crack-cocaine epidemic.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) as well as Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition have been two principal ethnic organizations that have been bought by the Jewish owned Anheuser-Busch Corporation. It is interesting to know that the Jewish Mogul Ron Burkle, who is behind the Chicano candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles Tony Villar (a.k.a. Antonio Villaraigosa), also helped set up some of the deals with the Rainbow Coalition, MALDEF and the Anheuser-Busch Corporation.
CONTINUED
http://aztlan.net/drinko.htm
Marching on toward Mexico City, the French army encountered strong resistance at the Mexican forts of Loreto and Guadalupe. Lead by Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin, a small, poorly armed militia estimated at 4,500 men were able to stop and defeat a well outfitted French army of 6,500 soldiers, which stopped the invasion of the country. The victory was a glorious moment for Mexican patriots, which at the time helped to develop a needed sense of national unity, and is the cause for the historical date's celebration.
http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm
The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be!* And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be.* Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810.* And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico.
So, why Cinco de Mayo?* And why should Americans savor this day as well?* Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862.
http://www.vivacincodemayo.org/history.htm
After reinforcements arrived, a French force of (7,000) seven thousand set out on the (225) two hundred twenty five mile route to Mexico City in early April under the illusion that the Mexican people would welcome them. This illusion was fostered by Juan N. Almonte, a Mexican reactionary, and by Count Dubois du Saligny appointed French Ambassador to Mexico by Napoleon. Presidente Juárez commanded General Ignacio Zaragoza to block the advance of the French Army with 2,000 soldiers at the fortified hills of Loreto and Guadalupe by the city of Puebla.
On May 5th, 1862, cannons boomed and rifle shots rang out as the French soldiers attacked the two forts. Before the day was over, one fort was in ruins and more than a thousand French soldiers were dead. The Mexicans had won the battle, but not the war. Yet, this date was established as symbolic of the Mexicans' courage against a formidable army.
http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/spa5may.htm
In 1862, the French army began its advance. Under General Ignacio Zaragoza, 5,000 ill-equipped Mestizo and Zapotec Indians defeated the French army in what came to be known as the "Batalla de Puebla" on the fifth of May.
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/cinco.html
At the time, the French Army of Napoleon III was considered the premier army in the world.* It had enjoyed recent victories throughout Europe and Asia.* The French expected to march form the port city of Veracruz to Mexico City without encountering much resistance.* President Juárez sent troops, under the command of General Ignacio Zaragosa, to Puebla to confront the French.* The Mexican troops consisted almost entirely of indigenous soldiers, much like today.* General Zaragosa's troops, outnumbered 4,700 to 5,200, were severely under-equipped. *La Batalla de Puebla raged on for two hours, after which time the French were forced to retreat to Orizaba.* Despite tremendous odds, the humble Mexican Army defeated the most powerful fighting unit in the world!
http://www.azteca.net/aztec/literat/Cinco.html
Cinco de May commemorates the May 5, 1862 Battle of Puebla (Batalla de Puebla) in which General Ignacio Zaragoza's Mexican troops defeated Napolean III's French forces. France, along with England and Spain, had occupied Mexico since mid-1861 as a result of President Benito Juarez' moratorium on foreign debt payments. Eventually England and Spain withdrew but the French remained in an attempt to create an empire in Mexico. The French began a military advance on Mexico and on May 5, 1862, about 5,000 Mestizo and Zapotec Indians defeated Napolean's army.
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/cinco.html
The holiday originated with a surprising battle. In 1861, France, England and Spain sent ships to Mexico to settle a debt. Within a few months, an agreement was reached and the British and Spanish navy set sail toward home. But the French ships, by order of Napoleon III, began an attack. On May 5, 1862, 6000 soldiers under the commander of the French forces tried to capture the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe in Puebla de Los Angeles, Mexico. Two thousand Mexican men, led by General Ignazio Zaragoza, fought back hard and held the fort. Although smaller in number, the Mexican army won this battle but they did not win the war. The French conquered the country, and in 1864, a European emperor was put on the Mexican throne. Three years later, after a reign filled with problems, the emperor was deposed and killed.
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/un...incodemayo.htm
Certain that French victory would come swiftly in Mexico, 6,000 French troops under General Charles Latrille de Lorencez set out to attack Puebla de Los Angeles. From his new headquarters in the north, Juarez rounded up a rag-tag force of loyal men and sent them to Puebla. Led by Texas-born General Zaragoza, the 2,000 Mexicans fortified the town and prepared for the French assault. On the fifth of May, 1862, Lorencez drew his army, wellprovisioned and supported by heavy artillery, before the city of Puebla and began their assault from the north. The battle lasted from daybreak to early evening, and when the French finally retreated they had lost nearly 500 soldiers to the fewer than 100 Mexicans killed.
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibi...ge=cincodemayo
Although Juarez was recognized by the United States and received both moral and military aid from the U.S., there were over $80,000,000.00 in debts at that time owed by Mexico to Europe alone. The Mexican Congress decreed in July, 1861, the suspension for 2 years of interest payments on the external national debt, and 3 months later a convention was convened among Great Britain, France, and Spain calling for joint intervention in Mexico. As European forces advanced, and particularly the French troops, their advance was checked at Puebla on May 5, 1862.
http://www.fireworks.com/holidays/Cinco-de-mayo.asp