SW10/WWW: Powernaut 1912 #2: Gasp! Mexican Banditos!

[Scott Eiler]

Well, they prefer to be called "revolutionaries"... and they're winning! 
  1912 had better get itself a Powernaut soon.  And after this issue, it 
may not be obvious where they'll get one from.

http://www.eilertech.com/stories/powernaut/1912.htm#2

As you can see, Mexico figures prominently in the plot.  It was having a 
revolution then, with at least four rebel factions that year if you 
count the counter-revolutionaries.  People of the modern age can imagine 
Afghanistan just across the Rio Grande, with foreign powers openly 
meeting with rebels in New York City.  So I've put in some "current 
events".  Ironically, Pancho Villa's faction had the best U.S. support 
at the time.

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Bonus Section:   The Mexican Headlines of 1912!

Information from EmersonKent.com, Wikipedia, and Mexconnect.

*  January 1912:  EX-PRESIDENT DIAZ SETTLES IN PARIS!  Revolution of 
1910 Overthrew the 38-Year Dictator Porfirio Diaz; President Francisco 
Madero Assumed Power in 1911

*  February 1912:  EMILIANO ZAPATA REBELS IN CENTRAL MEXICO!  Infighting 
Among the Revolutionaries; Madero Seen as Weak Leader

*  March 1912:  PASCUAL OROZCO REBELS IN NORTHERN MEXICO!  Seen as a 
Major Rebellion

*  April 1912:  INITIAL VICTORIES FOR OROZCO!  Revolutionary Pancho 
Villa and Ex-General Victoriano Huerta Join with President Madero In 
Response

*  June 1912:  HUERTA TURNS ON VILLA!  Villa Sent to Mexico City Under 
Death Sentence

*  August 1912:  OROZCO REBELLION CRUSHED!  Huerta Victorious After 
Several Battles

*  October 1912:  EX-PRESIDENT DIAZ'S NEPHEW FELIX LAUNCHES REBELLION IN 
VERACRUZ!  Quickly Crushed; Felix Diaz Imprisoned

*  December 1912:  VILLA ESCAPES PRISON!  Avoided Death Sentence by 
Pardon from President Madero



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