BENITO JUÁREZ IN WORD AND SONG

910 East San Antonio Avenue,El Paso TX 79901

29 September, 2022

Description

Mexican Consul Mauricio Ibarra Ponce de León hosts historian and opera singer José Mario Sanchez Soledad for an evening highlighting the significance of the Chamizal Treaty in settling a 100-year boundary dispute between Mexico and the United States. It began with the changing course of the Rio Grande during the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Benito Juárez, a pure-bred Zapotec Indian. Although they never met, they corresponded and supported one another when both were faced with civil war. After the Chamizal Treaty was signed in 1963, Mexico honored Abraham Lincoln near the Parque Chamizal in Juárez. The United States is reciprocating by placing Benito Juárez - Child to Man at the Chamizal National Memorial on September 25, 2022.