5 May 1862. The United States of America is preoccupied by a bloody civil war, unable to enforce the Monroe Doctrine that asserted any further European effort to colonize or intervene in the Western Hemisphere would be considered an act of aggression towards the United States. France's Napoleon III occupies Mexico in support of Emperor Maximilian's Second Mexican Empire. As providence would have it an outnumbered and under equipped Mexican Republican army lead by General Ignacio Zaragoza defeated the invading French army at Puebla. A victory that provided a needed boost of morale that transcended into an eventual expulsion of European imperialism in Mexico. If those Mexican patriots had not been successful in their efforts at Puebla that day, the Federal Republicans of this country may not have been able to survive the civil war and an imperial crown in Mexico City. So yes in short celebrate 'Cinco de Mayo' but don't be completely ignorant. ¡Salud!
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