Today is Mexican Independence Day. No, this is not the same thing as Cinco De Mayo. Today is the day Mexico recognizes its independence from Spain, the country which ruled ...

The Grito de Dolores is the July 4th of Mexico: the celebration of their fight for independence from their own colonial power, Spain. Its rallying cry is “Death to Bad Government,” the tone of ...

The annual event, which commemorates the 1810 Cry of Dolores — the battle cry of Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain — gives Latinos something to celebrate: both Mexican Independence ...

Thursday's 'Cry of Dolores' starts Oxnard festivities. Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Special to The Star. More than 200 years ago, a Catholic priest in the small town of Dolores, Mexico, ...

Similar Grito de Dolores events will take place on Friday, the eve of Mexican Independence Day, in cities and towns throughout Mexico, including a huge celebration in Mexico City led by President ...

This cry honors the "Grito de Dolores", the Cry of Dolores, that the catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo gave in the early morning of Sep. 16, 1810, when he called on all Mexicans to take up arms ...

This cry honors the "Grito de Dolores", the Cry of Dolores, that the catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo gave in the early morning of Sep. 16, 1810, when he called on all Mexicans to take up arms ...

His “El Grito de Dolores,” or “Cry of Dolores,” which was spoken, not written, is commemorated on Sept. 16 as Mexican Independence Day.

The cry of Dolores, the cry for freedom, By Owei Lakemfa How wonderful the world might have been without the scourges of colonialism and neo-colonialism. by Owei Lakemfa. September 20, 2024.

It is the dramatisation of the scene on September 15, 1810 when a priest, Miguel Hildago y Costilla in the poor town of Dolores, rang the parish bell to summon the town flock to mass.