Abstract
México is preparing for the celebration of the 100th anniversary ofthe Revolution. It was the first great social revolution of the 20thcentury in Latin America. More than one million people out of apopulation of 15 million died but many great victories were won, forinstance with regard to agrarian reform, the writing of a democraticconstitution and the making of a capitalist State.Francisco Villa was the Revolution leader who commanded aprofessional army in the north of the country. During the revolutionhe was feared, and long after his death was considered a bandit.However, from the 1970s onwards this view changed as it wasclaimed that he had been a visionary leader.Paco Ignacio Taibo presents three significant periods of Villa'slife during the Mexican Revolution: 1) 1911-1912: Pancho Villa allieswith I. Madero to overthrow the dictator Porfírio Diaz. 2) 1913-1915:Villa allies with Álvaro Obregón to defend social changes in thecountry. 3) 1916-1920: Villa begins a guerrilla warfare strategy tooppose the established bourgeois regime.Nowadays, Villa is perceived as a great leader who contributedradically to the Mexican Revolution.
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