President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) concludes his six-year term and he retires to “La Chingada”, a country house to which he always mentioned that he would go after ending his participation in Mexican politics, since he has no more plans to be active in that scenario after being the head of the Federal Executive.
Although this week he stated that he will not arrive immediately in Palenque, because he plans acclimatize for a few days in Mexico Citywill continue with his plan in “La Chingada”, a quinta (country house) located in Palenque, Chiapas.
This house was built by my mother, we are six brothers, they gave one hectare to each brother, and because I was the oldest, I got their house,” AMLO said in the documentary Esto soy.
Image of the country house “La Chingada”, in Palenque, Chiapas.
Why “La Chingada”?
“Do you know why ‘La Chingada’? A Zapatista leader, Genovevo de la O, after the revolution he named a little ranch like this, ‘La Chingada,'” López Obrador mentions the name of the farm and says that when they asked Don Genovevo where he was going, he responded, “I’m going “La Chingada”.
Image of the country house “La Chingada”, in Palenque, Chiapas.
Genovevo de la O was a general born in the town of Santa María Ahuacatitlán, Morelos on January 3, 1876. It is known that much of his life he protected and helped the farm workers and the community members, so much so that he even had problems with Porfirio Díaz and He also joined the ranks of Emiliano Zapata in 1911.
With an important role in the Revolution, at its end he dedicated himself to being a highly influential politician. He also founded the Zapatista Front in 1049 and in 1945 the Federation of People’s Parties of Mexico, which he presided over for a few years. He had a peaceful death on June 12, 1952, in the same place where he was born.
Details of the fifth
López Obrador said he visited the place because it was a space that I occupied to reflect and that he even walked around it about five times in the afternoon, apart from the routine established by his doctor, in addition to talking to the trees.
I need time for reflection, for analysis, to distance myself from things and when I can, I come here; “This is the best place, the best place, where I strengthen myself the most spiritually,” he indicated.
Image of the country house “La Chingada”, in Palenque, Chiapas.
The fifth “La Chingada” also has the following features:
- It is located near the archaeological zone of Palenque.
- It is minutes from the city center.
- It has an area of 13,341 m2.
- López Obrador inherited it from his parents in 2000.
- It has a lagoon inside.
- It is surrounded by fruit trees and vegetation.
- It has a 100-year-old oak tree.
- Its value exceeds 25 million pesos.
Image of the country house “La Chingada”, in Palenque, Chiapas.
