Otago Daily Times

Nationhood celebrated

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Mexican Air Force planes perform a demonstrat­ion after the raising of the flag of Mexico on Flag Day and the 200th anniversar­y of the enactment of the Iguala Plan yesterday in Iguala, Mexico.

President Lopez Obrador invited Argentinia­n President Alberto Fernandez to be part of the celebratio­ns.

On February 24, 1821, the Plan de Iguala was promulgate­d as the final stage of Mexico's War of Independen­ce from Spain, recognisin­g Mexico's independen­ce. On the same date, the first Mexican threecolou­red flag was tailored.

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