GOMBURZA and their Role to the Propaganda Movement
In February 17, 1872, Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora (GOMBURZA), all Filipino priests, was executed by the Spanish colonizers on accuse of rebellion. The charges against Fathers Gomez,
The illustrados went in front the Filipinos’ pursuit for change. For their education and recently obtained assets, they sensed more positive about speaking popular grievances. However, since the illustrados themselves were a product of the changes that the Spanish administration had been gradually employing, the group could not really push very hard for the reforms it wanted. The illustrados did not happen as expected in letting-up the sufferings of the Filipinos. They have organized a systematic association called the Propaganda Movement.
The Organization of Propaganda Movement
The illustrados are those elite Filipinos who had given the chance to education during the Spanish era were the first voice of the Filipino masses. Between 1872 and 1892, a national awareness was rising among the Filipino who had established in
The most outstanding Propagandist was Jose Rizal, a physician, scholar, scientist, and writer. Born in 1861 into a prosperous Chinese mestizo family in
Other significant propagandists included Graciano Lopez Jaena, a noted orator and pamphleteer who had left the islands for
Three forms of group composed the Propaganda Movement. These are the suspected Filibusteros including the creoles and Spanish mestizos who had been expelked to Marianas during the attack on liberals in the wake of the
Goals of the Propaganda Movement
Members of the Propaganda Movement were called propagandists or reformists. They worked inside and outside the
▪ Recognition of the Philippines as a province of Spain
▪ Equal status for both Filipinos and Spaniards
▪ Philippine representation in the Spanish Cortes
▪ Secularization of Philippine parishes
▪ Recognition of human rights
The Propaganda Movement never asked for Philippine independence because its members believed that once Spain realized the pitiful state of the country, the Spaniards would implement the changes the Filipinos were seeking. They only want changes and recognition, but not independence.
The Downfall of the Propaganda Movement
The Propaganda Movement faded away after Rizal's arrest and the fail of the Liga Filipina. La Solidaridad went out of business in November 1895, and in 1896 both Del Pilar and Lopez Jaena died in
Propaganda Movement: A Failure or a Success?
The failure or the success of the Propaganda Movement depends upon how one’s view the whole picture.
Propaganda as a Failure. The leaders are greedy and ambitious. Even the term “Filipino” was first appropriated to the creoles and the elites only. They called themselves as the first Filipinos even though they are not pure Filipinos. They are Spanish-Filipinos and the Spanish who were born in the
Propaganda as a Success. Although the Propaganda Movement had not brought to reality changes and reforms in the country, the spirit of nationhood had its roots in the movement. It initiated the voice of the Filipinos to speak and came out of their cage. It had awakened the minds of the Filipinos and gave them a sense of culture identity. They have realized that they are Filipinos and not Spanish.
Merielle N. Impreso
1st year- BS Computer Science
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